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THE AKRON MUNICIPAL RECOVERY COURT AND SUMMIT COUNTY TURNING POINT COLLABORATIVE DRUG COURT PROGRAM - THE AKRON MUNICIPAL-SUMMIT COUNTY DRUG COURT COLLABORATION PROJECT WILL SERVE ADULT CLIENTS AT THE MISDEMEANOR AKRON RECOVERY COURT (ARC) AND THE FELONY TURNING POINT PROGRAM (TPP) IN COLLABORATION WITH THEIR PRIMARY TREATMENT PROVIDER, ORIANA HOUSE, INC. AS OUTLINED IN THE MOU. WE ARE SEEKING $2,000,000 TO ENHANCE SERVICES FOR CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS, EVALUATION FOR DISPARITIES AND INCREASING COMPLIANCE WITH KEY COMPONENT 5 & BEST PRACTICE STANDARD VII. THE PROJECT ADDS TWO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIANS TO ASSESS AND TREAT CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS; RESEARCHER TO EVALUATE DISPARITIES FOR ARC COURT; RESIDENT SUPERVISOR TO OVERSEE ENHANCED FEATURES OF THE RECONNECT MOBILE APPLICATION AND INCREASE WEEKEND TESTING DAYS; AND A PTE PROJECT DIRECTOR. DISPARITY EVALUATION IS LIMITED TO THE ARC PROGRAM SO AS NOT TO DUPLICATE WORK OR SUPPLANT FUNDING RECEIVED BY TPP IN A 2021 BJA ADULT DRUG COURT GRANT AWARD. TARGET POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS. OUR POPULATION IS HIGH RISK/HIGH NEED, POST-ADJUDICATED, ADULT MISDEMEANOR & FELONY OFFENDERS WITH A PRIMARY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER DIAGNOSIS (SUD) OF INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT OR HIGHER WITH A QUALIFYING DRUG-RELATED OFFENSE CONVICTION IN EITHER THE ARC OR TPP PROGRAM. THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE TARGET POPULATION IS ANTICIPATED TO BE A 86% CAUCASIAN, 55% MALE, 98% NON-HISPANIC, 990% HETEROSEXUAL WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 32 AT INTAKE BASED ON COURT DATA BETWEEN 2018-2022. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE OVER 50% WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS BASED ON THE 2022 RATE OF OCCURRENCE WITH ALL DRUG COURT CLIENTS FROM THE PARTICIPATING COURTS. NUMBER SERVED. THE PROJECT WILL SERVE 45 EXISTING CLIENTS AND 30 NEW CLIENTS TOTALING 75 CLIENTS IN YEAR ONE. EACH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, AN ADDITIONAL 40 NEW CLIENTS WILL BE SERVED FOR A TOTAL OF 255 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS OVER THE FIVE YEAR PROJECT. STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS. WITH OVER 50% OF DRUG COURT CLIENTS HAVING CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS, OHI IN COLLABORATION WITH ARC & TPP WILL HIRE LICENSED CLINICIANS TO ASSESS CLIENTS FOR SUD AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS PRIOR TO ENTERING ARC & TPP. CLIENTS WILL WORK WITH ONE OF THE TWO DEDICATED CLINICIANS AS THEIR PRIMARY COUNSELOR FOR THE CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS. OHI WILL IMPLEMENT NEW CO-OCCURRING GROUP CURRICULUMS AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS TO MEET THIS NEED. ADDITIONALLY, OHI IS PROPOSING A FULL TIME DEDICATED RESEARCH SPECIALIST TO CONDUCT GPRAS AND EVALUATE REFERRAL AND INTAKE CLIENT DATA TO ASSESS FOR ANY DISPARITIES THAT MAY EXIST IN THE ELIGIBILITY PROCESS. FINALLY, WITH THE ADDITION OF A RESIDENT SUPERVISOR, OHI WILL BE ABLE TO CONDUCT URINE DRUG SCREENINGS ON ADDITIONAL WEEKEND DAYS BRINGING THE COURTS INTO COMPLIANCE WITH KEY COMPONENT 5 AND BEST PRACTICE STANDARD VII. OHI WILL ALSO OFFER ENHANCED FEATURES WITH THE RECONNECT MOBILE APPLICATION TO ASSIST CLIENTS WITH URINE DRUG SCREEN COMPLIANCE. