Project reentry and treatment network (RTN) - people with ideas of love, liberty, acceptance and respect (pillar) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit certified community behavioral health center and a substance…

Project reentry and treatment network (RTN) - people with ideas of love, liberty, acceptance and respect (pillar) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit certified community behavioral health center and a substance abuse treatment facility in laredo, TX, has identified a need for increased trauma informed and comprehensive treatment and related recovery and reentry services to sentenced adults in the criminal justice system. Project reentry and treatment network (RTN)'s population of focus is adults with SUD/COD who are RE-entering the community after incarceration or at high-risk of recidivism. The need for increasing access to services upon reentry is especially apparent in laredo, where the laredo drug & alcohol commission has expressed concern over the mounting burden of drug use on police resources. In 2018, the commission reported 122 calls for overdose, 74 drug raids, and 1073 arrests for possession of controlled substances. Webb county has the highest jail incarceration rate across texas with an 82% increase over the past 45 years: from 299 to 544 inmates yearly. The latest border region jail diversion action plan (2012) found that 20% of individuals incarcerated in webb county suffer from mental illness; while adults with untreated mental illness are eight times more likely to be incarcerated than the general population. Project RTN will expand treatment capacity in the area providing 330 persons (50 year 1 and 70 years 2 thru 5) reentering communities with SUD/COD treatment and recovery support services. Evidence based practices will include matrix model (MM); brief motivational interviewing; moral reconation therapy. Staffing plan will include one project director, one recovery peer specialists, two licensed chemical dependency counselors, and one reentry coordinator. The program will follow the samhsa guidelines for successful transition of people with mental or SUD from jail or prison. The proposed target numbers are to meet the following goals: 1) expand and enhance infrastructure for access and availability of culturally relevant reentry services, treatment, and recover support services.; 2) project RTN will expand and enhance services for 330 incarcerated persons who are returning to their families and communities with the implementation of project RTN, a community-driven approach to care tailored for the reentry population; and 3). Monitor process, evaluate effectiveness, sustain effective programs/ activities, and improve or replace those that fail. Pillar expects to meet the following outcome goals: at least 80% treatment completion among clients, decrease in substance abuse and other risk behaviors, and an improvement in quality of mental/physical health compared to baseline, housing, employment, and social connectedness. Pillar will hire an external evaluator to spearhead all data management, performance measure, and quality improvement.