BCCS atdc program and capacity enhancement project - brandywine counseling and community services, INC. (BCCS) is proposing the implementation of an atdc program and capacity enhancement project…

BCCS atdc program and capacity enhancement project - brandywine counseling and community services, INC. (BCCS) is proposing the implementation of an atdc program and capacity enhancement project with funding from the U.S. Department of substance abuse and mental health services administration (SAMHSA) through its notice of funding opportunity (NOFA) no. TI-24-004 entitled grants to expand substance use disorder treatment capacity in adult and family treatment drug courts (short title: SAMHSA treatment drug courts). BCCS is proposing to implement evidence-based programmatic enhancements to expand substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery support services in delaware's established court of common pleas DUI treatment court. Through this funding opportunity, SAMHSA recognizes the need for treatment instead of incarceration for individuals with suds. BCCS will provide prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services for individuals with SUD referred to BCCS by delaware's DUI court. Objectives of the expansion include improved rates of abstinence from substance use, increased rates of housing stability, improved rates of employment status, increased social connectedness, and reduced rates criminal justice involvement and recidivism in enrolled participants. Through this expansion of SUD treatment and recovery services, BCCS will screen and assess clients for the presence of SUD and/or CO-occurring substance use and mental disorders and use information obtained from the screening and assessment to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate prevention, harm reduction, treatment services; screen for infectious diseases for which those with suds are at high risk, including, but not limited to, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral hepatitis (hepatitis a, B, and C), and syphilis and provide appropriate referral and follow-up to ensure treatment if screening tests indicate infection, and vaccination for those infectious diseases for which a vaccine is available; provide evidence-based and culturally and linguistically appropriate treatment services to meet the unique needs of diverse populations at risk (treatment services will include the use of FDA-approved medications in the treatment of opioid use disorder and medication management in outpatient, day treatment (including outreach-based services) and intensive outpatient); provide peer recovery support services that provide emotional and practical support to maintain client/participant remission; provide family engagement opportunities (e.g., parenting classes, fatherhood programming, family-centered or relational-based therapy, etc.); provide comprehensive case management plans that directly address risks for recidivism, as determined by validated risk assessments, and include delivery or facilitation of services to appropriate clients, including substance use and cognitive behavioral interventions, to address needs and reduce those risks (case management will include assisting eligible uninsured clients with applying for health insurance); provide language access services (to include interpretation, translation, disability accommodations, and accessibility) to support required activities, as applicable available funding is $400,000 per year for five (5) years, for a total of $2M. BCCS will serve a minimum of forty (40) referred superior court diversion drug court participants per program year for a total of two-hundred (200) unduplicated participants.