Substance Abuse/Drugs

Norfolk, VA is scheduled to attend the site visit to Vermont DOC in November. They would like help with obtaining funding, collaboration with community services, resources for patients who are homeless with substance abuse disorder, and how to treat patients with substance abuse disorder more efficiently in the jail.

Santa Fe County, one of the current Bridges sites, is interested in doing a site visit or two to learn more about how other places successfully manage detox within the jail (and presumably learn more about how they administer MOUD, etc.). They specifically asked for similarly situated jails - their facility is 612 beds with an ADP of 256; county population is 154,000 - and said places like CA, WA, NY, etc., are probably not going to be a good fit for them/their community to learn from.

Met with grantee to discuss their program and what evaluation TA services may be needed. They indicaed that while data collection had been done there were uncertainities about how to show outcomes and impact. Following up with logic model and action plan templates/tipsheets, plus additional resources. Will be following up for another meeting after working through materials.

Met with site to discuss final elements of project. TTA collaborative link was shared if they have any TTA needs beyond their COSSUP funding. POC shared helpful insights to the PMT practices they started during their project.

Q3 quarterly call to discuss program updates and wrap-up. Grantee is currently working on on closing out all project activities and completing final reports. Grantee wants to know if 9/30 is a hard deadline. Information was shared with grantee that they can still complete reports after that date.

Q3 quarterly call to discuss program updates. Everything is going well. The largest challenge is getting referrals from police in Irvington. Currently contracted with Montclaire University for quantitative and qualitative data collection.

Q3 quarterly call to discuss program updates. Grantee is still experiencing some challenges with staffing. The action plan is currently in progress.

Q3 quarterly check-in to discuss success, challenges, and any updates to goals and activities. Grantee requested guidance on allowable vs. unallowable charges under their grant and ideas for one-time purchases. Katy provided them with some documentation of allowable charges.

Reached out to site 7/17/24. Scheduled call for 9/12/24. Will discuss TTA needs, program progress, and sustainability.