Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital Incorporated

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM ? MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM – MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE PROGRAM ? MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - PROJECT TITLE: OXFORD HOPE REQUESTED AWARD AMOUNT: $500,000/YEAR APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: MCCULLOUGH-HYDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION APPLICANT ORGANIZATION ADDRESS: 110 N. POPLAR STREET OXFORD, OH 45056 APPLICANT ORGANIZATION FACILITY TYPE: FOUNDATION PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME AND TITLE: TO BE HIRED, PROJECT DIRECTOR PROJECT DIRECTOR CONTACT INFORMATION: TO BE HIRED DATA COORDINATOR NAME AND TITLE: LAURA BRINSON, SENIOR EVALUATOR, EPIPHANY COMMUNITY SERVICES DATA COORDINATOR CONTACT INFORMATION: 513-265-4353; LAURA@EPIPHANYCOMMUNITYSERVICES.COM EIN/DUNS NUMBER EXCEPTION REQUEST IN ATTACHMENT 8? N/A HOW THE APPLICANT FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: HRSA PROJECT OFFICER NUMBER OF CONSORTIUM MEMBERS AND LIST OF CONSORTIUM MEMBERS: 7 - TALAWANDA SCHOOL DISTRICT, COALITION FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY - OXFORD AREA, MCCULLOUGH-HYDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL|TRIHEALTH, MCCULLOUGH-HYDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, MIAMI UNIVERSITY, EPIPHANY COMMUNITY SERVICES, BUTLER COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION RECOVERY SERVICES BOARD PREVIOUS OR CURRENT RCORP GRANT RECIPIENT: NO APPLYING FOR FY22 RCORP-IMPLEMENTATION: NO OVERLAP WITH NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL COMMISSION, THE DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY, OR THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION: NO RCORP-BHS TARGET SERVICE AREA: BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO – OXFORD AREA CENSUS TRACTS: 39017010101, 39017010102, 39017010103, 39017010104, 39017010201, AND PORTIONS OF 39017010202, 3901701010302, AND 39017010150 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET POPULATION: OXFORD TOWNSHIP HAS A POPULATION OF 23,035 RESIDENTS. THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS THAT 45.1% LIVE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE COUNTY, STATE, AND NATIONAL RATES. OVER 2% (2.5%) OF RESIDENTS DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE. OXFORD TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS ARE LARGELY WHITE/CAUCASIAN, FOLLOWED BY SMALLER BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN, ASIAN, AND HISPANIC POPULATIONS. THE MINORITY POPULATION MAKES UP APPROXIMATELY 18.3% OF RESIDENTS, WITH 4.9% OF RESIDENTS IDENTIF YING AS TWO OR MORE RACES. THERE ARE SLIGHTLY MORE FEMALES (55.1%) THAN MALES. JUST OVER 8% (8.2%) OF THE POPULATION IS UNDER THE AGE OF 18, WITH 7.6% OVER THE AGE OF 65. OHIO HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE ADDICTION CRISIS SINCE THE OPIATE EPIDEMIC EMERGED IN THE EARLY 2000S. BUTLER COUNTY’S 204 UNINTENTIONAL DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS ACCOUNTED FOR 4.1% OF THE STATE’S OVERALL TOTAL IN 2020. OXFORD TOWNSHIP IS A HRSA-DESIGNATED RURAL AREA LOCATED WITHIN BUTLER COUNTY. WITHIN OXFORD TOWNSHIP, THERE IS AN APPROXIMATE POPULATION OF 23,035 INDIVIDUALS. OXFORD TOWNSHIP COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY 5.9% OF THE POPULATION OF BUTLER COUNTY; HOWEVER, DUE TO ITS RURAL NATURE, THIS AREA FACES UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. WITHIN OXFORD TOWNSHIP, THERE ARE JUST OVER 3,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN K-12 WITHIN THE TALAWANDA SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS OVER 18,800 STUDENTS FROM 50 STATES AND 79 COUNTRIES ENROLLED AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY. THIS UNIQUE MIX OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, K-12 STUDENTS, AND A DIVERSE UNIVERSITY POPULATION POSES THE NEED FOR A MULTI-SYSTEM NETWORK OF COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL RESOURCES, AS WELL AS INTEGRATION OF SERVICES AS THESE POPULATIONS INTERACT EVERY DAY. OXFORD TOWNSHIP ALSO FACES CHALLENGES DUE TO A 45.1% POVERTY LEVEL. TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY, A SEVEN-MEMBER CONSORTIUM TEAM WILL BE CONVENED, REPRESENTING EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND PREVENTION. THE CONSORTIUM MEMBERS WILL IMPLEMENT PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS BOTH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE, INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE EDUCATIONAL, HEALTHCARE, AND TREATMENT SECTORS WHILE ALSO BUILDING COLLABORATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER SECTORS, SUCH AS SOCIAL SERVICES AND FIRST RESPONDERS.