Summit Healthcare Association

Rural Communities Opioid Response-implementation - the Proposed Three-year $1,000.000.00 Implementation Project, Consortium for Integrated Recovery Community Leveraging Experience (circle), Continues the Work of the Ssos Consortium. to Further Enhance and Build From the Previous Planning Grant, Circle Will Focus on a Targeted Peer Support Navigation Program Directed Towards Increasing Accessibility and Coordination of Care Through Mentorship, Guidance, and Education. the Peer Navigation Integrated Pathway (PNIP) Is a Peer-led Navigational Program Connecting Oud/sud Individuals to a Menu of Services and Treatment Providers While Providing Care Coordination and Connection to Additional Resources and Programs to Reduce Barriers in Achieving and Maintaining Recovery. Paired With the Etransx Opioid Care Community, a Care Coordination Platform, the Peer Navigators Will Work With a Team of Other Community Resources, Programs, and Services to Increase Knowledge and Access to Services. This Arrangement Will Help Facilitate Connecting Individuals in Oud/sud Crisis to a Menu of Services That Enables Proactive, Highly Targeted Sud Interventions Along With Social, Economic, Behavioral, and Environmental Services, Programs, and Resources. This Type of Care Coordination Takes a Complex, Multifaceted System of Care and Streamlines Access to Achieve a System of Health Equity That Advances the Health and Wellbeing of Our Community. Funding for This Project Is Essentially Seed Money to Establish a Comprehensive and Evidence-based Process for the Long-term Benefit of the Target Services Area. Once This Comprehensive Process Is Established, It Will Provide Various Essential and Required Life-saving Services for Our Rural and Underserved Population of Tribal and Non-tribal Residents of Navajo County. All While Gathering Data on the Effectiveness of the Services Provided, Creating Continuous Quality Improvement to Ensure Program Success and Sustainability. Circle’s Three-year Project Goal Is to Expand the Partnersh Ips Necessary to Leverage Local Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Support Services to Implement a Comprehensive, Multifaceted, and Coordinated Oud/sud Navigation Pathway Utilizing Certified Peer Support Specialists Who Guide the Individual From a Crisis Through Treatment, and Into Recovery to Reduce Mortality and Morbidity by 20% Through the Service Area by September 2024. Primary Partners, Identified During and Post the Rcorp-planning Phase, Have Signed a Letter of Commitment That Includes a Summary of Their Roles in the Circle Project.