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. THE FIVE GOALS AND CORRESPONDING OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. CLIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS WILL ATTEND AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL SESSION WITH A LICENSED CLINICIAN: 1.1) 100% OF CLIENTS FOUND IN NEED WILL BE REFERRED 1.2) 80% OF CLIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH A CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER WILL ATTEND AT LEAST ONE INDIVIDUAL SESSION WITH A LICENSED CLINICIAN. 2. CONDUCT GPRA INTERVIEWS: 2.1) 100% OF ALL CLIENTS WILL COMPLETE AN INTAKE GPRA. 2.2) 80% OF ALL CLIENTS WILL COMPLETE A 6 MONTH GPRA. 2.3) 80% OF ALL CLIENTS WILL COMPLETE THE DISCHARGE GPRA. 3. CONDUCT DISPARITY EVALUATION FOR ARC MUNICIPAL COURT: 3.1) COMPLETE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF POTENTIAL DISPARITIES AND SHARE WITH THE ARC DRUG COURT TEAM. 4. IMPLEMENT NEW MOBILE APP FEATURES: 4.1) ADD ADDITIONAL CLIENT FEATURES FOR RECONNECT APP BY 4TH MONTH OF AWARD. 5. INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WEEKEND DAYS FOR URINE DRUG SCREENS: 5.1) ADD 1 WEEKEND DAY BY END OF EACH GRANT YEAR INCREASING TO 3 BY END OF 1ST YEAR, 4 AT END OF 2ND YEAR, 5 AT END OF 3RD YEAR, 6 AT END OF 4TH YEAR AND 7 WEEKEND DAYS BY END OF 5TH YEAR.

ORIANA HOUSE, INC. (OHI), A NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AGENCY IS REQUESTING FUNDS FROM THE IMPROVING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT AND RECOVERY OUTCOMES FOR ADULTS IN REENTRY FOR THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CATEGORY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,125,000. OHI IS PROPOSING THE OHI COACH PROGRAM (COACHES OPERATING ALONGSIDE CLIENTS FOR HEALING) TO PROVIDE TREATMENT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS CHARGED WITH FELONY OFFENSES IN SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INCARCERATED IN THE SUMMIT COUNTY JAIL (SCJ); TRANSFERRED TO THE OHI COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING CENTER (CASC) PURSUANT TO COURT ORDER WHILE AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF THE FELONY CHARGES. THIS PRETRIAL JAIL POPULATION OVERFLOW SYSTEM EXISTS THROUGH COLLABORATION BETWEEN OHI, THE COMMON PLEAS COURT AND THE SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF (SCS). THE SCS HAS SIGNED AN MOU AND OTHER CORRECTIONS AGENCIES HAVE SIGNED LETTERS OF SUPPORT. TARGET POPULATION. THE TARGET POPULATION INCLUDES FELONY PRE-TRIAL OFFENDERS INCARCERATED AT SCJ AND TRANSFERRED TO CASC. OHI IS PROPOSING TO SERVE 1,300 OFFENDERS DURING THE GRANT. THIS ACCOUNTS FOR 20% OF CASCS POPULATION WHO CURRENTLY RECEIVE NO TREATMENT SERVICES WHILE INCARCERATED DUE TO FUNDING RESTRICTIONS AND PRIORITY FOR OTHER INMATES. TREATMENT/RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES. THIS PROGRAM WILL IMPLEMENT SERVICES PRE-RELEASE, POST-RELEASE