H79SP082743

Active Response Implementation and Evaluation System (ARIES) - The MS Department of Mental Health, with the MS Public Health Institute, MS Center for Emergency Services, and Bartkowski & Associates Research Team, proposes ARIES-PDO (hereafter ARIES), MS's Active Response Implementation and Evaluation System for Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose Prevention.

ARIES will train and educate at least 7000 persons (first responders, healthcare workers, other staff, and residents) in naloxone knowledge and skills, focusing primarily on a designated high-need geographical area. ARIES will also implement an aggressive naloxone distribution and utilization tracking program.

MS leads the nation in negative social indicators (e.g., poverty, health disparities, medical underservice) and has unusually high overdose and overdose fatality rates due largely to the availability and abundance of high-potency opioids within the state.

ARIES's goals are these:

Goal 1: Improve the naloxone education and distribution process over the course of five project years, to include a one-tenth (Obj. 1.1) reduction in the rate of intentional, unintentional, and undetermined intentional opioid overdose; (Obj. 1.2) reduction in the number of opioid overdose-related deaths; (Obj. 1.3) increase in the number of opioid overdose reversals; (Obj. 1.4) increase in the number of referrals to substance abuse treatment services; (Obj. 1.5) increase in the number of individuals receiving treatment or recovery services following successful overdose reversal administration; and (Obj. 1.6) increase in the number of naloxone kits that reached high-need communities.

Goal 2: Enhance education and training programs for 7000 individuals, meeting or exceeding projected annual numbers of (Obj. 2.1) trainings conducted on opioid overdose death prevention strategies; (Obj. 2.2) medical professionals trained on overprescribing risks; (Obj. 2.3) first responders trained on using overdose reversal drugs; (Obj. 2.4) participants per session by type of participant; people reporting (Obj. 2.5) learning, (Obj. 2.6) using, and (Obj. 2.7) having confidence in training knowledge/skills; (Obj. 2.8) individuals accurately recognizing overdose symptoms; and (Obj. 2.9) improved rates of successful administration of overdose-reversing drugs tracked in real time.

Goal 3: Improve naloxone utilization, to include a one-tenth increase in the (Obj. 3.1) number of naloxone kits used in each administration and by type of kit; (Obj. 3.2) total amount and percentage of funds spent to purchase naloxone products; (Obj. 3.3) number of referrals to kit prescriber or other medical professional post-administration for replacement resources, etc.; (Obj. 3.4) number of persons administering naloxone by type, disparity demographics, number of prior administrations, and census tract; (Obj. 3.5) number of naloxone patients by location of administration, disparity demographics, number of prior administrations, and census tract; and (Obj. 3.6) number of naloxone kits distributed by zip code, request vs. response, household, dosage amount, type of recipient, and type of kit.

Mississippi Department Of Mental Health

SAMHSA WAS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS PRIORITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH ASSISTANCE (GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS) TO STATES, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES, INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT PRIVATE ENTITIES. UNDER THESE SECTIONS, CSAT, CMHS AND CSAP SEEK TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO AMERICANS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDITIONS, AND TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES AND TO ADDRESS PRIORITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ASSIST CHILDREN IN DEALING WITH VIOLENCE AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS THROUGH BY FUNDING GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROJECTS. GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS MAY BE FOR (1) KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION PROJECTS FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AND THE CONDUCT OR SUPPORT OF EVALUATIONS OF SUCH PROJECTS, (2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, (3) TARGETED CAPACITY RESPONSE PROGRAMS (4) SYSTEMS CHANGE GRANTS INCLUDING STATEWIDE FAMILY NETWORK GRANTS AND CLIENT-ORIENTED AND CONSUMER RUN SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES AND (5) PROGRAMS TO FOSTER HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, (6) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES INTO PUBLICLY-FUNDED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS

93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Mississippi United States

State-Wide

Grants to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths (SP-21-002)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 302% from $849,855 to $3,414,799.