Center For Health Justice Inc

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PROJECT HOPE - CENTER FOR HEALTH JUSTICE PROPOSES TO IMPLEMENT PROJECT HOPE IN THE PRIORITY JURISDICTION OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (LAC) TO REACH 18–35-YEAR-OLD JUSTICE-IMPACTED LATINX AND BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN (B/AA) MEN AND WOMEN, INCLUDING THOSE IDENTIFIED AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, INTERSEX, ASEXUAL, AND TWO-SPIRITED (LGBTQIA2S+) COMMUNITIES WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (SUDS) AND/OR CO-OCCURRING SUDS AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS (COD) WHO ARE AT RISK FOR OR LIVING WITH HIV. PROJECT HOPE’S CATCHMENT AREA WILL COVER THE METRO AND SOUTH REGION OF LAC AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS BEING RELEASED FROM THE LAC MEN’S CENTRAL JAIL LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. PROJECT HOPE WILL SCREEN 1,000 (Y1: 125, Y2-Y4: 250, Y5: 125) ADULTS TRANSITIONING FROM INCARCERATION TO COMMUNITY OR ON PAROLE FOR HIV TESTING, AS WELL AS PROVIDE ON-SITE OR LINKAGE TO CONFIRMATORY HIV TESTING FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT TEST POSITIVE. PROJECT HOPE WILL ENROLL 375 (Y1-Y5: 75) INTO APPROPRIATE SUD AND/OR COD PERSON-CENTERED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES. PROJECT HOPE WILL USE MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING AND LIVING IN BALANCE AS THE INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS SUD AND/OR COD.

KEEP IT SAFE BUT SEXY (KISS).

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RENEW PROJECT - PROJECT RENEW AIMS TO SUPPORT KEY ACTIVITIES TO EXPAND TRAUMA INFORMED SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) TREATMENT AND RELATED RECOVERY AND REENTRY SERVICES TO 18-35 YEAR-OLD LATINX AND BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN (B/AA), INCLUDING LGBTQIA2S+ ADULTS WITH A SUD AND/OR CO-OCCURRING SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL DISORDERS (COD), WHO ARE RETURNING TO THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES IN THE METRO AND SOUTH REGIONS OF LAC AFTER INCARCERATION FROM THE LAC MEN’S CENTRAL JAIL (MCJ). PROJECT RENEW WILL EXPAND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) SERVICES, SUD RECOVERY AND REENTRY SERVICES, AND SCREENING FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INCLUDING HIV AND VIRAL HEPATITIS (HEPATITIS A, B, AND C). THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WILL ELIMINATE DISPARITIES IN SUD TREATMENT AND RELATED RECOVERY AND REENTRY SERVICES FOR JUSTICE IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS WHEN RETURNING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. PROJECT RENEW WILL SCREEN 850 INDIVIDUALS FOR SUD AND IDS AND WILL SERVE 300 UNDUPLICATED PARTICIPANTS IN THE 5-YEARS OF THE PROJECT. FOUNDATIONAL TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT RENEW WILL BE A HIGH-QUALITY PROGRAM, PRACTICES, AND POLICIES THAT ARE EVIDENCE BASED, RECOVERY-ORIENTED, TRAUMA-INFORMED, AND EQUITY-BASED AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

SELF-DISCOVERY IN MOTION: SUPPORTIVE SUD, COD, HIV AND HCV SERVICES FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED LGBTQIA2-S YOUTH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY

PROJECT HOME LOS ANGELES (WOMEN PARTNERS OF INCARCERATED/RECENTLY RELEASED MEN)

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TO EXPAND ENGAGEMENT AND ENHANCE COMPREHENSIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY INDIVIDUALS AT RISK WITH HIV/AIDSSELF-DISCOVERY IN MOTION

DEPUTY EMPATHY AND AWARENESS TRAINING (DEAT) PROGRAM - THE DEPUTY EMPATHY AWARENESS TRAINING (DEAT) PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING TO PROFESSIONALS WORKING AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT’S (LASD) INMATE RECEPTION CENTER. THE INMATE RECEPTION CENTER IF THE FIRST POINT OF ENTRY AND THE LAST POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN INMATES AT ALL LOS ANGELES COUNTY JAILS, THE LARGEST JAIL SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. LASD PROFESSIONALS INCLUDE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, DEPUTIES, AND GENERAL STAFF WITHIN THESE FACILITIES. THESE PROFESSIONALS HAVE A HIGH INCIDENCE OF CONTACT WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT PEOPLE WITH A HISTORY OF INCARCERATION HAVE HIGHER RATES OF ILLNESS. CENTER FOR HEALTH JUSTICE, A LEADING PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTION PROVIDER IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, WILL PROVIDE 88 MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (MHFA) TRAININGS TO 560 LASD PROFESSIONALS. EACH TRAINING WILL AVERAGE 5 PARTICIPANTS. (YEAR 1: 16 TRAININGS FOR 80 PEOPLE, YEAR 2: 24 TRAININGS FOR 120 PEOPLE, YEAR 3: 24 TRAININGS FOR 120 PEOPLE, YEAR 4: 24 TRAININGS FOR 120 PEOPLE AND YEAR 5: 24 TRAININGS FOR 120 PEOPLE). CENTER FOR HEALTH JUSTICE IS WORKING WITH LASD – THE LARGEST SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES - TO REACH THE PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE KEY POINTS OF CONTACT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM LINKAGE TO SERVICES. THE TARGETED PROFESSIONALS FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTER PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AND THEY ARE HAVE LIMITED TRAINING IN MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS OR DE-ESCALATION TECHNIQUES. LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND FIRST RESPONDERS ARE AT GREATER RISK THAN THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN THEIR LIFETIME DUE TO CONSTANT EXPOSURE TO TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES. PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN CONCRETE INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND TO USE THE ALGEE METHOD FOR PROVIDING AID: ASSESS FOR RISK OF SUICIDE OR HARM, LISTEN NONJUDGMENTALLY, GIVE REASSURANCE AND INFORMATION, ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL HELP, AND ENCOURAGE SELF-HELP AND OTHER SUPPORT STRATEGIES. THE DEAT PROGRAM WILL UTILIZE THE ADULT MHFA CURRICULUM AND WILL ALSO UTILIZE THE MHFA FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MODULE AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE TRAINING AUDIENCE. THE MHFA PUBLIC SAFETY MODULE IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ADDRESSES RECOGNIZING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES IN OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF. THE DEAT PROGRAM WILL INCREASE (1) THE NUMBER OF LASD PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE TRAINED IN MHFA; (2) THE ABILITY OF LASD PROFESSIONALS TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF MENTAL DISORDERS WHEN RESPONDING TO INDIVIDUALS IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS AND WHEN THEY ARE EXHIBITED BY OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF; AND (3) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REFERRED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES MADE BY PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS. CENTER FOR HEALTH JUSTICE ANTICIPATES THAT AT LEAST 260 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE SUCCESSFULLY REFERRED FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES OR SUPPORTS AS A RESULT OF THIS GRANT.

WOMEN INCARCERATED/RECENTLY RELEASED MEN

WOMEN MOVING AHEAD: AN HIV PREVENTION & PRE-RELEASE PLANNING PROGRAM TARGETING INCARCERATED HIV+ AND AT-RISK FEMALES IN