WHILE ON PRETRIAL SUPERVISION, AND IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TREATMENT EPISODE. PRE-RELEASE SERVICES WILL INCLUDE SUD SCREENING USING THE SASSI, DAS FOLLOWING DSM-5 AND ASAM CRITERIA, TREATMENT REFERRALS, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH A STRATEGICALLY ASSIGNED RECOVERY COACH (RC). FOCUSES OF RCS MAY INCLUDE TRAUMA, MINORITY POPULATIONS, MAT, FAMILY-CENTERED, AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS. POST-RELEASE SERVICES WILL INCLUDE TREATMENT REFERRALS, ENGAGEMENT WITH A RC AND USE OF THE OHI BREWED AWAKENINGS COFFEE HOUSE, A NON-CORRECTIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROMOTING RECOVERY. EVALUATION AND RECIDIVISM. THE OHI RESEARCH DEPARTMENT WILL USE 12-MONTH POST-RELEASE RECIDIVISM FOR EVALUATION. THE BASELINE RECIDIVISM RATE IN SUMMIT COUNTY PER STATE INFORMATION IS 30%. A POPULATION SPECIFIC BASELINE RATE WILL BE CALCULATED USING YEAR-ONE PARTICIPANTS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT PARTICIPANTS HAVE LOWER RATES OF RECIDIVISM COMPARED TO THE BASELINE. A COMPARISON GROUP OF PRE-TRIAL FELONY OFFENDERS WHO DECLINE SERVICES WILL BE USED. OTHER BJA FUNDING. OHI CURRENTLY PARTNERS WITH COURTS IN SENECA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES TO OPERATE TWO DRUG COURT PROGRAMS USING BJA GRANT FUNDING. IN 2022 OHI WAS AWARDED SECOND CHANCE ACT FUNDING FOR THE WASHINGTON COUNTY PRE-RELEASE PROGRAM. FUNDING FOR THE CURRENT PROPOSAL EXPANDS PRE AND POST-RELEASE SUPPORT FOR INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS TO OHIS SUMMIT COUNTY CASC.

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SENECA COUNTY PIVOT DRUG COURT ENHANCEMENT - THE PARTICIPATING IN VICTORY OF TRANSITION (PIVOT) ENHANCEMENT 2024 PROJECT WILL SERVE ADULT OFFENDERS FROM THE TIFFIN/FOSTORIA MUNICIPAL COURT & SENECA COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN COLLABORATION WITH THEIR MAIN TREATMENT PROVIDER, ORIANA HOUSE, INC. (OHI), AS OUTLINED IN THE MOU. WE ARE REQUESTING $2,000,000 TO MAINTAIN CURRENT CAPACITY, ENHANCE HEALTH COMORBIDITY SERVICES, AND ENGAGE IN PROGRAM EVALUATION AND MONITORING. THIS PROJECT ADDS ONE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICIAN (BHC) TO EXPAND AVAILABLE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT SERVICES; SPECIALIZED MENTAL HEALTH CASEWORKER (SMHCW) TO BETTER SERVE CLIENTS WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS; A PARTNERSHIP WITH A TELEHEALTH PSYCHIATRIST TO REDUCE RURAL TREATMENT BARRIERS; & THREE NEW TREATMENT GROUPS FOR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH AFTERCARE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND GRIEF. OUR POPULATION IS HIGH RISK/HIGH NEED, POST-ADJUDICATED, ADULT MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY OFFENDERS WITH A PRIMARY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER DIAGNOSIS (SUD) OF INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT OR HIGHER WITH A QUALIFYING DRUG-RELATED CONVICTION IN THE PIVOT PROGRAM. THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THIS POPULATION ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE 95% CAUCASIAN, 56% MALE, 94% NON-HISPANIC, AND 90% HETEROSEXUAL WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 36 AT INTAKE BASED ON COURT DATA FROM 2019-2024. