Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center - SUMMARY: The Danya Institute, Inc. (the Institute) is applying to continue as an Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Regional Center for the US Department of Health and Human Services Region 3 (Region 3). With 22 years of Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA) experience, the Institute will enhance the skills and capacity of the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support field to provide effective equity and evidence-based services. PROJECT NAME: Central East HHS Region 3 ATTC | POPULATIONS SERVED: The Central East ATTC will assist the Region 3 Behavioral Healthcare (BH) and Primary Healthcare (PH) workforce that provides SUD treatment and recovery support services through virtual/in-person T/TA to impact the diverse populations they serve. Region 3 includes Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Within the BH workforce, 69.2% of BH professionals identified as White, 27.9% identified as Black/African American, 2.3% identified as Hispanic/Latino, 1.3% identified as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2.9% identified as Persons of Multiple Races. Top populations served by this workforce comprise adults (75%), African-Americans (70%), persons experiencing homelessness (61%), under-resourced individuals/communities (61%), and LGBTQ individuals (53%). American Indian/Alaska Native (36%) and Persons of Multiple Races (35%) had the highest estimates of past-year illicit drug use, followed by African Americans (24%), Whites (23%), Hispanics/Latinos (19%), and Asian-Americans (11%). | STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: The ATTC will leverage technology transfer strategies to advance EBP implementation and BH equity, with methods including skill-based training, targeted/intensive TA, learning communities, online courses, toolkits, virtual meetings, and technology-driven engagement models. | PROJECT GOALS: The Central East ATTC's goals include (a) serving as a regional resource to enhance BH/PH workforce capacity to provide SUD treatment and recovery support services; (b) accelerating the adoption of evidence-based, culturally informed, and promising services; (c) heightening BH/PH workforce skills/knowledge to address SUDs/co-occurring health disorders; (d) fostering regional/national alliances; and (e) providing T/TA, tools, and strategies to improve SUD treatment and recovery processes/practices, enhance service delivery quality, and address ethnic/racial disparities. | MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES: Key objectives to achieve by the end of 09/2029 include (a) at least 70% of Region 3 BH/PH professionals report disseminating new tools/research gained from T/TA; (b) at least 75% of interviewed Region 3 BH/PH agency leaders indicate a positive change in SUD treatment and recovery support service implementation resulting from T/TA; (c) interviewed Region 3 BH/PH professionals report a minimum (min.) 50% increase in the utilization of at least 1 EBP for addressing SUDs and co-occurring disorders; (d) at least 80 % of participating regional/national entities in the SUD treatment and recovery support field will report positive impact to a specific emerging issue as a result of T/TA, resources, and other training activities; and (e) at least 85% of participating regional/national entities in the SUD treatment and recovery support field will report a min. 60% improvement in related (a) processes/practices in service delivery; (b) service quality; and (c) professional cultural/linguistic competencies. | NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED: The Central East ATTC will serve 3,620 Region 3 BH/PH professionals in Year 1; 3,800 in Year 2; 4,000 in Year 3; 4,200 in Year 4; 4,500 in Year 5; and 20,120 for the entire project.
