Indiana Family and Social Serv

2024 Indiana Promise - Funding for the Indiana Pregnancy Promise Program (promise—promoting Recovery and Opportunity, Maternal Infant Support and Engagement) Will Expand a Successful Pilot Program Addressing Opioid Use Disorder to Include Pregnant Individuals Suffering From Substance Use More Broadly. the Program’s Goals Are Clear – to Save Infant and Maternal Lives, Preserve Family Units, Prevent Formal Involvement With the Department of Child Services, Ensure Reliable Access to Appropriate Care, and Put an End to Generational Cycles of Substance Use and Trauma. Extending Program Eligibility Beyond Opioid Use Will Allow the Fssa to Serve Approximately 300 Additional Pregnant Individuals With Substance Use Disorder in the Target Counties of Randolph, Barth, Wayne, Scott, Fayette, Monroe and Jackson Within the Next 3 Years. Fssa Anticipates the Program Will Serve a Total of 1,000 Pregnant Individuals During This Period. Fssa Will Formally Partner With Centerstone, a Community Mental Health Center That Will Become a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic, and Voa Fresh Start to Enhance Outpatient Services. the Program Is Currently Limited to Medicaid Beneficiaries Only; However, Samhsa Funding Will Allow Uninsured and Under-insured Pregnant Individuals Necessary Access to Additional Aid. in Its Current Form, the Program Partners With Indiana Medicaid Managed Health Plans to Provide Case Management and Care Coordination Services to Participants. Since the Program’s Implementation the Team of Pregnancy Promise Program Case Managers Have Aided Hundreds of Individuals in Securing Necessary Resources Such as Safe Housing, Transportation, Childcare Etc. the Program’s Multigeneration Approach Serves Pregnant Individuals and Infants From the Prenatal Period Through 12 Months Postpartum, Ensuring Infants Have a Pediatric Medical Home, Appropriate Referrals to Pediatric Specialists as Needed, and Developmental Support Services. While Parents Simultaneously Continue Receiving Support From the Pregnancy Promise Case Manager to Sustain Recovery, Ensure Access to Comprehensive Healthcare, and Achieve Desired Goals Such as Employment. in Under 3 Years the Program Has Served Nearly 800 Mothers Across Indiana. Collected Data From the Program Demonstrates Promising Results for Mothers and Infants. Success Is Evidenced by High Rates of Sustained Recovery, Relapse Prevention, Infants With Healthy Birthweights and Family Preservation and (re)unification Data. the Fssa Has Published These Findings in Annual Program Reports. the Indiana Pregnancy Promise Program Is Currently Reliant on Funding Through a 5-YEAR Award From the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Innovation, Which Ends December 31, 2024. Supportive Funding by Samhsa Will Allow Indiana to Meaningfully Serve Additional Mother/infant Dyads. the Pregnancy Promise Program Is Reliant on Additional State Funds to Support Costs Associated With Pregnancy Promise Case Manager Staff at the Medicaid Health Plans.