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE THAT OVER 50% WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS BASED ON THE 2022 RATE OF OCCURRENCE WITH ALL DRUG COURT CLIENTS FROM PARTICIPATING COURTS. NUMBER SERVED. THIS PROJECT WILL SERVE 30 EXISTING CLIENTS AND 30 NEW CLIENTS TOTALING 60 CLIENTS IN YEAR ONE. EACH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, AN ADDITIONAL 40 CLIENTS WILL BE SERVED FOR A TOTAL OF 220 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS OVER THE FIVE YEAR PROJECT. STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS. TO ADDRESS GAPS IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS, OHI IN COLLABORATION WITH PIVOT WILL IMPLEMENT TELEHEALTH SERVICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A CONTRACTED BOARD-CERTIFIED PSYCHIATRIST. CLIENTS WILL WORK WITH ONE SMHCW AND BHC WHO WILL PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND EXPANSION OF NEW TREATMENT GROUPS. THE NEW SMHCW WILL BE ASSISTED BY AN EXISTING CASEWORKER TO PROVIDE RISK/NEED BASED CASE PLANNING AND BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, OHI’S FULL TIME RESEARCH CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST WILL CONDUCT GPRAS AND EVALUATE REFERRAL AND INTAKE CLIENT DATA TO ASSESS ANY POTENTIAL DISPARITIES. FINALLY, THE PROJECT DIRECTOR WILL PROVIDE A .20 LEVEL OF EFFORT AND OVERSEE ALL GRANT IMPLEMENTATION. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. THE FIVE GOALS AND CORRESPONDING OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. MAINTAIN CAPACITY: 1.1) PROVIDE SERVICES TO 40 NEW CLIENTS EACH YEAR OF THE GRANT. 1.2) PROVIDE SERVICES TO 220 CLIENTS BY THE END OF THE GRANT. 2. ADHERE TO BEST PRACTICE STANDARD FOR CW/CLIENT RATIO: 2.1) MAINTAIN A CASELOAD OF 33 CLIENTS OR FEWER EACH QUARTER OF THE GRANT. 3. ALL PIVOT CLIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO MHA: 3.1) 100% OF CLIENTS WILL BE SCREENED FOR MH AND REFERRED IF FOUND IN NEED. 3.2) 80% OF ALL CLIENTS REFERRED WILL COMPLETE THE MHA. 4. INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES: 4.1) 100% FOUND IN NEED WILL BE REFERRED. 4.2) 80% OF REFERRED CLIENTS WILL HAVE A VIRTUAL APPOINTMENT WITH THE PSYCHIATRIST. 5. EXPAND CO-OCCURRING DISORDER TREATMENT: 5.1) ADD ADDITIONAL TREATMENT GROUPS OF GRIEF GROUP, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATORS GROUP, AND CO-OCCURRING AFTERCARE BY THE 4TH MONTH OF THE GRANT AWARD. 5.2) 100% FOUND IN NEED WILL BE REFERRED. 5.3) 70% OF REFERRED CLIENTS WILL COMPLETE THE ASSIGNED GROUP(S). 6. INCREASE ACCESS TO MEDICAL TESTING: 6.1) 100% OF CLIENTS WILL BE REFERRED FOR TESTING FOR HIV/HEPATITIS. 7. CONDUCT GPRA INTERVIEWS: 7.1) 98% OF ALL CLIENTS WILL COMPLETE AN INTAKE GPRA. 7.2) 80% OF ALL CLIENTS WILL COMPLETE A 6 MONTH GPRA. 7.3) 80% OF ALL CLIENTS WILL COMPLETE THE DISCHARGE GPRA. 8. ENSURE FIDELITY FOR EBPS: 8.1)80% OF STAFF WILL ACHIEVE A PROFICIENT RATING IN THE USE OF EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS BY 8 MONTHS OF HIRE. 8.2) CASEWORKERS WILL USE EPICS II INTERVENTIONS IN MINIMUM OF 70% OF CASE MANAGEMENT SESSIONS.

