Impact Life Inc.

Impact Life: Building Communities of Recovery - Impact Life's (IL) Building Communities of Recovery (BCOR) Program Will Serve the Entire State of Delaware (de), Consisting of Three Counties: New Castle (NCC) (home to the City of Wilmington), Kent, and Sussex Counties With Our Pof Being Delawareans Ages 12 Years and Older. All of Kent and Sussex Counties Are Considered a Medically Underserved Area/population (mua/p) and Health Professional Shortage as Well as Southern/eastern NCC. Though De Is the Second Smallest State in the Us With the 6TH Lowest State Population (us Census), De Ranks 3RD in the Nation in Per Capita Overdose (OD) Deaths, With 55 DEATHS/100,000 Individuals (CDC, 2022).DUE to Its Location, De Is a Critical Chokepoint for Illicit Opioid Transit Along Interstate 95 (dea, 2020) as It Is the Main East Coast North-south Highway in the Us, Linking Major Cities Such as Miami, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City. From 2020-23, De Od Death Rates Increased by 16% Annually Which Is 132% Above the National Average Death Rate and the Highest Annual Od Growth Rate in the Nation With Opioids Accounting for 84% of Deaths (CDC, 2021). in De, There Were 47 Drug Od DEATHS/100,000 People in Comparison to the Rest of the Us Who Experienced 27/100,000 (countyhealthrankings.org). as of Early 2024, De Continues to Face Significant Public Health Concerns With Drug Od Deaths. Early Data Shows That Almost 50% of Admissions to Publicly Funded Treatment Programs Listed Heroin as Their Primary Drug. an Additional 7% of Admissions Were Primarily Attributed to Use of Other Opiates (teds, 2019). the Potency of Illicit Drugs Is a Contributing Factor to the Increase in Od Deaths Among Youth. Deaths Involving Fentanyl Increased by 182% With 90% of Od Deaths Involving Opioids and 84% Involved Illicitly Manufactured Fentanyl. From 2017-19, the Annual Average Prevalence of Past-month Marijuana Use in De Was 9%, Higher Than the Regional (6%) and National (7%) Averages (samhsa, 2019). Through Implementation of Bcor, Il Will Provide Peer Recovery Support Services (PRSS), a Peer Recovery Mentoring Program, Community-based Harm Reduction Services, Recovery Housing, Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy, and Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBPR). Through the Use of These Ebps, We Hope to Engage 450 Unduplicated Individuals in PRSS, 120 in Peer Mentoring, 5,280 Through Harm Reduction Services, 450 in Recovery Housing, and 300 Through MBRP.