The Indian Health Service (IHS), Office of Clinical and Preventive Services, Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) is accepting applications for cooperative agreements for the Preventing Alcohol-Related Deaths (PARD) through Detoxification.
Donor Name: Indian Health Service (IHS)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to increase access to community-based prevention strategies that provide social detoxification, evaluation, stabilization, fostering patient readiness for and entry into treatment for alcohol use, and other substance use disorders In alignment with the IHS 2019-2023 Strategic Plan Goal 1: To ensure that comprehensive, culturally appropriate personal and public health services are available and accessible to AI/AN people, the PARD project is designed to provide communities the ability to reduce alcohol-related mortality and encourage clients to seek additional alcohol and/or substance use disorder treatment after discharge from a detoxification program.
IHS will use this funding to focus on the provision of services in Tribal and Urban Indian communities with the highest burden of alcohol-related deaths among AI/AN persons. IHS analyzed the national rates of causes of deaths using the CDC data (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021), and determined that McKinley County, New Mexico (with the largest city of Gallup), continues to have the highest burden of alcohol-related deaths among AI/AN persons.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
- Award Floor: $2,000,000
Project Period
The project period is for 5 years.
Required Activities
The PARD program requires applicants to review the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) 45), which identifies the principle for the basis of the TIP. The PARD program must include the three critical components – evaluation, stabilization, and fostering patient readiness for and entry into treatment. The three critical components identified in the SAMHSA TIP 45 will serve as the program objectives that each applicant will be required to meet. The three objectives include:
- To evaluate clients encountering the detoxification program by the following methods:
- testing for the presence of substances of use either through the bloodstream, urine or saliva tests, breathalyzers, and visually; and,
- measuring the client’s coordination and concentration; and,
- screening for co-occurring mental and physical conditions; and
- To evaluate clients encountering the detoxification program by the following methods:
- testing for the presence of substances of use either through the bloodstream, urine or saliva tests, breathalyzers, and visually; and,
- measuring the client’s coordination and concentration; and,
- screening for co-occurring mental and physical conditions; and
- may include a comprehensive assessment of the client’s medical and psychological conditions, social situations, and historical traumas.
- To stabilize the clients while in detoxification, which includes the following methods:
- The medical and psychosocial processes of assisting the client through acute intoxication and withdrawal to the attainment of a medically stable, fully supported, substance-free state. This may be done with the assistance of medications, though in some approaches, no medication is used.
- Familiarizing patients with their role and what to expect in the detoxification program.
- The detoxification staff seek the involvement of the client’s social support systems (family, employers, significant others, congregations, etc. — with release of confidentiality).
- Provide hot meals, showers, hygiene kits, and other activities of daily living that are necessary for individuals in detoxification and treatment services.
- Ensure evidence-based interventions, promising/best practices, and culture‑based practices are incorporated into the detoxification curriculum while individuals are participating in services.
- To foster the client’s readiness for and entry into treatment for alcohol use disorders, and when appropriate, other substance use disorders:
- Preparing the client for entry into alcohol and/or substance use disorder treatment by stressing the importance of following through with their complete continuum of care, as a documented treatment plan.
- It is highly recommended to encourage clients to continue alcohol and/or substance use disorder treatment prior to discharge from the detoxification program, and record the commitment that is indicated by the client in their documented treatment plan.
- Provide recovery pathways for all clients (recorded in their respective documented treatment plans) by linking them to further treatment for alcohol and/or substance use disorders, including the facilitation of contact with treatment providers and programs after detoxification.
- Measure the overall treatment process, including the progress and results of referrals, by following individuals who enter the detoxification program and throughout their follow-on uses of alcohol and/or substance use disorder treatment/rehabilitation after detoxification, and record the results in their respective treatment plans.
Eligible Applicants:
City or township governments
Additional Information on Eligibility:
To be eligible for this funding opportunity an applicant will be a public or private institution operated by a state, local, Tribal, or private entity that operates direct, on-site alcohol and/or substance use disorder treatment services, including social alcohol detoxification services, to American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons. For purposes of this announcement, “institution” means an entity that provides substance use disorder treatment services including detoxification. Applicants must be able to start services on the first day of the award. Applicants must serve AI/AN persons.
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