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CT PROMOTES RECOVERY FROM OUD (CT PROUD) - THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES (DMHAS), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NUMEROUS STATE AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, PROPOSES TO CONTINUE A SERIES OF TARGETED RESPONSES INTENDED TO REDUCE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF OPIOID USE ON CONNECTICUT CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES. THESE RESPONSES BUILD ON THE STATE'S EVOLVING RECOVERY-ORIENTED, INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF CARE, HELPING TO CONTINUE TO SHIFT THE FOCUS OF CARE FROM RESPONDING TO ACUTE EPISODES TO A PREVENTION AND RECOVERY MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK. CT'S STRATEGY SPANS COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND GRASSROOTS PREVENTION COALITIONS, TO PRE-RECOVERY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, TO RECOVERY INITIATION THROUGH ACTIVE TREATMENT, HARM REDUCTION, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES, AND FINALLY, TO LONG-TERM RECOVERY MAINTENANCE. CONNECTICUT'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIST A BROAD SWATH OF THE POPULATION IN CITIES AND RURAL AREAS, WHO ARE ACTIVELY USING OPIOIDS, ARE EARLY IN RECOVERY, AND MAY HAVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT, AS WELL AS FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE USING OPIOIDS. THESE GOALS INCLUDE: 1. REDUCTION OF OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS AND INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE DANGER OF OPIOID USE USING MULTI-FACETED PREVENTION STRATEGIES. THESE STRATEGIES ARE DESIGNED TO REACH ALL 3,588,184 OF THE STATE'S CITIZENS. 2. INCREASING AND MAINTAINING ACCESS TO TREATMENT, WITH A FOCUS ON MEDICATION ASSISTED INTERVENTIONS, FOR AT-RISK POPULATIONS, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 1100 INDIVIDUALS ARE ANTICIPATED TO RECEIVE TREATMENT SERVICES, WITH 550 PER PROJECT YEAR. 3. HARM REDUCTION FOCUSED OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ACTIVELY USING OPIOIDS AND NOT YET RECEIVING TREATMENT INCLUDING INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DUE TO AN OPIOID OVERDOSE. 5900 INDIVIDUALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE REACHED OUT TO, OR 2950 PER PROJECT YEAR. 4. PROVISION OF RECOVERY SUPPORT FOR THOSE NEWLY IN RECOVERY, INCLUDING TEMPORARY HOUSING, UTILIZING PEER SPECIALISTS AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS IN METHADONE CLINICS, COURT INVOLVED, OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF SUPPORT IN ORDER TO PROGRESS IN THEIR RECOVERY. 1425 INDIVIDUALS ARE PROJECTED TO BE IN NEED OF RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES PER YEAR FOR A PROJECT TOTAL OF 2850. CONNECTICUT MAINTAINS CONSIDERABLE MOMENTUM TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS. COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF OPIOID PROBLEMS HAS GALVANIZED LOCAL, GRASS-ROOTS GROUPS INTO ACTION. COMMUNITY COALITIONS INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATORS, POLICE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE FORMED TO ADDRESS THIS EPIDEMIC. THE LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED CONNECTICUT ALCOHOL AND DRUG POLICY COUNCIL (ADPC) CONTINUES TO SUPPORT RECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPED BY SUBCOMMITTEES IN THE AREAS OF PREVENTION, TREATMENT, RECOVERY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. NUMEROUS PROPOSED SOR PROJECTS ARE A RESULT OF THE COUNCIL'S WORK. THESE SAMHSA RESOURCES ARE CRUCIAL IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE HARD WORK OF THESE GROUPS.

Project Grant (B) · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · to Mental Health & Addiction Services Conne (UEI R2J2V5BZNGY2) · data as of 2026-09-30

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