Sunday, December 22, 2024
12/22/2024
Hawaii, a previously ATR-funded state, will expand from Oahu to at least one neighbor island as "ATR Ohana" (family). Adding clinical treatment and serving substance using adolescents and extended family members will improve recovery for entire families. Clients experiencing health disparity, HIV/AIDS patients and methamphetamine clients with dental disease, expand target populations that include native Hawaiians, National Guard, and drug court clients. Pacific Islanders, child protective services, and re-entering offenders remain important target populations to ATR Ohana. Faith- and cultural-based providers will expand partnerships program-wide, and ATR Ohana will formalize referral pathways to treatment and recovery with various institutions whose clients struggle with controlled substances. ATR Ohana will serve 7,500 clients age twelve and older at an average cost of $1,493.33 per client. 1,406 clients will be served in the first year, 2,344 served during each of the second and third years, and 1,406 clients served in the fourth year. ATR Ohana will use Hawaii's existing electronic voucher management system to reimburse providers on a fee-for-service basis, ensuring genuine client choice from an expanded network of faith-based providers and cultural healers not previously funded through public funds. ATR Ohana will enhance existing treatment services by offering substance abuse education, Motivational Enhancement and Recovery Check-ups, and expand recovery service reimbursements for transportation, individual and group peer-based education and mentoring, spiritual and cultural support, child care sober activities, and care coordination.
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