Oneida County Community Response Program

The Oneida County Health Department proposes to advance the Oneida County Community Response Team (OC CRT) Law Enforcement and First Responder Deflection and Referral to Treatment Program and establish recovery housing, both of which involve the progression of peer recovery coach services. The purpose is to improve current comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, evidence-based, community centered referral to treatment programs at multiple intercepts of the criminal justice system and establish recovery supports that enhance treatment and health outcomes for individuals experiencing substance use concerns. Project activities include expanding law enforcement and first responder participation in OC CRT deflection activities, as well as, collaboration with the newly formed Criminal Justice Coordinative Committee to establish comprehensive diversion programs at multiple intercepts of the sequential model. The project emphasizes developing peer recovery coach services to provide case management and care coordination services. In addition, the project aims to build an Advancing Recovery Capital Workgroup focused on establishing recovery housing, including recovery support services, in the region. Expected outcomes include: improved coordination of public health and response agency efforts through multi-disciplinary teams, increased number of evidence-based interventions within the criminal justice system, decreases recidivism rates, increased linkages to care and engagement in treatment, increased availability of recovery support resources, improved housing stability, and reduced morbidity and mortality associated with substance use. Beneficiaries of this project are diverse and wide reaching. They include various organizations involved at different intercepts of the criminal justice system by reducing recidivism rates and the burden of addressing behavioral health concerns within the system. Individuals experiencing substance use concerns will experience improved health outcomes and the ability to become productive members of society. The general community benefits from reduced property and public order crime. Most importantly, by supporting caregivers experiencing substance use concerns, the project improves social determinants of health for children living in these environments and helps impact family cycles of addiction. Subrecipient activities include: law enforcement and first responders will participate in follow-up contact interventions; recovery support services will provide case management, care coordination, and skill building services; recovery housing subrecipient will coordinate and provide guidance on steps to establishing recovery housing, finding and updating suitable locations, and training on systems of operation; data analysis subrecipient will complete process and outcome evaluation and reporting activities.