Fairview Park LP

Rural Georgia counties experience disproportionately poor outcomes compared to the rest of the state as well as the country. Behavioral health outcomes, substance use disorder, and opioid use disorder rates, including instances of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), and maternal health outcomes are no exception to this disparity. Without proper treatment and monitoring, NAS has the potential to result in poor health outcomes for generations of children and their families. With these vital outcomes at stake, it is clear there is an urgent need for intensive NAS intervention that takes a whole-patient approach to prevention, treatment, and recovery. In an effort to pursue this solution, Fairview Park Hospital proposes to form a multisectoral consortium of experts in behavioral health, primary care, rural health, women's health, early childhood education, and medical education to provide a solution that is tailored to the unique needs of the counties involved in this grant. The target population of this effort are at risk of becoming pregnant and are living with addiction. Each of the consortium members has committed their support to actively participating in creating a program that will continue to grow and serve the target population long after the grant period of performance has concluded. The diversity of expertise provided by each consortium member will lend itself to a program that is well-rounded and inclusive of the unique challenges facing the population of these counties most affected by NAS. Each consortium member is well established in the community based on their achievements not only as individuals but also as collaborators with others in the community. Through strategic planning efforts and continuous collaboration, the proposed consortium plans to create an NAS intervention program that is specifically tailored to our community and that is set up to grow and adapt to the changing needs of the target population.