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, as well
as, the integration of social workers 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.