Rural communities opioid response program-overdose response - bethany christian services of western pennsylvania is requesting $300,000 to expand its renew (recovering mothers with newborns) program…

Rural communities opioid response program-overdose response - bethany christian services of western pennsylvania is requesting $300,000 to expand its renew (recovering mothers with newborns) program to include the additional population of mothers (with children up to 12 years of age) who struggle with SUD/OUD, in rural northwest, PA (crawford, erie, mercer, and venango counties). The expansion program, renewed hope, removes barriers to access by expanding eligibility criteria beyond expectant mothers. Providing SUD services for one-year, renewed hope mirrors renew and integrates trauma-informed, specialized case management utilizing harm reduction strategies coordinated across systems of behavioral healthcare, child welfare, criminal justice, healthcare, treatment and recovery. Serving mothers with socioeconomic vulnerabilities, renewed hope aligns with local community health needs assessment priorities of mental health and addiction; access to care and navigating resources; community conditions; and chronic diseases. Renewed hope provides the following activity, reducing disease and death related to SUD/OUD in high-risk rural communities: • tier 1 - treatment: o 3. Screening and connection to treatment ensuring equitable access to treatment and support, renewed hope utilizes treatment alternatives for safe communities (tasc) specialized case management model. Activities follow under the tasc model's five strategies for success (*evidence-based). 1. Identification & screening for critical needs and strengths • verify eligibility: mother with minor child(REN) up to 12 years of age; substance use history; voluntary desire for services; medicaid eligible • complete comprehensive assessment • develop service plan 2. Leverage science-based assessment tools • TCU drug screen 5* • abuse assessment screen* • edinburgh postnatal depression scale* (if applicable) • finding your ACE score* • recovery capital scale* 3. Coordinate timely referral/placement into treatment • plan of safe care/parenting plan in coordination with children & youth services (if applicable) • treatment: drug treatment, including mat; behavioral healthcare • healthcare: primary, pre/postnatal care (if applicable) • parent resources: transportation; housing; vocational services; life skills • child-related resources: childcare; parent education; parent support group; early intervention 4. Monitoring, motivating, advocating & guiding: specialized case management • motivational interviewing* • trust-based relational intervention®* 5. Recovery support: certified peer recovery specialist • warm handoff to primary resource for accessing detox • rehabilitation and therapeutic supports renewed hope goals, objective measures for success, and expected outcomes follow: goal 1: engagement in substance abuse treatment & recovery support • objectives: 85% engaged in SUD treatment & recovery supports • measured by: peer recovery specialist • outcomes: reduced substance use goal 2: increased resilience • objectives: 80% engagement in mental health treatment after referral • measured by: mental health provider records; recovery capital scale • outcomes: increased social-emotional wellbeing; increased self-sufficiency goal 3: family permanency/preservation • objectives: 75% parenting or working on reunification • measured by: county children & youth agency • outcomes: reduced removals of children into foster care; reduced adverse childhood experiences goal 4: improved parent and child wellbeing • objectives: 90% prenatal care compliance (if applicable); 90% completed trauma-informed parent education • measured by: prenatal care provider; service plan • outcomes: increased healthy births of newborns; increased parent-child attachment goal 5: reduced recidivism (if applicable) • objectives: 80% compliance with probation and parole • measured by: county adult probation • outcomes: reduced reoffending of drug crimes