Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
The Healthy Moms Healthy Babies project, led by the Alabama Department of Mental Health's Office of Substance Use Treatment Services (ADMH-SU), aims to expand family-based services for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders (SUD), especially those with opioid use disorders (OUD). The project seeks to reduce service gaps and disparities in treatment access for underserved communities, improving outcomes for women with substance use disorders. Healthy Moms Healthy Babies will increase the capacity to provide outpatient family-based treatment and recovery services to pregnant and postpartum women, their minor children, and other family members in a supportive family-friendly, culturally appropriate, trauma-informed environment. The program will be offered at two service sites, serving a total of four counties-Colbert, Franklin, and Lauderdale Counties in northwest Alabama and Etowah County in northeast Alabama. Each of the counties that will be served by this project has been designated by HRSA as a mental health professional shortage area, and a significant portion of the population of focus is living below the poverty line. The project will implement evidence-based practices such as cognitive behavioral therapy, twelve-step facilitation, medication-assisted treatment, gender-responsive and trauma-informed services, case management, and peer recovery support services. These interventions will be provided in a family-centered treatment approach, addressing the needs of women, their minor children, and other family members. Additionally, tobacco/nicotine cessation programs will be offered. The Healthy Moms Healthy Babies project will utilize a steering committee to monitor and guide the program. The committee will be comprised of professionals, individuals with lived experience, and other relevant stakeholders. The committee will promote effective and efficient service coordination and delivery to fill gaps in services and decrease disparities in access to care for underserved women. Project goals include: 1) increase access to family-based services for pregnant and postpartum women with a primary diagnosis of substance use disorder, with at least 60% of the women receiving services for an opioid use disorder; 2) expand Alabama’s continuum of care for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders, especially opioid use disorders, by increasing access to evidence-based outpatient treatment and recovery support services for pregnant and postpartum women with SUD; and 3) improve the coordination, effectiveness, and efficiency of services provided to pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders, especially opioid use disorders, by coordinating a steering committee to encourage new approaches and models of service delivery. The project plans to serve 200 unduplicated individuals throughout the three-year program period: 50 in year 1, 75 in year 2, and 75 in year 3.
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).
