DRP family tree - detroit recovery project will implement the youth and family tree program, a comprehensive and multisystem family approach to provide youth (ages 12-18), transitional aged youth…

DRP family tree - detroit recovery project will implement the youth and family tree program, a comprehensive and multisystem family approach to provide youth (ages 12-18), transitional aged youth (ages 16-25) and their families/primary caregivers with a SUD or COD who reside in the detroit-wayne county MI, assessments, evidence-based SUD/COD education, early intervention and treatment, peer recovery support and coordination of case management and wraparound supportive services. The project will target minority and underserved populations as the service area has a high rate of poverty, socioeconomic, economic, and health disparities including 22% of youth who reported using alcohol, 17.1% illegal drugs, and 8% marijuana in the past year. Interventions: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and screening brief intervention referral tool (sbirt) interviewing and trauma-informed care, strengthening families, tobacco cessation, while incorporating motivational interviewing for participating families, the project will also integrate peer supports tobacco counseling, mental health, and primary health care, youth and family recovery support/counseling and wraparound services, case/care management and benefits advocacy y to promote increased access to care, service use, and improved outcomes. DRP will enroll 50 eligible program participants in year 1 of service and 100 each consecutive year for a total of 450. Primary goals are to improve the health of the targeted population by implementing community-based, coordinated, integrated, and evidence-based behavioral health interventions, education and treatment, and access to primary health care; improve stability by providing and/ or coordinating comprehensive recovery and wraparound support services, and improve effective project implementation and evaluation by conducting CQI activities. By the end of the 5-year grant period, participants will meet the following objectives: 1) 65% will improve their SUD or COD functioning; 2) 65% will increase access to primary health care and victim services; 3) 70% will increase access to age-appropriate tobacco cessation interventions; 4) 65% will improve their housing stability; 5) 80% will increase the use of wraparound and recovery support services; 6) 65% will improve their education and/ or employment status and/ or access to disability benefits; 7) 80% will increase access to eligible benefits, and 8) 65% who have a participating family member will increase access to parenting and/or family interventions for that member. Brandies university will conduct the performance assessment, which will focus on gpra measures, implementation, and achievement of project goals, objectives, and outcomes.