Wednesday, February 5, 2025
2/5/2025
Building on strong relationships forged in 26 years serving HHS Region 4, the Southeast Addiction Technology Transfer Center will provide evidence-based training/technical assistance to behavioral health/primary care providers serving a culturally/economically diverse population with SUDs and their families/communities. Our collaborative approaches are attuned to the evidence; the strengths, needs, and cultures of all constituents; and the urgency of the challenges they face. We will serve 6,690 persons (1,100/Y1, 1,360/Y2, 1,360/Y3, 1,360/Y4, 1,510/Y5), using basic, targeted, and intensive training/TA, innovative technology for adopting evidence-based/culturally (EB/CA) adapted practices, and other strategies. Goal A: Viable strategic plan for increasing SUD treatment (Tx) workforce recruitment/retention (particularly rural/men of color), including: A1) 4 engagement sessions (ES) on strategy/report on proceedings; A2) Re-gional Rural Workforce Task Force and A3) Workforce Equity Task Force; A4) 4 trainings, 2 webinars, online course, toolkit; A5) New practitioner training, learning community, online course; A6) Environmental scan/training/TA/QI tools on leadership dev.; A7) Summit/tools for SSAs to develop/use regional workforce plan. Goal B: Process to speed adop-tion/implementation of EB/CA Tx practices, including: B1) Analysis of traditional/innovative tech. transfer for adopting EB/CA practices across cultures/lifespan; B2) 4 activities/resources on MAT/MOUD in underserved rural areas; B3) Collaborative identification of EBP for under-served communities; tools/TTA for adoption; B4) 5 resources for rural/underserved on MOUD/Tx/harm reduction; B5) Resources on overcoming barriers to EBP adoption; B6) 4 Network-wide activities for adoption of EB/CA/recovery-oriented practices; B7) Network-wide workforce strategy on Invitation to Change. Goal C: Evidence-based tools/practices/training/TA for promoting psychological safety, effectiveness, cultural compe-tence in Tx, including: C1) Think-tank on addressing challenges to engagement, retention, out-comes; toolkit on proceedings; C2) 2 Community Equity Conversations/year for collaborative action; C3) Online course, evidence-based solutions re: SUD, health disparities, and cultures; C4) Region 4 adaptation of ATTC CLAS Standards resources; universal/targeted/intensive training; C5) Collaboration with TTC Cultural Working Group; report on rural access issues across lifespan; C6) 2 Learning development sessions/guidelines on serving stigmatized pops. in particularly stigmatizing states; C7) Region 4 Behavioral Health Leadership Development Fel-lows Academy. Goal D: Replicable evidence-based model for supporting recovery by empow-ering recovery community organizations (RCO) and engaging communities, including: D1) Symposium on needs/gaps/barriers/coalition building/pilot areas for training/TA; D2) Planning for basic/universal, targeted, intensive TA for pilot areas; D3) Basic/universal training/TA to all pilot area RCOs/staff; D4) Supporting mentorship of 2 emerging RCOs by 2 established RCOs; D5) Intensive training/TA for pilot RCOs in community engagement; D6) Evaluation of TA efforts, replication toolkit/training/TA. Goal E: Accountability infrastructure, including: E1) SME Advisory Board/Community Accountability Board; E2) Annual needs assessments/work plans; E3) NIATx training, CQI Framework; E4) Use of CQI Framework to improve training/TA; E5) Quality/cultural/safety assessment tools for providers/individuals/families, emphasis on rural/underserved; E6) Culturally/linguistically appropriate internet resources; E7) Oral interpretation of training, written translation of key products; E8) Engagement strategy, segmentation, targets, technology; E9) 50% basic, 35% targeted, 15% intensive TA; E10) Expansion of collaborative partnerships within/beyond ATTC/SAMHSA; E11) Participation in ATTC non-duplication of effort; and E12) Participation in SAMHSA TTA multi-site eval.
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