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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

JOHNSON COUNTY PREVENTION PROJECT WILL ADDRESS YOUTH ALCOHOL AND NICOTINE USE BY STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLABORATION AND IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAMS, POLICIES, AND PRACTICES. - THE JOHNSON COUNTY PREVENTION COALITION (JCPC) IS APPLYING FOR THE DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $124,875. THE COMMUNITIES SERVED FOR THIS GRANT IS JOHNSON COUNTY YOUTH 12-18 YEARS OF AGE. THE JOHNSON COUNTY PREVENTION PROJECT WILL SERVE THE COUNTY’S RURAL AND UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION EFFORTS WITH THE GOALS OF REDUCING YOUTH ALCOHOL AND NICOTINE USE, WHILE ALSO IMPROVING CAPACITY, COLLABORATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL TO ENHANCE THE POPULATION. THE JCPC MISSION STATEMENT IS TO REDUCE YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE IN JOHNSON COUNTY BY ADDRESSING RISK FACTORS, PROMOTING EDUCATION, AND FOSTERING A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY. RECOVERY LIGHTHOUSE (LIGHTHOUSE) SERVES AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THE JCPC. JOHNSON COUNTY, WITH A POPULATION OF 55,880, IS CLASSIFIED AS BEING AN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITY THAT IS GREATLY IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY BEING RURAL (AS DEFINED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13985 SECTION 2). ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL AREAS HAVE POPULATION DENSITIES LESS THAN 500 PEOPLE/SQUARE MILE. JOHNSON SPANS 829.3 MI2 AND HAS 55,880 RESIDENTS, THEREFORE HAS A POPULATION DENSITY OF 67.4 PERSONS/MI2, FEDERALLY DEFINED AS RURAL. JOHNSON IS CHARACTERIZED BY A RELATIVELY YOUNG POPULATION, WITH A MEDIAN AGE OF 31 YEARS. THE COUNTY'S RACIAL COMPOSITION IS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE (90.12%), WITH SMALLER PERCENTAGES OF BLACK (4.33%), NATIVE AMERICAN (0.65%), ASIAN (1.43%), PACIFIC ISLANDER (0.13%), AND INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFYING AS TWO OR MORE RACES (2.05%). ADDITIONALLY, APPROXIMATELY 2.92% OF THE POPULATION IDENTIFIES AS HISPANIC OR LATINO. ADDITIONALLY, JOHNSON HAS A HIGHER POVERTY RATE (12.3%) THAN THE U.S. (11.6%). NEARLY 1 IN 10 (9.2%) JOHNSON CHILDREN UNDER 18 LIVE IN POVERTY, HIGHER THAN MISSOURI’S 17% RATE, AND 9.3% OF THEM ARE CONSIDERED FOOD INSECURE COMPARED TO 12.8% IN MISSOURI. THEREFORE, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY SERVED HAVE BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING OPTIMAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING THAT LEAD TO GAPS DUE TO THE RURAL AND POVERTY-BASED CONDITIONS AND THESE, ALONG WITH THE AGE-SPECIFIC GAPS, CREATING A NEED TO ADDRESS THE SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVED. ONE OF THE DRIVING REASONS FOR THIS GRANT PROPOSAL IS THAT CURRENT USE OF SUBSTANCES AMONG JOHNSON COUNTY YOUTH IS HIGHER THAN THE MISSOURI (MO) STATE AVERAGE: 10.6% USED ALCOHOL (MO: 6.8%), 5.6% USED CIGARETTES (MO: 2.2%), 16.6% USED E-CIGARETTES (MO: 9.1%), 5.6% USED CHEWING TOBACCO (2X MO RATE: 2.2%), AND 10% USED MARIJUANA (MO RATE: 7.3%). THE PROJECT WILL SERVE THE POPULATION OF YOUTH AGES 12-18 FOR ALCOHOL AND NICOTINE USE. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY COALITION BUILDING STRATEGIES AND OTHER EVIDENCED-BASED INTERVENTIONS BASED ON THE STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK (SPF) AND UTILIZING ALL 7 STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE TO ADDRESS BOTH ALCOHOL AND NICOTINE USE BY MINORS. SPECIFIC STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EVIDENCE-BASED SUBSTANCE PREVENTION CURRICULA TO YOUTH, A COMMUNITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ABOUT THE COALITION AS WELL AS THE DANGERS AND CONSEQUENCES OF ALCOHOL/NICOTINE USE, HEALTHY ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH, COMPLIANCE CHECK AND PARTY PATROL OPERATIONS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE TIME OF KEY CELEBRATIONS (PROM, GRADUATION ETC), PROVIDING INCENTIVES AND EDUCATION TO RETAILERS, STRENGTHENING SCHOOL POLICIES REGARDING NICOTINE USE ON CAMPUS, PASSING A SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE FOR ALCOHOL, START A YOUTH COALITION, AND COALITION MEMBER RECRUITMENT AND ENGAGEMENT TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES.