This Project Grant award of $306,489 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program will enhance the recovery courts in the 16th Judicial District of Tennessee. The project, titled "Supportive Programs Advancing Recovery Courts (SPARC)", aims to bolster the effectiveness of the courts by incorporating occupational therapy, vocational...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to Salt Lake County under the Criminal and Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (CFDA 16.745). The goal of the 36-month "Person-Centered Peer Support Pilot Project" is to improve outcomes for 117 participants in the Salt Lake City Justice Court Familiar Faces Court by embedding 3 certified peer support specialists. The project will establish a detailed implementation plan during a 12-month...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) will enable the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP), a non-profit rural health consortium, to strengthen and expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services for adults participating in selected adult treatment drug courts in rural...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $825,000 was provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812) to Salt Lake County, Utah. The goal of the Enhancing Access for Reentry Success (EARS) Pilot Project is to reduce recidivism, increase positive behavior changes, and eliminate barriers to reentry for incarcerated adults in Salt Lake County who have a behavioral health disorder diagnosis and are considered housing insecure. Key...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded Weber County, Utah a $1.3 million project grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program to enhance reentry support services for justice-involved individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The grant will fund two peer recovery support specialists and two reentry coordinators to provide addiction recovery and systems navigation services integrated within the local criminal justice system and homeless shelter. It...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.753 Congressionally Recommended Awards) provides $932,000 to Travis County, Texas to implement a peer support services program for opioid use disorder (OUD) recovery. The funding will support three peer recovery coaches (PRCs) in a local hospital emergency department and two additional PRCs in the county's civil family drug treatment court and criminal drug court. The goal is to assist...
The Solano Parolee Adult Drug Court and Peer Support Project is a $380,586 federal grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The grant will fund the Superior Court of California, County of Solano to serve 75 adult parolees over 5 years with culturally-appropriate, gender-responsive, and trauma-informed interventions in the Solano...
This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243) provides $799,994 to Lancaster County, Nebraska to establish and enhance recovery support services for their adult drug court program. The key products and services to be delivered include: Development of a local Recovery Support Center (RSC) that will provide recovery...
This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under CFDA 93.243, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance, provides $400,000 to Clackamas County, Oregon to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in its existing adult drug court, driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII) court, and co-occurring drug and mental health court programs. The funding...
The Serenity House Drug Court Collaboration project, funded by a $398,854 five-year Project Grant (H79TI087279) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program, aims to enhance substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services within the Kane County Drug Rehabilitation Court. The project, in partnership with the Kane County...
RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM FOR SALT LAKE COUNTY SPECIALTY COURTS - PROJECT ABSTRACT PROJECT NAME: RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM FOR SALT LAKE COUNTY SPECIALTY COURTS APPLICANT ORGANIZATION: UTAH SUPPORT ADVOCATES FOR RECOVERY AWARENESS (USARA) PROJECT SUMMARY: UTAH SUPPORT ADVOCATES FOR RECOVERY AWARENESS (USARA) PROPOSES TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES (PRSS) FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD) OR CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL DISORDERS (COD), INCLUDING THOSE IN RECOVERY FROM THESE DISORDERS, WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN SALT LAKE COUNTY SPECIALTY COURTS, INCLUDING: ADULT FELONY DRUG COURTS, FAMILY RECOVERY COURTS, ALTERNATIVE SUBSTANCE ADDICTION PROGRAM (ASAP) COURTS, AND VETERANS SU/MH COURT. POPULATION TO BE SERVED: 100 UNDUPLICATED PEOPLE WILL BE SERVED ANNUALLY, WITH 500 BEING SERVED OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT, AS EVIDENCED BY GPRA COMPLETION. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS WILL BE INDIVIDUALS OVER THE AGE OF 18 WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SUBSTANCE MISUSE OR HAVE AN IDENTIFIED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD), WHO ARE ENGAGED IN A SALT LAKE COUNTY SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAM AND VOLUNTARILY WANT TO ENGAGE WITH PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES (PRSS). IN ADDITION, 200 FAMILY MEMBERS WILL BE SERVED, OR APPROXIMATELY 40 FAMILY MEMBERS PER YEAR. STRATEGIES/INTERVENTIONS: THROUGH THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, WE PLAN TO: 1) ESTABLISH PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES (PRSS) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SALT LAKE COUNTY SPECIALTY COURT SYSTEM; 2) PROVIDE PRSS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD OR COD WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THE SALT LAKE COUNTY SPECIALTY COURT SYSTEM; 3) INCREASE RECOVERY CAPITAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FOR PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN USARA'S PRSS PROGRAM; 4) PROVIDE SUPPORT TO FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD OR COD IN THE FORM OF SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS, EDUCATION, AND NAVIGATION SERVICES; AND 5) PROVIDE SUPERVISION, TRAINING, AND MENTORSHIP TO INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING PRSS AND ENGAGE IN OUTREACH TO DIVERSE POPULATIONS FOR BOTH PEER SPECIALISTS AND PEER SUPERVISORS. USARA'S PRSS MODEL IS A STRENGTH-BASED APPROACH THAT CELEBRATES PARTICIPANT SUCCESSES, HELPS PARTICIPANTS ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES WHICH INCREASES A FEELING OF PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT VS. FEELING DISEMPOWERED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS AND POTENTIAL SANCTIONS FOR COURT PROGRAM VIOLATIONS. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE, FOLLOWING THEIR COMMENCEMENT FROM SPECIALITY COURT, OPPORTUNITIES TO STAY ENGAGED WITH USARA'S PRSS. EACH GRADUATE IS PERSONALLY INVITED TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE USARA ADDICTION RECOVERY COUNCIL (ARC) WHERE THEY CAN BE AN ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES AND OTHERS TO INFLUENCE CHANGES IN SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAMS OR OTHER ISSUES IMPACTING PEOPLE WITH SUDS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, LOCAL AND STATE POLICIES, ETC. SOME PARTICIPANTS MAY WANT TO BECOME A CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST THEMSELVES AND USARA WILL ASSIST THEM WITH THE PROCESS AND APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF UTAH.