Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
The Morning Star Program - SCO Family of Services (SCO), a current provider of residential treatment for pregnant and postpartum women (PPW), is applying for funds to expand, enhance, and improve its Morning Star Program (MSP). The population of focus (POF) is PPW women of color (WOC), including Black/African American and Latinx women and those involved with child welfare and family treatment court, who may also be parenting and/or separated from additional children, with substance use disorders (SUD) and co-occurring trauma and mental health needs (COD), their children, and family members, in Suffolk and Nassau Counties, Long Island (LI), New York (NY). SCO will serve 160 individuals over the five-year project (32 in each year) and meet the following goals and objectives: Goal 1: Increase the number of PPW WOC with SUD in the MSP program. Obj. 1.a: Increase the capacity of MSP residential beds for PPW from 16 to 32 during the project’s first year and maintaining the static capacity years 2-5, increasing the number of women served by 100%. Obj.1. b. Hire and train an Outreach & Engagement Specialist, who will provide directed outreach in the targeted communities and population of focus via 10 outreach activities each month throughout the grant period. Obj 1.c. 80% will reduce or abstain from alcohol and drug use, experience reductions in trauma symptoms, reduce depression symptoms at 6-months post enrollment and at discharge. Goal 2.: Provide integrated family services for PPW in recovery from SUD and their partners, children, and other family members to strengthen parenting, family unification, family health and wellness, and to promote age-appropriate child development. Obj. 2.a.: 100% of children living with the mother and in the community, will receive developmentally appropriate support linked with age-appropriate parenting interventions. Obj. 2.b.: 100% of newborns and very young children living with mothers will be assessed for developmental issues and health conditions related to maternal substance abuse. Obj. 2.c.: 50% of partners and other family members will complete orientation to SCO-CSP parenting interventions. Obj. 2.d.: 50% of partners and other family members will attend at least 3 parenting events in the 1st 6 months of enrollment. Obj. 2.e.: Children residing with mothers will demonstrate decreased trauma symptoms and increased functioning. Goal 3: Provide services that support the stability and recovery of PPW and their partners, children, and other family members when transitioning into the community. Obj. 3.a: Link 100% of PPW who enter the program with a Care Manager who will remain with them throughout their transition to home and for 6 months after the transition. Obj. 3.b: 100% of enrolled mothers will complete a transition recovery plan that is reviewed by partners involved with service delivery within the 1st two weeks of residence at MSP. Obj. 3.c.: 100% of children enrolled in health home care management will be linked with developmental, educational, and behavioral health services aligned with the transition recovery plan for families. Obj.3. d.: Fathers/Caregivers will report a decrease in caregiver strain.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).