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EXPAND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT CAPACITY IN ADULT DRUG COURT IN PETTIS COUNTY, MISSOURI - THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EXPAND SUD TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE EXISTING PETTIS COUNTY RECOVERY COURT (PCRC), WHICH USES THE TREATMENT DRUG COURT MODEL TO PROVIDE SUD SERVICES TO PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING SCREENING, ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT, RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, RECOVERY HOUSING, AND CARE COORDINATION). PCRC TAKES A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE AND IT EMBRACES SAMHSA’S FOUR MAJOR DIMENSIONS THAT SUPPORT A LIFE IN RECOVERY (HTTPS://WWW.SAMHSA.GOV/RECOVERY): HEALTH, HOME, PURPOSE, AND COMMUNITY. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS WILL BE INDIVIDUALS OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUDS) AS THEIR PRIMARY CONDITION, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS, RESIDING IN PETTIS COUNTY, MISSOURI. FUNDING FROM THIS GRANT WILL BE USED TO SERVE PARTICIPANTS ACCEPTED IN THE PETTIS COUNTY RECOVERY COURT (PCRC). GIVEN THE WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE NEARBY, THE HIGH VETERAN AND SERVICE MEMBER POPULATION IN THE AREA, LOCAL SMALL TOWN AND RURAL POPULATION, AND THE GROWING NEWLY SETTLED DIVERSE POPULATION IN PETTIS COUNTY, WE HAVE TAKEN CONSIDERABLE STEPS TOWARDS PLANNING HOW TO BEST SERVE INDIVIDUALS FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS WITH VALUE SENSITIVE CARE. PCRC PLACES SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE ON BEST PRACTICES, SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THAT ARE TRAUMA-INFORMED, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND APPROPRIATE. THE GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT AREA WHERE SERVICES WILL BE DELIVERED IS THE COUNTY OF PETTIS IN MISSOURI. PETTIS COUNTY IS LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI, CLOSE TO THE WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE. POPULATION: 43,188 (CENSUS.GOV). AREA: 686 SQUARE MILES. THE COUNTY SEAT IS SEDALIA, SURROUNDED BY SMALLER RURAL TOWNS WITHIN A 25-MINUTE DRIVE: LA MONTE, SMITHTON, GREEN RIDGE, HOUSTONIA, HUGHESVILLE, AND WINDSOR. POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS: 83.66% WHITE, 9.3% HISPANIC OR LATINO, 3.5% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 0.9% ASIAN, 0.8% AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE, 0.4% NATIVE HAWAIIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND 2.8% REPORTING TWO OR MORE RACES. THIS GRANT WILL HELP US INCREASE ACCESS AND SERVE 40 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR, MEET THE NEED THROUGH OUR COORDINATED, HOLISTIC, MULTI-SYSTEM APPROACH DESIGNED TO COMBINE THE SANCTIONING POWER OF TREATMENT DRUG COURTS WITH EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUG USE, AND INCARCERATION. THE SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES AND BARRIERS TO SERVICES CONTRIBUTE TO KEEPING INDIVIDUALS IN A VICIOUS CYCLE OF INCREASED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, CONTINUED DRUG USE, IMPRISONMENT, AND THEIR FAMILIES STRUGGLING FROM IMPACT OF ADDITION, INCLUDING LOSS OF PARENTAL FIGURE OR OTHER FAMILY ROLE, LOSS OF INCOME FROM UNEMPLOYMENT AND/OR IMPRISONMENT OF THEIR LOVED ONE STRUGGLING WITH SUD AND/OR COMORBID DISORDERS. THE PROJECT WILL EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF TREATMENT IN THE 18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN PETTIS COUNTY IN ORDER TO INCREASE ACCESS TO SERVICES FOR OFFENDERS STRUGGLING WITH SUDS. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE SERVICES TO 40 UNDUPLICATED PARTICIPANTS PER YEAR AND A TOTAL OF 200 INDIVIDUALS OVER THE ENTIRE PROJECT PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.

EXPAND PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT IN CENTRAL MISSOURI - PROJECT TITLE EXPAND PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT IN CENTRAL MISSOURI PURPOSE THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ADVANCE BCOR’S OVERALL GOALS BY MOBILIZING AND CONNECTING A BROAD BASE OF COMMUNITY-BASED RESOURCES TO INCREASE THE PREVALENCE AND QUALITY OF LONG-TERM RECOVERY SUPPORT FOR PERSONS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUD) AND CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL DISORDERS (COD) IN CENTRAL MISSOURI, WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON TWO RURAL UNDERSERVED COUNTIES – THE COUNTY OF JOHNSON AND THE COUNTY OF PETTIS. THIS GRANT, IF AWARDED, WILL FOCUS ON SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT, ENHANCEMENT, EXPANSION, AND DELIVERY OF RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES (RSS) AND PEER WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS GRANT WILL BE ADMINISTERED AND IMPLEMENTED BY INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO ARE IN RECOVERY FROM SUD AND COD AND REFLECT THE NEEDS AND POPULATION OF THE COMMUNITY BEING SERVED. PEER SUPPORT, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING OF PEERS WILL BE PRIMARY AREAS OF ATTENTION. POPULATION THE POPULATION OF FOCUS FOR THIS PROPOSAL ARE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN OR SEEKING RECOVERY FROM SUDS IN RURAL COUNTIES OF JOHNSON AND PETTIS, MISSOURI. THE CATCHMENT AREA INCLUDES JOHNSON AND PETTIS COUNTIES WITH A TOTAL COMBINED RESIDENT POPULATION OF 96,993 FOR BOTH COUNTIES. INTERVENTIONS RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, RECOVERY HOUSING, RECOVERY COUNSELING, EDUCATION PROJECT GOALS DELIVER PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICE; PROVIDE RECOVERY HOUSING; HARM REDUCTION EDUCATION; TRAIN PEERS AND PROMOTE PEER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE SERVED 312. WE PLAN TO PROVIDE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO AT LEAST 300 INDIVIDUALS AND TRAIN AT LEAST 12 PEERS TO BECOME CERTIFIED TO SERVE IN THE FIELD AS CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALISTS.

BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY IN MISSOURI

BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY IN MISSOURI