RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM ? MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - APPLICANT ORGANIZATION: RURAL HEALTH REDESIGN CENTER ORGANIZATION, INC 625 FORESTER ST FL 8, HARRISBURG, PA 17120-0701 501C3 NOT-FOR-PROFIT DUNS: 117873025 PROJECT DIRECTOR: ELIZABETH LOCKE RHRCO DIRECTOR OF THE PA RURAL HEALTH MODEL EL@RHRCO.ORG (502) 821-2803 DATA COORDINATOR: TRACEY DORFF RHRCO DATA ANALYST AND GRANT SUPPORT TD@RHRCO.ORG (585) 813-7695 REQUESTED AMOUNT: $500,000 / YEAR OPPORTUNITY AWARENESS: HRSA NEWS RELEASE PREVIOUS/CURRENT RCORP AWARDS: NO EIN/DUNS NUMBER EXCEPTION REQUEST: NO FY22 IMPLEMENTATION INTENT TO APPLY: NO CONSORTIUM MEMBERS: 1. BARNES-KASSON HOSPITAL 2. BRADFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 3. ENDLESS MOUNTAINS HEALTH SYSTEMS 4. MEADVILLE MEDICAL CENTER 5. PENN HIGHLANDS TYRONE 6. PUNXSUTAWNEY AREA HOSPITAL 7. UPMC KANE HOSPITAL 8. ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE SERVICES, INC. 9. BLAIR COUNTY DRUG & ALCOHOL PROGRAM 10. CLEARFIELD-JEFFERSON DRUG AND ALCOHOL COMMISSION 11. CRAWFORD COUNTY DRUG AND ALCOHOL EXECUTIVE COMMISSION, INC. 12. LACKAWANNA/SUSQUEHANNA OFFICE OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAMS 13. TREHAB 14. ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-CLARION DRUG AND ALCOHOL COMMISSION ADDICTION RECOVERY MOBILE OUTREACH TEAM (ARMOT) 15. UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PROGRAM EVALUATION AND RESEARCH UNIT (PITT-PERU) 16. RURAL HEALTH REDESIGN CENTER ORGANIZATION, INC. (RHRCO) TARGET SERVICE AREAS: THE PREP TARGET SERVICE AREAS ARE THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY HOSPITAL CONSORTIUM MEMBERS. FULLY RURAL: - MCKEAN COUNTY, PA - CRAWFORD COUNTY, PA - JEFFERSON COUNTY, PA - SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA PARTIALLY RURAL (COUNTY/CENSUS TRACTS): - BLAIR COUNTY, PA / 42013010102, 42013010103 SERVICE AREA OVERLAP: - NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION: NO - DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY: NO - APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION: YES - ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE, ARC'S FOOTPRINT SPANS ALL 52 COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA WHICH INCLUDES THE PREP SERVICE AREAS IN BLAIR, CRAWFORD, JEFFERSON, MCKEAN, AND SUSQUEHANNA. THE PEER RECOVERY EXPANSION PROJECT (PREP) IS A COLLABORATION OF S IXTEEN CONSORTIUM MEMBERS AIMED AT IMPROVING ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN HRSA DESIGNATED RURAL SERVICE AREAS. IN PARTNERING HOSPITALS WITH SINGLE COUNTY AUTHORITIES AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, PREP AIMS TO DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED APPROACH TO UTILIZATION AND INTEGRATION OF PEER RECOVERY SPECIALISTS, CROSS-TRAINED IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND CASE MANAGERS IN HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS FOR PATIENTS THAT MAY NEED SUD AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. MODELLED AFTER THE ADDICTION RECOVERY MOBILE OUTREACH TEAM (ARMOT) PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN WESTERN PA, HOSPITAL STAFF WILL REFER SUD PATIENTS TO PREP TEAMS WHO WILL CONDUCT LEVEL OF CARE ASSESSMENTS, PROVIDE REFERRALS AND LINKAGES TO TREATMENT PROVIDERS AND SUPPORT SERVICES, AND SERVE AS RECOVERY NAVIGATORS TO PATIENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER TREATMENT TO BRIDGE THE GAP OFTEN EXPERIENCED AFTER DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL. TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PREP, CONSORTIUM MEMBERS WILL PROVIDE EDUCATION TO SERVICE AREA COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS REGARDING ADDICTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY IN ATTEMPT TO MITIGATE STIGMA-RELATED BARRIERS THAT MAY KEEP AN INDIVIDUAL FROM PURSUING OR RECEIVING PROPER TREATMENT. THE CONSORTIUM SEEKS TO SERVE ALL INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF SUD SERVICES WITHIN THE TARGET SERVICE AREAS. THIS INCLUDES MINORITIES, WHICH MAKE UP ABOUT 5% OF THE SERVICE AREA POPULATIONS, ACCORDING TO 2019 DATA PROVIDED BY THE CENTER FOR RURAL PENNSYLVANIA. PLEASE NOTE, NATIVE AMERICAN PREVALENCE IS LESS THAN 1% OF THE SERVICE AREA POPULATIONS WITH MORE PROMINENT REPRESENTATION BEING AMONG THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND HISPANIC POPULATIONS. THROUGH COLLABORATION OF THE CONSORTIUM AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PREP, A UNIFIED APPROACH WILL BE CREATED ACROSS RURAL PENNSYLVANIA TO IMPROVE THE ACCESS AND QUALITY OF SUD AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT HAVE LONG SINCE BEEN LACKING.