Project Grant H79TI086858

STL MADE: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT FOR RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AT RISK FOR HIV/AIDS - ORGANIZATION: ERISE WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC. ERISE WILLIAMS, JR., MPH, PRESIDENT/CEO 3737 NORTH KINGSHIGHWAY BLVD. SUITE 204-206 ST. LOUIS, MO. 63115-1736 314-385-1935 (PHONE) WWW.MINORITYHEALTHSTL.ORG ERISEJR@MINORITYHEALTHSTL.ORG 314-385-3011 (FAX) SUMMARY: WITH FUNDING THROUGH SAMHSA'S MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE: HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS, WILLIAMS AND ASSOCIATES WILL EXTEND AN EXISTING PROGRAM INITIALLY DEVELOPED WITH CSAT FUNDING INTO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND ROBUST NETWORK OF PARTNERS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT IN CARE FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUDS) AND/OR CO-OCCURRING SUDS AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS (COD) WHO ARE AT RISK FOR OR LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS. PROJECT NAME: STL MADE: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT FOR RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS AT RISK FOR HIV/AIDS POPULATION(S) TO BE SERVED: THE POPULATION OF FOCUS FOR THIS INITIATIVE IS BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS AND OLDER WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD) AND/OR CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS (COD) WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR OR LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER OR QUESTIONING, INTERSEX AND ASEXUAL PERSONS, AND THOSE WITH OTHER GENDER IDENTITIES (LGBTQIA+) OF ANY RACE/ETHNICITY. STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: THE PROJECT WILL USE THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES: MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING (MI); SELF-MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY TRAINING (SMART RECOVERY), COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT)), COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THE SAMHSA OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION TOOKKIT. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: INCREASE ENGAGEMENT IN CARE FOR BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUDS) AND/OR CO-OCCURRING SUDS AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS (COD) WHO ARE AT RISK FOR OR LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE 1) DELIVER 5,785 EDUCATIONAL, SCREENING, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT ENCOUNTERS; 2) DELIVER CASE MANAGEMENT TO 525 PEOPLE; 3) LINK 236 PEOPLE TO ESSENTIAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES; 4) PROVIDE SUD/COD TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES TO 150 PEOPLE; 5) PROVIDE 500 PEOPLE WITH HIV TESTING; 6) PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT AND REFERRAL TO CARE FOR PERSONS WITH A POSITIVE HIV TEST; 7) PROVIDE PREP SERVICES TO 500 PEOPLE; 8) PROVIDE PEP TO 200 HIV-EXPOSED PEOPLE; 9) TEST 150 PEOPLE FOR HEPATITIS B AND C; 10) DEVELOPING MOAS WITH TWO PRIMARY HIV TREATMENT AND CARE PROVIDERS; 11) SCREEN AND ASSESS 625 PEOPLE AT RISK FOR HIV FOR CODS; 12) DEVELOP AN OUTREACH STRATEGY; 13) PROVIDE SUD SERVICES TO 75% OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS;14) IMPLEMENT PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES. NUMBER NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE SERVED: THE PROJECT WILL SERVE 578 ANNUALLY, 2,890 THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT.