Westbrook Health Services, Inc

Worthington Academy - Westbrook’s Worthington Academy Provides Evidence-based Services to Youth Age 14-20 With Mental Health Disorders, Substance Use Disorder & Criminal Behavior Who Are Removed From School, Not in Alternative School & Have Not Finished High School & Their Caregivers. Services to Be Provided in the 8-COUNTY West Virginia WHS Service Area. Worthington Academy Will Serve a Total of 450 Individuals (50-Y1, 100-Y2, 100-Y3, 100-Y4, 100-Y5). the Project Goals Are to (1) Enhance/expand Comprehensive Evidence-based Treatment, Early Intervention & Recovery Support Services for Youth Ages 14-20 With Sud/cod Who Have Not Already Completed High School via (a) Hiring a Project Team to Expand Treatment; (B) Finishing Worthington School Renovations to Enable Service Provision; (C) Training Staff in Evidence-based Practices to Enable Staff to Provide Evidence-based Care to Clients & Families. (D) Having a Driver Transport Clients W/o Parent Transport. To/from Classes to Increase Access; (e) Providing Evidence-based Screening/treatment Referral to All Clients to Improve Mental Health & Substance Use Outcomes; (F) Providing Appropriate Nicotine/tobacco/drug Use Counseling/interventions as Standard Practice to Reduce Drug/tobacco/nicotine Use in Youth/families; (G) Providing Evidence-based Classes, Treatment (individual/group Therapy) & Medication/case Management to Clients to Significantly Improve Mental Health & Reduce Criminality/substance Use; (H) Creating Education Plans W/ Clients at Intake to Keep Clients on Track to Graduate; (i) Using Evidence-based Trauma Informed Care, Peers, Motivational Interviewing & Contingency Management to Increase Client Engagement; (J) Encouraging Graduates to Co-lead Group Therapy as Part of Their Aftercare Plans to Build Graduate Leadership Skills and Inspire Current Clients; (2) to Enhance/expand Comprehensive Evidence-based Treatment, Early Intervention & Recovery Support Services for Families of Youth Ages 14-20 W/ Sud/cod Who Have Not Completed High School via (a) Utilizing In-kind Family Coordinators to Provide Evidence-based Screening/referral to Treatment for Families to Improve Family Outcomes; (B) Providing Caregivers Engaged in Risky/hazardous Drinking & Nicotine/tobacco Use W/brief Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Misuse; (C) Providing Caregiver Evidence-based Classes to Improve Family Outcomes; (3) to Identify & Reduce Differences in Access, Service Use & Outcomes of Services Among Females, LGBT+ Youth, Rural, Racial & Ethnic Minority Populations, in Order to Address Health Disparities via (a) Monitoring Disparity Groups (LGBT+, Female, Rural, African American Veteran Families) So the Program Can Ensure Equal Access, Service Use & Outcomes; (B) Partnering With Female Service Agencies to Increase Services Provided to Pregnant Youth; (4) to Provide a Coordinated Multi-system Family Centered Approach That Will Enhance/expand Comprehensive Evidence-based Treatment, Early Intervention & Recovery Support Services to the Focus Pop via (a) Building Robust Referral Pathways With Community Partners to Facilitate Appropriate Client Entry & Service & (B) Hiring Staff, Structuring Services and Referral Processes to Ensure Sustainability.