Westcare gulfcoast mat - westcare gulfcoast-florida, INC. (WC-GC) is requesting $2,625,000 over 5 years to support the westcare gulfcoast mat project (mat-pdoa) to enhance and expand access to…

Westcare gulfcoast mat - westcare gulfcoast-florida, INC. (WC-GC) is requesting $2,625,000 over 5 years to support the westcare gulfcoast mat project (mat-pdoa) to enhance and expand access to medication-assisted treatment for adults with limited resources diagnosed with opioid use disorders (OUD) in pinellas and pasco counties, florida. This project will help decrease illicit opioid drug use and prescription drug misuse and serve a minimum of 70 individuals annually, 350 individuals over the 5-year project period, using recovery support services (RSS), evidence-based practices, and FDA-approved medications, including buprenorphine products, buprenorphine/naloxone products, and injectable naltrexone. WC-GC will serve adults (18 and over) with opioid use disorders (OUD) and/or adults with CO-occurring OUD and mental health disorders in pinellas and pasco counties, florida. Pinellas county is the most densely populated county in florida and had the highest rate of non-fatal opioid overdoses in Q4 2019 at 69.38 per 100,000 people. Individuals will be identified and recruited for program participation from WC-GC programs as well as from community-based partner organizations. Program participation is open to any individual with OUD who seeks mat services. WC-GC anticipates the majority of program participants will be recruited from two existing WC-GC pipelines: individuals referred by florida's sixth judicial circuit drug courts (pinellas and pasco counties, FL), including veterans treatment court to westcare's residential and outpatient treatment programs and from westcare's emergency homeless shelter, a turning point. A turning point is the only inebriate-receiving shelter in the greater tampa BAY area and serves as a gateway to treatment services for nearly 1000 homeless individuals annually. Westcare gulfcoast mat will also complement WC-GC's other samhsa-funded workforce support program that supports individuals to find and advance employment while maintaining recovery. Goals & objectives: goal 1: increase the number of individuals with OUD receiving mat services in pinellas & pasco counties, FL. Objective 1.1: expand existing outreach strategies in two resource-limited counties by serving 350 unduplicated OUD individuals (70 individuals annually). Objective 1.2: 100% of clients admitted for mat will have an individualized treatment plan (ITP) within 30 days of admission. Objective 1.3: 65% of clients achieving medical stabilization will complete the program. Goal 2: decrease illicit and prescription opioid use at six-month follow-up to intake. Objective 2.1: 70% of clients will be free from illicit opioid drug use and prescription drug misuse and diversion of medication six months post intake. Objective 2.2: 70% of OUD clients will adjust or reduce their dosage of medication by 6- months post intake. Goal 3: provide FDA-approved medications for maintenance of OUD and comprehensive psychosocial and peer RSS. Objective 3.1: 90% of clients completing treatment will have stable living situations at discharge and 6-months post intake. Objective 3.2: 65% decreased MH symptoms at discharge; 70% will maintain/decrease at 6-months. Objective 3.3: 80% of clients completing mat will not engage in new criminal activity, and 70% will not recidivate at six months post intake (gpra).