Saturday, June 7, 2025
6/7/2025
Guidance/Care Center Outreach Program - The Guidance/Care Center is proposing expansion and enhancement of its outpatient treatment program. The Guidance/Care Center will annually serve 45 racially ethnic adult individuals who have a diagnosis of a substance use disorder, moderate to severe, and/or a co-occurring disorder and who meet standard ASAM patient placement criteria for treatment at the outpatient level of care. This population includes individuals living with HIV/AIDS, along with those who are at high risk for HIV/AIDS and/or Viral Hepatitis due to substance abuse and/or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. The target population consists of heterosexual, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons and previously incarcerated individuals including young men who have sex with men (YMSM). The goals of this project, each with measurable objectives are to: expand access to services that reduce substance abuse/mental health symptoms in persons with substance use or co-occurring disorder; reduce spread of alcohol and other drug abuse related HIV/AIDS and VH infections; and reduce the spread of VH. The Guidance/Care Center will achieve these goals by providing its participants with : intensive outpatient substance abuse and co-occurring disorder treatment; HIV Risk Counseling Testing and Linkage (Referral); couples testing, counseling and personalized cognitive counseling; hepatitis A and B vaccinations, testing for viral hepatitis and referrals for confirmatory testing and treatment; trauma intervention; linkages to primary and mental healthcare and promotion; evidence based motivational interviewing and; many other services that will significantly participants to address the obstacles they encounter in negotiating their recovery, their health, their safety and their happiness.
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).