PROPOSAL ABSTRACT   ORIANA HOUSE, INC. (OHI), A NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS AGENCY IS REQUESTING FUNDS FROM THE SECOND CHANCE ACT COMMUNITY-BASED REENTRY PROGRAM FOR THE CATEGORY FOR ORGANIZATIONS SERVING RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $750,000.00. OHI IS PROPOSING THE WASHINGTON COUNTY PRE-RELEASE PROGRAM THAT WILL OFFER BOTH PRE-RELEASE AND POST-RELEASE SERVICES FOR OFFENDERS SENTENCED TO WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL AND RETURNING TO THE COUNTY.  WASHINGTON COUNTY IS LOCATED IN RURAL SOUTHEAST OHIO.   TARGET POPULATION. THE TARGET POPULATION INCLUDES ALL POST-ADJUDICATED ADULT MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY OFFENDERS SENTENCED TO THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL WHO ARE ALSO RETURNING TO WASHINGTON COUNTY.  OHI IS PROPOSING TO SERVE A MINIMUM OF 600 OFFENDERS DURING THE GRANT WITH THE HOPES OF SERVING ADDITIONAL PRE-TRIAL INDIVIDUALS AS DETERMINED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTION PLAN WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF BJA TECHNICAL SUPPORT’S GUIDANCE. PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.  OHI WILL PARTNER WITH THE WASHINGTON COUNTY JAIL TO PROVIDE PRE-RELEASE SERVICES AND WILL ALSO PROVIDE POST-RELEASE SERVICES.   THIS VOLUNTARY PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE PRE-RELEASE SERVICES FOCUSING ON ADMINISTERING VALIDATED ASSESSMENTS, CASE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND LINKAGES TO COMMUNITY AGENCIES RELATED TO THE OFFENDER’S REENTRY.  THE PROPOSED POST-RELEASE SERVICES WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF CASE MANAGEMENT, SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND LINKAGES BY OHI WHILE ASSISTING THE OFFENDERS WITH THEIR TRANSITION BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND OFFERING ASSISTANCE WITH TRANSITIONING THEM TO THE COMMUNITY PROVIDERS FOR EDUCATION, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY SERVICES. PRODUCT AND DELIVERABLES.  OHI IS PROPOSING TO LEAD THE COLLABORATION REQUIRED FOR OFFENDERS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESSFUL REENTRY.  DURING THE FIRST 6 MONTHS OF THE GRANT, OHI WILL WORK WITH BJA TECHNICAL SUPPORT, CORRECTIONAL PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY REENTRY AGENCIES TO DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN.  OHI WILL COMPLETE QUARTERLY REPORTING AS OUTLINED IN THE SOLICITATION AND WILL SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT AT THE END OF THE PROJECT PERIOD. GRANT OBJECTIVES.  OHI IS PROPOSING TO MEET SEVEN OBJECTIVES (OBJ.).  OBJ. 1 – DEVELOP ACTION PLAN; OBJ. 2 – IMPLEMENT APPROVED ACTION PLAN; OBJ 3 – ACHIEVE 50% POST-RELEASE ENGAGEMENT FOR MISDEMEANANTS AND 75% ENGAGEMENT FOR FELONS; OBJ 4 – 80% WITH SUD DIAGNOSIS WILL ATTEND INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT SESSION; OBJ 5 – 60% OF PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY PROVIDERS; OBJ 6 – ESTABLISH BASELINE RECIDIVISM RATE AND DECREASE BY END OF GRANT; OBJ 7 – SERVE 600 OFFENDERS. PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS.  OHI IS APPLYING FOR CONSIDERATION 1(A) – RACIAL EQUITY, PAGE 12 AND ALSO FOR CONSIDERATION 2(A) – IMPLEMENT ACTIVITIES SHOWN AS EFFECTIVE IN REENTRY, PAGE 7.

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