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Priority 1: Ensure funding for the array of opioid use disorder treatment services for uninsured and underinsured Washoe county residents.
Northern Nevada HOPES: $984,002
Opioid Treatment Expansion Project
Northern Nevada HOPES (HOPES) will create an opioid treatment program at its new East 4th Street Clinic. The clinic is in a high needs and under resourced area, directly adjacent to the homeless shelter. The addition of opioid treatment at this new site will provide at-risk community members with easily accessible and low-barrier treatment options, thus filling a gap in services in our community. HOPES will utilize health insurance revenue to sustain the program with minimal ongoing funding needs after the grant period.
Ridge House LLC: $300,000
OUD Outpatient Services
Ridge House will provide OUD outpatient services to justice-involved individuals including intensive outpatient programming, group therapy, individual therapy, individual counseling, peer support, case management, family therapy, couples counseling, and aftercare. The OUD Outpatient Services project will provide services to Washoe County residents who are uninsured and underinsured.
Priority 3: Use a multidisciplinary approach to providing overdose prevention outreach and education, inclusive of under resourced communities, such as BIPOC communities, in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner (organizations, media, churches).
Northern Nevada Harm Reduction Alliance: $523,403
Building Communities of Support
The Northern Nevada Harm Reduction Alliances’ (NNHRA) Building Communities of Support (BCOS) program will address the needs of people who use drugs (PWUDs) in Washoe County through comprehensive harm reduction strategies, community engagement, and advocacy, led by the expertise and leadership of individuals with lived experience. BCOS will embed Harm Reduction Outreach workers who have lived experience in communities to provide targeted outreach, safer use supplies, and overdose education (including rescue breathing) and Naloxone distribution (OEND) to PWUD, develop an advisory council of PWUD to guide program activities, outreach, and education, provide community education on OEND, drug checking supplies, and training on the NNHRA’s contaminated drug phone app, and engage families and communities in developing a destigmatizing and supportive environment for PWUD.
Join Together Northern Nevada: $250,000
Partnership for Prevention
Join Together Northern Nevada will provide outreach to people who are unhoused and use opioids and develop a media campaign. The outreach to unhoused people who use opioids will include connecting people to care through Uber Health rides. The media campaign will focus on increasing awareness of harm reduction and the Good Samaritan Law, decreasing stigma, and educating the public on access to and use of Naloxone.
Priority 4: Implement child welfare best practices for supporting families impacted by substance use.
Human Services Agency: $1,000,000
CrossRoads Families
HSA’s CrossRoads Families project will establish a facility where parents reside with their children to engage in recovery together. The project addresses the needs of families impacted by opioid use disorder (OUD) through a comprehensive, family-centered approach implementing child welfare best practices to support family stability, promoting family reunification, and preventing child removals. CrossRoads Families offers a holistic environment where families can rebuild relationships, receive comprehensive support, and transition to independent living together – thereby reinforcing the family unit and interrupting the cycle of trauma and OUD. Utilizing a Therapeutic Community model that leverages the community as an agent of change and a family-centered approach, recognizing that the recovery of an individual is closely linked to the well-being of their family. Holistic support services will address the physical, psychological, social, and economic needs of both parents and children, thereby enhancing recovery-oriented outcomes and promoting.
Priority 5: Increase detoxification and short-term rehabilitation program capacity.
Bristlecone Family Resources: $952,381
Medical Detox Building
Bristlecone Family Resources will Establish a 20-bed detox center in Reno, focusing on equitable access to care, improved continuity of care, and the availability of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services. Building the detox center provides essential infrastructure to support individuals needing immediate medical intervention for opioid use disorders, ensuring a safe environment during withdrawal. Equitable access is facilitated by accepting Medicaid, utilizing current funding through grants, and providing comprehensive services to uninsured and low-income populations.