Project Grant H79TI085971

COPE REENTRY PROGRAM (CRP) - COPE COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. (COPE) PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT THE COPE REENTRY PROGRAM (CRP) IN PIMA COUNTY, AZ. CRP WILL SERVER 200 ADULT REENTRY CLIENTS (40 PER YEAR) WITH CRUCIAL RE-ENTRY CARE: EVIDENCE-BASED SUD/COD TREATMENT, RECOVERY SUPPORT, AND LINKS TO COPE'S FULL SPECTRUM SERVICES. CRP WILL FILL A CRITICAL TREATMENT GAP: RAPPORT AND SERVICES WILL BEGIN IN JAIL, BRIDGE CLIENTS THROUGH THE TRANSITION, AND PROVIDE AN ANCHOR IN THE COMMUNITY AFTER RELEASE. THE REENTRY POPULATION IN PIMA COUNTY EXPERIENCES A CASCADE OF BARRIERS TO SUD AND COD CARE: LACK OF SERVICES IN JAIL, TOO FEW PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY, LITTLE TO NO ESTABLISHED CONNECTION/TRUST BETWEEN THOSE INCARCERATED AND PROVIDERS, AND TOO FEW PROGRAMS COORDINATING SERVICES DURING THE TRANSITION FROM JAIL TO THE COMMUNITY. MORE THAN 80% OF INCARCERATE ADULTS SCREEN POSITIVE FOR NEEDING SUD TREATMENT (ADC R & R, 2023), AND SUBSTANCE USE CONTINUES WHILE IN JAIL. IN 2022 THERE WERE AT LEAST 87 INCIDENTS OF FINDING NARCOTICS IN PIMA COUNTY JAIL (PCJ) (MURILLO, 2022). THIS USE HAS SEVERE CONSEQUENCES; IN 2021-2022 THERE WERE ELEVEN SUD-RELATED DEATHS IN PJC. DESPITE THIS NEED, ONLY 17% OR THOSE NEEDING TREATMENT RECEIVE IT WHILE INCARCERATED (AG, 2021). ONCE RELEASE, THE TARGET POPULATION WILL FIND ITSELF IN A COMMUNITY WHERE OVERDOSE DEATHS MORE THAN DOUBLED BETWEEN 2018 (175) AND 2021 (348) AND WHERE NEARLY ALL OF THE PRIMARY CARE AREAS IN PIMA COUNTY ARE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED (CHNA, 2022). IN RESPONSE TO SERVICE GAP PRESENT IN THE JAIL, THE COMMUNITY AND TRANSITION BETWEEN, COPE PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT THE CRP. THE CRP WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SERVICES STARTING IN THE JAIL AND CONTINUING AS THE CLIENTS INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY. BASED ON COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS AND PREVIOUS PROGRAMMING, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT CLIENTS WILL IDENTIFY AS APPROXIMATELY 75% MEN, 25% WOMEN; 40% HISPANIC/LATINO, 10% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 6% AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE, 40% WHITE, NON-HISPANIC, AND