North Suffolk Community Services Inc

NORTH SUFFOLK MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NSMHA) IS PROPOSING A TWO-YEAR RAPID ACCESS (RA) EXPANSION PROJECT AT ITS NORTH HARBOR CLINICS IN CHELSEA AND EAST BOSTON, MA

MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT - PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND OPIOID ADDICTION TO EXPAND MAT SERVICES IN CHELSEA, REVERE, EAST BOSTON, & BOSTON MA, TARGETING UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, LATINX & HOMELESS. - NORTH SUFFOLK MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION PROPOSES A FIVE-YEAR MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT-PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND OPIOID ADDICTION (MAT-PDOA) PROJECT TO EXPAND MAT SERVICES IN CHELSEA, REVERE, EAST BOSTON AND BOSTON, MASS. THE PROGRAM WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO MAT FOR PATIENTS WITH OPIOID USED DISORDER (OUD) AT NSMHA'S NORTH HARBOR CLINICS. LOCATED IN CHELSEA AND EAST BOSTON; EXPAND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER CLINICAL CAPACITY AT NSMHA'S FREEDOM TRAIL CLINIC, LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON; AND ESTABLISH A HARM REDUCTION TRACK FOR ALL VULNERABLE AND HARD-TO-REACH NSMHA PATIENTS WITH OUD. THE PROJECT WILL TARGET UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING LATINX AND THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO HAVE OUD AND SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. NSMHA WILL SERVE 641 TOTAL UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THREE IDENTIFIED PROGRAM GOALS.

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER PROJECT AT THE FREEDOM TRAIL CLINIC-TO IMPROVE MEDICAL & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE INTEGRATION/ENGAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS & CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS - NORTH SUFFOLK MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NSMHA) PROPOSES A TWO YEAR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER PROJECT TO EXPAND SERVICE ACCESS AT ITS FREEDOM TRAIL CLINIC LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON. THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE MEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE INTEGRATION & ENGAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.

TREATMENT COURT INITIATIVE - GRANTS TO EXPAND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT CAPACITY IN ADULT AND FAMILY TREATMENT DRUG COURTS. - NORTH SUFFOLK COMMUNITY SERVICES PROPOSES A FIVE YEAR TREATMENT DRUG COURTS INITIATIVE AIMED AT STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING EXISTING COLLABORATIONS WITH SEVEN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS TREATMENT COURT, INCLUDING SIX DRUG COURTS IN CHELSEA, LYNN, EAST BOSTON, CHARLESTOWN, MALDEN AND DORCHESTER AS WELL AS A MENTAL HEALTH COURT IN CHELSEA. THE NSCS DRUG COURT PROGRAM WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO ADDICTION TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR TREATMENT COURT PARTICIPANTS IN THE IDENTIFIED COURTS, ENSURE REGULAR CLINICAL AND RECOVERY COACH PARTICIPATION ON TREATMENT COURT TEAMS AND EXPAND THE CONTINUUM OF TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICE AVAILABILITY FOR PARTICIPANTS AIMED AT FOSTERING LONG TERM RECOVERY AND REDUCING RECIDIVISM. RECOVERY COACHES WILL CONDUCT THE GPRA INTERVIEWS IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH, MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE LANGUAGE CONCORDANCE BETWEEN THE COACH AND PARTICIPANT. THE ADDICTIONS DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ENTERS THE GPRA DATA INTO SPARS.

PEERS EXPANDING EDUCATION & RECOVERY RESOURCES (PEERR)THIS WILL ESTABLISH A 24/7 RECOVERY SUPPORT HOTLINE AND DEVELOP A RC AND RSS TRAINING CENTER. - NORTH SUFFOLK MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION (NSMHA), THE HOST AGENCY FOR STEPROX PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT CENTER (PRSC), PROPOSES A THREE-YEAR BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY (BCOR) INITIATIVE AIMED AT EXPANDING PROGRAM OFFERINGS TO ITS NEWLY ESTABLISHED RECOVERY ON THE HARBOR (ROH) PRSC, PRIMARILY SERVING CHELSEA, EAST BOSTON, AND REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS. THE NSMHA/STEPROX BCOR INITIATIVE INCLUDES: 1) ESTABLISHING A 24/7 RECOVERY SUPPORT HOTLINE AIMED AT ENGAGING AND CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS TO RECOVERY COACHES (RC) AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES (RSS); AND 2) DEVELOPING A RC AND RSS TRAINING CENTER AT ROH. IN THE 2019 COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, 74% OF RESPONDENTS REPORTED ALCOHOL/DRUG USE/ADDICTION/OVERDOSE AS THE TOP HEALTH CONCERN. THE PANDEMIC HAS FURTHER EXACERBATED EXISTING GAPS IN ADDICTIONS TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS, UNDERSCORING THE URGENT NEED TO BETTER SERVE AN ALREADY VULNERABLE, UNDERSERVED POPULATION. THIS BCOR INITIATIVE WILL HELP FILL THIS GAP IN RC AND RSS SERVICES IN THE NORTH SUFFOLK AREA, WHILE ALSO EXPANDING SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE NSMHA/STEPROX SERVICE AREA.