Address: IHC Health Services, Inc. DBA Intermountain Healthcare; 36 S State Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Project Director Name: Sarah Diefendorf, PhD, Director of Community Health Contact Phone Numbers: 603-738-5809 Email Address: Sarah.diefendorf@imail.org Website Address, if applicable: www.intermountainhealthcare.org List all grant program funds requested in the application, if applicable: $694,178 in year one; $751,220 in year two; and $765,355 in year three. Brief description of the proposed project including the needs to be addressed, the proposed services, and the population group(s) to be served: The Southern Utah Community Opioid MAT Program Accessing Services & Support (COMPASS) program will reduce the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD), in the rural areas of Washington County, Utah. The overarching goal is to improve health care in rural areas by establishing new medication assisted treatment (MAT) access points and increasing the capacity for sustainable MAT service provisions in target area. Official partners are IHC Health Services DBA Intermountain Healthcare (Intermountain), Purgatory Correctional Facility (PCF), Hurricane Family Pharmacy (HFP), and Family Healthcare, a federally qualified health center (FQHC). Hurricane Police Department will also partner in the project, however as their authorized signer is not available at the time of this application, they will be added as an official partner upon notice of the grant award. The partners will work together to: 1) create new MAT access points in Washington County, UT; 2) provide MAT services to the rural community through telehealth and by supporting local providers in implementing MAT services; 3) provide peer recovery support, education, and other wraparound services; 4) train community members and first responders in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA); 5) screen incarcerated in
dividuals prior to release from PCF for SUD, AUD, and MAT needs and link them to care; and 6) link the rural community to partners for behavioral health and specialty and primary care healthcare, as needed. The target population is residents of the rural areas of Washington County, UT who are either at-risk for OUD and/or AUD (O/AUD), are diagnosed with O/AUD, are in treatment and/or recovery for O/AUD, the families/and or caregivers of these individuals and first responders, health care providers, and other community members who are otherwise impacted by O/AUD. While not all of the county is rural, this project will serve persons in all of the county’s rural census tracts which are 270200, 270100, 271000, 270901, and 270902. More than half of the county’s population is rural. In year one, the project services will be concentrated in Hurricane, UT with telehealth options to increase accessibility. In subsequent years the project services will expand to other rural communities in the county. The target population will include populations that have historically suffered from poorer health outcomes, health disparities, and other inequities as compared to the rest of the population. Washington County has higher rates of Native Americans, seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities. The median income in the county is low with a high rate of persons using public insurance and uninsured. The PCF houses between 400 and 500 inmates at any given time. Incarcerated individuals are disproportionately members of minority groups and low-income. Inmates and their families will receive services as well.