AHP assisted in the successful delivery of the 2023 COSSAP National Forum Session: Franklin County, Ohio: Supporting Access to Treatment and Recovery Services across the Justice Intercepts.
Presenters:
Caitlin Looney, LISW-S, Grants Administrator, Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs, Columbus, Ohio
Ryan Newsome, MSW, LISW, Social Services Coordinator, Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs, Columbus, Ohio
Token Carter, MS, LPC, Discharge Planner, Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs, Columbus, Ohio
Local jail data confirm that one of every four individuals booked into the Franklin County, Ohio, Correctional Center requires medical detox from opioids and that an annual average of 21 percent of those who fatally overdose in the county were incarcerated in the jail within 1 year prior to their date of death. The Franklin County Office of Justice Policy and Programs (OJPP) has leveraged Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP)—formerly known as the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP)—funding since 2017 to create evidence- and outcome-based interventions across the justice intercepts to support access to treatment and recovery services for the justice-involved community. A panel from OJPP will provide brief overviews of this continuum of care staffed by multidisciplinary teams, including first responder community deflection; expanding access to harm reduction vending machines through public health partnerships; pre-release cognitive behavioral therapy programming with post-release case management and peer support; jail-based medication-assisted treatment with support groups and discharge planning; distribution of naloxone upon release from jail; two rapid resource centers located in post-custody portions of the local jails to increase access to treatment and reentry services; and a post-release housing respite program for those booked into the jail as homeless. The panelists discussed successes, challenges, and future goals of each program while opening the floor to attendees to ask questions related to braided funding, program design and operations, incorporation of peer support across the justice intercepts, data collection and analysis, and sustainability.
Learning Objectives
1. Describe qualitative and quantitative lessons learned from programs applied across the Sequential Intercept Map (SIM).
2. Apply funding braiding and data collection techniques to increase project sustainability.
3. Identify and apply innovative solutions to common barriers in program implementation for the justice system.
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