Preferred Family Healthcare

Clarity Healthcare (a division of Preferred Family Healthcare) will implement a Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Overdose Response project to reduce the morbidity and mortality of SUD/OUD in the high-risk rural communities we serve. Our catchment area includes the Missouri counties of Pike, Marion, Monroe, and Ralls as well as the Illinois counties of Adams and Pike. Through the efforts of the Project Director, Care Coordinator/Community Liaison, and an Illinois-based Peer Support Specialist, the goals of this project are three-fold: (1) Provide education on OUD and overdose to community organizations and individuals; (2) Provide behavioral health treatment referral and care coordination for those with SUD/OUD experiencing (or at risk for) overdose; and (3) Provide wraparound community resource connection and wellness support for those impacted by SUD/OUD, including incidents of overdose. Specific activities will include providing education/outreach to a minimum of 100 individuals and 10 organizations, distributing 200 Naloxone kits and 200 medication disposal kits, and assisting at least 50 clients with copayments and prescription costs. All (100%) participants will be provided with overdose reversal drugs at no cost to them. Project activities will be informed by SAMHSA's Opioid Prevention Toolkit and other evidence-based practices, including SBIRT, PQH-9, DLA-20, Care Coordination, Peer Support, Patient-Centered Medical Home, MAT, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Informed Therapy, EMDR, and Motivational Interviewing.