Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H), has received an $849,915 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The funds will be used for a Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Center (CORC) with an Integrated Systems Approach that will serve individuals in Mohave County, Arizona.
The SAMHSA grant will enable SB&H to enhance capacity and service options for Mohave County’s uninsured and underinsured populations directly addressing the county’s worsening opioid epidemic. The SB&H CORC will partner with and serve local hospitals, local Native American communities, police and fire, probation programs, behavioral health providers and local community groups. The program can serve up to 500 individuals with opioid use dependency (OUD) annually and 2,000 people throughout the lifetime of the four-year grant project.
“This Comprehensive Opioid Recovery Center will be a valuable and much-needed resource to the Mohave County community, which needs easily accessible substance abuse and dependence treatment,” said Southwest Behavioral & Health Services CEO Steven Sheets. “The fact that we are partnering with other local community providers will streamline our services and increase the chances of success.”
The Southwest Behavioral & Health Services CORC program will:
- improve access to care by completing intakes and evaluations both in office and during community outreach, within 24 hours of contact or less with a goal of inclusively engaging persons who are uninsured or underinsured.
- provide a full continuum of holistic care in addition to OUD and medication assisted treatment (MAT) services to support recovery, stabilize individuals, families, and the community.
