Open Door Community Health Centers
Project Summary
Our project will leverage the resources of core community institutions to reduce the incidence and impact of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) on the rural Northern California coast. Humboldt County's reported NAS rate of 13.5 per 1,000 is over five times as high as the state (2.5 per 1,000), and the County has the highest number of adults reporting adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Additionally, the reported rate of perinatal SUD in Humboldt County is 3.7 times the state average. With our community partners we will take a multifaceted approach emphasizing education, prevention, and support. We plan to educate current (our internal & community providers) and future service providers, working with our local junior college, university & family medicine residency program. We will emphasize prevention by making birth control easily available in our MAT programs. Through increased training of current service providers we will enhance support for prenatal patients experiencing SUD, families effected by SUD, and infants experiencing neonatal abstinence syndrome.