Project Grant 15PBJA23GG02392COAP

THE PURPOSE OF THE PATHWAYS FOR ME: PERSON-CENTERED RECOVERY AND REENTRY PROJECT IS TO REDUCE FATAL OVERDOSE DEATHS AND RECIDIVISM AND ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE. CUMBERLAND COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING $1,000,000 TO IMPLEMENT ACTIVITIES UNDER THE FOLLOWING ALLOWABLE USES: EMBED PEERS IN THE JAIL AND COMMUNITY TO ASSIST PEOPLE WITH SUD AND JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT; IMPLEMENT PRE-BOOKING AND POST-BOOKING TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION PROGRAM; HOUSING NAVIGATION AND SUPPORT FOR TRANSITIONAL OR RECOVERY HOUSING; AND COORDINATED EFFORTS AMONG POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO EXPAND THE USE OF DIVERSION. TO MEET THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES ARE TO: FACILITATE AND SUSTAIN A COORDINATED NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE REENTRY SUPPORT AND CASE MANAGEMENT; EXPAND THE NETWORK TO INCLUDE POLICE COMMUNITY LIAISONS; SCREEN PEOPLE FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS IN THE JAIL; PROVIDE REENTRY SUPPORTS AS PEOPLE WITH SUD LEAVE THE JAIL; AND INCREASE PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT IN THE JAIL AND UPON RELEASE. THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE FOCUSED ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN SUD AND ARE IN THE COUNTY JAIL AT LEAST 7 DAYS. GIVEN THE COMPLEXITY OF NEEDS AMONG THE TARGET POPULATION AND A HOST OF BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE AS THEY LEAVE JAIL, THE PROPOSED PROJECT RELIES ON SEVERAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS (AND SUBAWARDS) ACROSS A RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICES THAT, TOGETHER, CREATE A TAILORED AND COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE. THOSE ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE: CUMBERLAND COUNTY JAIL, MAINE PRETRIAL SERVICES, CO-OCCURRING COLLABORATIVE SERVING MAINE, AMISTAD, AND PORTLAND RECOVERY COMMUNITY CENTER. OTHER PARTNERS INCLUDE SUD TREATMENT PROVIDERS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT ARE: 1) A COORDINATED NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT MEETS AT LEAST 2 TIMES PER MONTH TO COORDINATE CARE, ELIMINATE BARRIERS, AND PROVIDE REENTRY SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH SUD AS THEY LEAVE THE COUNTY JAIL. 2) ANNUAL SCREENING OF 1000 PEOPLE FOR SUD AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS AND OFFERING MATERIALS ON TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT FOR ALL WHO SCREEN POSITIVE. 3) ALL PEOPLE WHO LEAVE THE JAIL RECEIVE NALOXONE. 4) ANNUALLY, 100 PEOPLE IN THE JAIL RECEIVE REENTRY SUPPORT, INCLUDING NAVIGATION FOR THE CONTINUITY OF MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER AND SAFE HOUSING AS WELL AS LINKAGES TO PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT. 5)ANNUALLY, 100 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY RECEIVE REENTRY SUPPORT, PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE NAVIGATION IMMEDIATELY AFTER RELEASE FROM JAIL. JOHN SNOW, INC WILL COLLECT DATA AND CONDUCT THE EVALUATION FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT.