Adult reentry program - lifelong medical care proposes to increase engagement in care to a minimum of 238 individuals within the population of focus, which includes sentenced adults in the criminal…

Adult reentry program - lifelong medical care proposes to increase engagement in care to a minimum of 238 individuals within the population of focus, which includes sentenced adults in the criminal justice system with a substance use disorder (SUD) and/or CO-occurring substance use and mental disorder, who are returning to their families and community following a period of incarceration. Services will be provided in alameda county, CA. The program will hire a project director and an SUD counselor who will provide SUD/COD services including assessments, group and individual counseling, transition planning, case management, and recovery support services to program participants. Lifelong will use the evidence-based practices (ebps) of harm reduction, relapse prevention, motivational interviewing, seeking safety, and contingency management in its service delivery. Goals include: increasing engagement and providing SUD/COD services including assessment, individual and group counseling, transition planning, case management, and recovery supports; conducting local performance assessments and documentation according to grant requirements and guidelines. Planning and program activities will take into account a culturally responsible, gender responsive, recovery/harm reduction oriented, trauma-informed, equity-based approach. Objectives include: - establishing protocols for evaluating individuals for entry into the program ensuring effective screening, assessment, and transition of individuals at risk of a probation violation and to ensure that racial, ethnic, sexual and gender minority groups are not disproportionately excluded from entry into the program. Providing SUD/COD assessments within the santa rita jail and at other locations in the community to a minimum of 238 individuals. - providing evidence-based SUD/COD services including individual and group counseling to a total of 238 individuals. - providing access to recovery support services including self-help support groups, employment and workforce development training, and transportation to a minimum of 238 individuals. - providing access to case management services including transition planning, referral to primary care, screening for infectious diseases including HIV and viral hepatitis (a, b, and c), mental health counseling, benefits counseling, food assistance, housing, and referrals for additional SUD/COD treatment as needed, such as medication assisted treatment, and residential programs to a minimum of 238 individuals. - implementing brief tobacco screening and access to tobacco cessation treatment including NRT to a minimum of 238 individuals. - completing health disparities statement, uploading gpra data, participating in evaluation activities, and compiling data for semi-annual reports - monitor race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity of enrolled clients and present enrollment trends through monthly reports, allowing the team to ensure equity among the client population in real time, by the research and evaluation team.