Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
RI SOR 2024 initiatives will serve 1,374 unduplicated individuals in year 1, 1,399 in year 2, 1,404 in year 3, for a total of 4,177 individuals over the 3 years of the grant plus several thousand more through universal strategies. The program will address opioid and stimulant misuse targeting the entire state by providing resources and services for EBPs, treatments, and interventions along with supporting the continuum of care. The goals and objectives will address gaps and unmet needs in the areas of prevention, harm reduction and rescue, treatment, and recovery as identified by the Governor's Overdose Task Force. Goal 1 Expand primary prevention interventions for youth and young adults. Throughout the grant, maintain the number of schools with student assistance counselors and less than 25% of Teen Institute participants will report using prescription drugs not prescribed to them. By the end of year 3, improve evaluation of implemented EBPs and programs that aim to decrease youth substance use risk factors by increasing follow up survey participation rates to 50% and increase the number of certified Prevention Specialists who identify as People of Color or Latino by 20%. Goal 2 Expand access to opioid and stimulant use disorder treatment and increase coordination of care. Throughout the grant, the percentage of individuals in the Imani Program who report that they received information or a referral to the service they were seeking will increase from 20% to 40%. By the end of year 1, OTP liaisons will report 3 new unique outreach contacts per month, increase the number of emergency respite admissions by 10%, and the vendor will hire to improve integration and care coordination between RI hospital emergency departments, FQHCs, CCBHCs, BHDDH licensed SUD/OTP programs, and Center of Excellence sites will perform a minimum of two listening sessions with each group listed and create two action steps to improve the coordination of MOUD prescribing. By the end of year 2, CODAC mobile unit will admit an average of 3 new clients in MOUD per month, Hope Initiative will outreach 5 post overdose clients a week, the number of bilingual staff contracted to provide contingency management support will increase by 25%, and the Buprenorphine hotline will co-prescribe or inform clients about free Naloxone to 80% of callers who are prescribed Buprenorphine. By the end of year 3, increase the number of referrals from detox to the appropriate level of care by 20% regardless of payment or insurance issues and increase the number of assessments performed at BH Link per day from 5 to 7. Goal 3 Increase the availability and quality of recovery housing, recovery services, Recovery Friendly Workplaces, and Certified Peer Recovery Specialist internships. By the end of year 2, 70% of recovery housing clients completing a follow up GPRA will report improved quality of life, increase the number of admissions to Safe Landings from 0 to 10, engage at least 25 members as part of an association for peer recovery specialists to advocate for PRS needs and reduce negative workplace stressors, and establish up to 15 peer recovery specialist internships for individuals in recovery from opioid use disorder and/or stimulant use disorder. By the end of year 3, reduce the average wait time for recovery housing by 25%, increase the number of collegiate recovery programs accredited by the Association of Recovery in Higher Education in Rhode Island from 1 to 3, increase number of new enrollments at RCCs by 25% as measured by the Recovery Oriented Measures Survey, and 60% of Recovery Friendly Workplace employers will agree that leaders at their organization support employee recovery. Establish an administrative services organization that focuses on providing harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services to criminal justice-involved people including those currently enrolled in adult or family drug court to serve a minimum of 50 clients per year.
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).
