Provider Workforce

Oklahoma State University

The National Center for Wellness & Recovery (NCWR) at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences is leading this project that targets the Tulsa Metropolitan Service Area. The Tulsa MSA is a collection of six rural counties and one urban county in northeastern Oklahoma, all of which are ethnically diverse, with more than 8% of the population American Indian. The target population within the Tulsa MSA is pregnant women, mothers, and women of childbearing age with a history of, or who are at risk for, SUD/OUD – and their children, families, and caregivers.

Hamot Health Foundation

Our project serves pregnant women, mothers, and women of child-bearing age who have a history of, or who are at risk for, SUD/OUD, along with their children, families, and caregivers in rural Venango County by integrating and coordinating care to reduce the high prevalence of neonatal abstinence syndrome/withdrawal, as well as its deleterious effects.

Western Maryland Area Health Education Center

The Healthy Moms and Babies project seeks to reduce the incidence and impact of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) in Allegany and Garrett counties, two rural communities suffering the devastating impacts of the opioid epidemic, whose victims include the youngest, most precious, and most vulnerable among us.

University of Tennessee

With an interprofessional collaborative approach, NOW will enhance quality of the provider workforce through professional training, emphasizing stigma reduction and the incorporation of family planning during healthcare visits, particularly when opioids are prescribed. The quantity of behavioral health providers will also be increased by hiring a licensed clinical social worker at Servolution and introducing the services of University of Tennessee's social work interns into STAND’s youth health promotion programming.