Lexington Center Corporation

SULLIVAN COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM EXPANSION - LEXINGTON CENTER FOR RECOVERY WILL IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM (COP) TO INCREASE ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT FOR ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE USE, AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS AT ELEVATED OVERDOSE RISK IN RURAL SULLIVAN COUNTY, NEW YORK, HOME TO MORE THAN 80,000 RESIDENTS. LEXINGTON WILL SERVE 350 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS IN YEAR 1, GROWING 25% ANNUALLY TO 855 BY YEAR 5, FOR 2,874 TOTAL OVER FIVE YEARS. SULLIVAN COUNTY'S OVERDOSE DEATH RATE PEAKED AT 46 PER 100,000 IN 2022, WELL ABOVE THE STATE AVERAGE, AMID SIGNIFICANT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE SHORTAGES. AS THE COUNTY'S ONLY OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM (OTP), LEXINGTON WILL EXPAND LOW-BARRIER MEDICATION FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD) THROUGH INTEGRATED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT, CARE COORDINATION, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, INFECTIOUS-DISEASE SCREENING, OVERDOSE PREVENTION, AND TELEHEALTH, STRENGTHENING REFERRAL PATHWAYS WITH LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES AND APPLYING MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, AND SEEKING SAFETY. MEASURABLE ANNUAL OBJECTIVES INCLUDE INCREASING ENROLLMENT 25% YEAR OVER YEAR, SCREENING AT LEAST 100 NEW INDIVIDUALS, RETAINING 60% OF CLIENTS, PROVIDING 300 TRANSPORTATION ENCOUNTERS, DISTRIBUTING 800 NALOXONE KITS, AND SCREENING 90% OF PATIENTS FOR HEPATITIS C, SUPPORTED BY LEXINGTON'S CERTIFIED OTP STATUS AND DECADES OF REGIONAL EXPERIENCE.