Project reclaiming hope - madison county [IL] adult drug court [mcadc] proposes project reclaiming hope, to provide risk-focused assessment, supervision, SUD, OUD, and COD treatment, housing…

Project reclaiming hope - madison county [IL] adult drug court [mcadc] proposes project reclaiming hope, to provide risk-focused assessment, supervision, SUD, OUD, and COD treatment, housing assistance, employment services, and a fathering/family reunification intervention. The project population will experience polysubstance abuse, COD, high use prescribed psychiatric medication, dependence on public assistance, child welfare involvement, and housing instability. Demographics include: white, 90.3%; african-american, 8.7%; latino/hispanic, 2.9%; native/hawaiian, 1%; mean age 34; 39% female, 60% male; 21.6% have a child welfare order; 18.3% own/rent a home; primary SUD diagnoses: stimulants, 44.7%, opioids, 29.6%, alcohol, 8.5%; 65.2% of clients enter from residential treatment; 24.8% are employed; 27.7% report cognitive issues; 75.5% have externalizing disorders. Probation, treatment, recovery support, and court supervision are conducted through a collaborative team with consistent communication. Project goal 1: through the delivery of SUD treatment, mat, and integrated COD treatment, improve the capacity of persons with SUD, OUD, and COD to achieve sustained recovery from COD and to reduce health risks associated with opioid abuse. Objectives for this goal include: 75% of project reclaiming hope clients enrolled in substance abuse and COD treatment will remain in treatment services for at minimum of 6 months; 100% of project reclaiming hope clients enrolled in mat will engage in 2 or more COD and trauma treatment modalities for the duration of enrollment in the project; 45% of project reclaiming hope clients diagnosed with opioid disorders will demonstrate reduced use of opioids and other drugs of choice after 6 months of mat/COD enrollment; 45% of project reclaiming hope clients enrolled in integrated SUD and COD treatment will demonstrate clinically significant improvements in psychosocial functioning and/or reduction in symptoms of anxiety and depression after 6 months of enrollment. Project goal 2: improve project reclaiming hope client engagement with recovery support networks, improve housing status, and promote family reunification, through case management, a fathering intervention, and housing assistance. Objectives for this goal include: 75% of project reclaiming hope clients referred for a family reunification/fathering intervention will demonstrate improved satisfaction with child and family relationships, as measured by the gpra after 6 months of project enrollment; after 9 months of project reclaiming hope involvement, 60% of clients will be concurrently enrolled in either school or vocational training, and/or currently employed; 80% of lifetime recovery clients provided housing assistance through the project will demonstrate improved housing status. The project will serve 100 clients year 1, and 75 clients each of the four following years, for a total of 400 served over 5 years