Interborough Developmental & Consultation Center

Young Peoples Recovery Program (YPRP) - Interborough Developmental and Consultation Center (IDCC) Proposes to Serve 450 Transitional Aged Youth (TAY) Between the Ages of 16-25 Years Diagnosed With Substance Use Disorders and or Co-occurring Sud and Mental Disorders and Their Families/primary Caregivers With Age Appropriate, Highly Coordinated, Recovery-oriented Evidence-based Practices That Ensure Youth Voice and Choice (50 in Year 1 and 100 in Each Year Thereafter). the Projects Geographical Catchment Area Is Brooklyn, New York, With Particular Focus on the Highly Diverse, Disproportionately Impoverished and Stressed Neighborhoods of Brownsville, Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, and East New York Where 228,226 Tays Reside. the Proposed Project Will Build a Positive, Multi-system, Family-focused Approach Into Youth Clinical and Recovery and Wraparound Services. the Goal of the Project Is to Ensure Youth and Family Access to, Engagement and Retention in Idccs Existing, Robust Continuum of Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Services and Recovery Supports Through Implementation of Evidence-based Craft and A-cra; Adding Youth and Peers Supports; and by Systematic Community Development to Broaden the Range of Culturally, Linguistically, and Religiously Diverse Supports to Youth and Families to Ensure Success During Treatment and as Youth Transition to Independence in the Community. Over the Life of the Project, Idcc Will Build Relationships With 30 New Diverse Community Agencies Per Year Whose Increasing Engagement in Therapeutic and Recovery-oriented Supports Will Be Reflected in Each Individual Treatment Plan. Additional Project Staff Will Also Allow for Systematic Training of All Idcc Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health Staff in the Project Ebps, Craft and A-cra and Provide Ongoing Technical Assistance as They Encounter Complex, Real World Situations. Additional Youth and Family Peer Support Staff Will Help Tays and Their Families Engage Fully in Treatment and Recovery Planning. Tays and Families Will Access Idccs Rich Array of Substance Abuse, Behavioral Health and Recovery Oriented Service and Be Securely Connected to Recovery Oriented Supports Including Those of the Medicaid Managed Care Health Homes and a Wealth of Community Providers With Whom Idcc Has Long Term and Fully Operationalized Partnerships. the Project Evaluation Will Demonstrate Significant Increases in Treatment Retention, Abstention From Reduction of Substance Use and Improved Family Function.