Grays Harbor County is recognized as having a major opioid use disorder challenge which has a devastating impact on the County. Our community has a very low health index and a 3-year shorter life expectancy than the rest of Washington State.
The RCORP-Overdose Response grant will expand FCRHC's workforce targeting SUD treatment by allowing FCRHC to hire a peer recovery specialist/case manager.
One of the prevalent issues our patients face is access to mental health and substance use treatment.
The SPTHB-RCORP-OR Initiative implement the following strategies and activities to support the overall goal of the one-year RCORP HRSA initiative: Strategy 1: Provide funding, support, and sustainability to the established SPTHB SovereignME Harm Reduction Initiative.
The Cherokee County Health Services Council (CCHSC) Rural Community Opioid Response Program has made great strides in increasing knowledge, access, and care for individuals with SUD/OUD in northeastern Oklahoma. However, there is still much to be done.
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This Overdose Response funding request will maintain this same overarching goal of existing RCORP efforts by continuing to allow network members to meet the needs of the rural population of Washington County.
Pike County Memorial Hospital is focusing on integration of services to prevent overdoses of opioids and other drugs, improvement of healthcare delivery systems that increase access to naloxone in the service area to treat overdoses and provide ongoing treatment (MAT) for opioid and substance use
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness intends to increase overdose response for Native Americans and to address immediate unmet needs in rural areas through improving and enhancing access to, capacity for, and sustainability of prevention, treatment, and recovery services for substance use disorder
We will target our services towards residents of the service area who have OUD or are at risk of OUD. Our interventions will include direct services through patient navigation and community wide prevention, outreach and education, and collaboration initiatives.
