Washington County Memorial Hospital

This Overdose Response funding request will maintain this same overarching goal of existing RCORP efforts by continuing to allow network members to meet the needs of the rural population of Washington County. The network commits to removing barriers to quality care by meeting the person where they are at on their care journey; both literally and figuratively. RCORP Overdose Response funds, if awarded to the network, will enhance acute care delivery for those in crisis, use specific behavioral health strategies at existing points of care, and create new community points of care to provide support and healthcare access to our most vulnerable and underserved populations. To summarize, the network is proposing to pick up where education, prevention, and the administration of Narcan leaves off; improving the SUD/OUD patient journey from emergency/acute care response to comprehensive care to recovery. The goal will be to build upon the existing foundation of work that has been put into place through past and present RCORP funding by improving access to not only SUD prevention, treatment and recovery but other needed acute and non-acute behavioral health care services. While the Network has coalesced and is actively providing SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery services to adults and adolescents; disparate unserved populations still exist within the network's service population. RCORP Health Disparities Impact assessments conducted by the Rural Network show several populations still in need of network assistance to bridge significant barriers to care, education, and recovery support. Additionally, services, existing and proposed, offered by the Rural Health Network will be available to the entire target population. Existing and proposed services will help support individuals in treatment or recovery and provide a variety of interventions within an exceptional vulnerable population to SUD/OUD.