Project Grant H79TI084227

BARNSTABLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE - EXPANDED MAT PROGRAM - THE BARNSTABLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (BSCO) WILL BUILD UPON ITS ESTABLISHED VIVITROL-ONLY MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) PROGRAM TO OFFER AN EXPANDED MAT (E-MAT) PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES BUPRENORPHINE, METHADONE, AND VIVITROL ALONG WITH A RANGE OF RECOVERY SERVICES, INCLUDING RE-ENTRY PLANNING, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND RECOVERY COACHING. E-MAT WILL TARGET INMATES WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) IN THE BARNSTABLE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY (BCCF). PROJECT GOALS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTING E-MAT BY PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING, RE-ENTRY PLANNING, AND RECOVERY COACHING TO 362 PRE-SENTENCED AND SENTENCED INMATES BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR RELEASE TO THE COMMUNITY; REDUCING OPIOID USE RATES AMONG SENTENCED AND PRE-TRIAL E-MAT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS SUCH AS INTERACTIVE JOURNALING, CRITICAL TIME INTERVENTION (CTI), COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT), AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING (MI); REDUCING ADVERSE OUTCOMES RELATED TO OPIOID USE DISORDER FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY; AND IMPROVING EASE OF ACCESS AND INCREASE RETENTION IN COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS. BSCO WILL COLLABORATE WITH PROVIDERS TO ENSURE MAT PARTICIPANTS HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES UPON REENTRY TO THE COMMUNITY; SUCH PARTNERS INCLUDE THE DUFFY CENTER, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER OF CAPE COD, OUTER CAPE HEALTH SERVICES, PIER RECOVERY CENTER, FALMOUTH HUMAN SERVICES, WE CAN, AND RECOVERY CONNECTION CENTER. FOR E-MAT, BCSO WILL PARTNER WITH ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN POTENTIAL (AHP) TO DESIGN AND LEAD THE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION. AHP HAS SERVED AS THE LOCAL OR CROSS-SITE EVALUATOR FOR DOZENS OF SAMHSA PROJECTS, MOST FOCUSED ON SUD, MAT/OTHER TREATMENT SERVICES, AND JUSTICE-INVOLVED POPULATIONS.