Intercambios Puerto Rico, Inc

Puerto Rico Gbhi Program - Summary. Intercambios Puerto Rico (IPR) Is Proposing a Program to Provide Comprehensive, Coordinated, and Evidence-based Treatment and Services for Individuals With Suds or Cods Who Are Experiencing Homelessness. Ipr Will Target Serve the Puerto Rico Metropolitan Area and Eastern Puerto Rico. Ipr Will Serve 50 Unduplicated Individuals Annually With Grant Funds and 250 Over the Entire Project Period. Project Name. Puerto Rico Gbhi Program Populations to Be Served. Ipr’s Population of Focus (POF) Will Be Individuals, Including Youth, And/or Families With Suds or Cods, Who Are Experiencing Homelessness. in Particular, Ipr Will Target Injection Drug Users, Sex Workers, Lgbttq Population, and People With a Positive Diagnosis of Hiv or HCV. the Catchment Area Where Services Will Be Delivered Will Be the Puerto Rico Metropolitan Area (san Juan, Bayamon, Carolina, Cataño, Guaynabo, Toa Baja and Trujillo Alto) and the Eastern Puerto Rico Metropolitan Area (canóvanas, Rio Grande, Loíza, Luquillo, Fajardo, Naguabo, Humacao, Juncos, Gurabo and Caguas); These Areas Have the Highest Rates of Sud/cod in Puerto Rico. Strategies/interventions. Ipr’s Program Activities Will Include: 1) Outreach and Other Engagement Strategies to Unsheltered and Sheltered Populations to Increase Access to, and Participation and Retention in, Harm Reduction, Case Management, Treatment, and Recovery Support Services; 2) Direct Sud and Mental Health Treatment; 3) Access to Moud Services; 4) Evidence-based Harm Reduction Practices; 5) Case Management That Includes Care Coordination/service Delivery Planning; and 6) Staff With Lived Expertise to Provide Project Services; 7) Recovery Support Services; 8) Identifying Sustainable Permanent Housing; 9) and Developing a Steering Committee, Ipr Will Provide 6 Ebps: Sbirt, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Seeking Safety, Motivational Interviewing (mi), Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT), and Trauma Informed Care in Behavioral Health Settings. Ipr Will Also Implement Hiv Testing and Screening and Referral to Fqhcs for Hepatitis C Testing, and Hiv and Hepatitis C Treatment, and In-reach Services. Project Goals and Measurable Objectives. the Program’s Goal Is to Improve Access to and Delivery of Coordinated, Comprehensive Services to Reduce Substance Use and Improve Housing Stability. Objectives for the Proposed Program Include the Following. Objective 1: Conduct Outreach and Engagement Strategies to Enroll at Least 50 Program Participants Per Year. Objective 2: Provide Evidence-based Sud and Mental Health Treatment Services to 50 Enrolled Clients Per Year. Objective 3: Increase Access to Moud Treatment Services for at Least 85% of Clients in Need of Services Per Year. Objective 4: Provide Evidence-based Harm Reduction Practices for at Least 50 Clients Per Year. Objective 5: Provide Case Management Services to at Least 50 Program Participants Per Year. Objective 6: Provide Recovery Support Services for at Least 80% of Program Participants;. Objective 7: Assist in the Placement of 85% of Program Participants in Need of Services in Permanent Housing Through Coordination With Homeless Service Organizations and Housing Providers. Objective 8: Convene a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Steering Committee Consisting of at Least 8 Members to Meet Quarterly to Monitor and Advise on the Program Goals.