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Prior YOR Grantee

West County Community Schools Supportive Services Program

Project Name: West County Community Schools Supportive Services Program

Partners: West Sonoma County Union High School District, Sonoma County Office of Education

Project Description: As part of a network of community-based organizations, West County Health Centers will backbone and provide direct care and supportive services for students and families with opioid, stimulant and other substance use or misuse disorders within the school environment. This Community School model, in which collaborative services are offered where students and families congregate and systems of services are already connected, allows for a more natural space for integrated addiction and behavioral health services.

This grant will allow for training for staff, community and peers, about harm-reduction, substance use assessment, treatment options, referral to care, care management support, and stigma reduction; MAT for students and families with substance use disorder; psychiatric assessment and treatment for co-morbid mental health disorders; care management and care coordination for students and families; peer training and co-design around support and engagement programs; needle exchange; and Naloxone distribution.

Primary Contact:

Name: Erin Elo
Position: Youth and Gender Services Manager
Email: eelo@wchealth.org
Phone: 707-887-0427

Agency Website: www.wchealth.org

Prior YOR Grantee

JUDAHH

Project Name: JUDAHH Project’s Youth Opioid Program

Project Description: JUDAHH Project’s Youth Opioid Program was created in response to the many deaths that occurred from opioid abuse in the African American youth population in South Sacramento. We offer educational information through outreach activities and social media campaigns. JUDAHH, in collaboration with behavioral health professionals utilizes strategies to identify how to reduce stigma and break down barriers to youth seeking support.

Primary contact:

Name: Valerie Andrews
Phone number: (916) 389-0152,
Email address: thejudahhproject@gmail.com

Prior YOR Grantee

Somali Family Services

Project Name: Somali Familly Services – Leaders In Our Neighborhood Refugee Opioid Awareness and Restoration (LION ROAR) Program

Project Description: Somali Family Service of San Diego’s Leaders In Our Neighborhood Refugee Opioid Awareness and Restoration (LION ROAR) Program empowers refugee and immigrant youth representing a diversity of refugee and immigrant communities including Somali, Swahili and Middle Eastern communities. As ROAR Advisory Group members and Peer Supporters, youth engage in leadership training and learn how to address substance use disorders and addiction in a culturally-appropriate manner including how to combat cultural stigmas which often create barriers to prevention and treatment. Youth participate in educational workshops and webinars, support group sessions, presentations and trainings designed to bolster awareness of how to become civically engaged to promote community health and wellness.

Primary Contact:

Name: Mustafa Sahid
Position: Director of Operations
Email: msahid@sfssd.org
Phone: (619) 265-5821 ext. 208

Agency website: www.somalifamilyservice.org

Current YOR 4 grantee

Fort Bragg Police Department, Care Response Unit

YOR IV Project Name: Project Right Now (Pro re Nata)

Project Description: Project Right Now (PRN) will build on the successes of our YOR III experience. Based on the highly successful Care Response Unit out of the Fort Bragg Police Department, PRN will not only connect youth with services but will work to make a lifelong impact on clients through wraparound services. When a youth with a substance use disorder (SUD) is referred to PRN they are first triaged by a liaison who ensures the youth and their family are connected to all available resources. The liaison can meet with youth and their families in the community – in their homes or at school, and not just during business hours. For those youth with SUD who are involved with the juvenile justice system, PRN will work with court personnel, prosecutors, and probation officers directly to assist with transitioning youth out of the juvenile justice system, and into treatment.

Partner Agencies: Fort Bragg High School, Noyo High School, Mendocino High School, Mendocino Coast College, Noyo Adult School, Fort Bragg Unified School District, Mendocino Unified School District, Mendocino Coast Clinics – Suboxone Program/MAT Program, Mendocino Co. Safe Space Project

YOR III Project Name: Project Right Now (Pro re Nata)

Project Description: Project Right Now (PRN) is a new and innovative approach to addressing substance abuse disorders (SUD) among youth. Based on the highly successful Care Response Unit out of the Fort Bragg Police Department, PRN will not only connect youth with services but will work to make a lifelong impact on clients through true wraparound services.

When a youth with SUD is referred to PRN they are first triaged by a liaison who ensures the youth and their family are connected to all available resources. They are then assigned a Success Coach who meets with them in their homes, at school, and when the youth needs it, not just during business hours.

For those youth with SUD who have become ingrained in the criminal justice system, PRN will work directly with courts, prosecutors, and probation to assist with transitioning youth out of the criminal justice system, and into treatment.

Primary Contact:
Name: Thomas O’Neal
Position: Police Captain
Email: toneal@fortbragg.com
Phone: 707-961-2800 ext. 120
Website: www.city.fortbragg.com

Current YOR 4 grantee

Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance

YOR IV Project Name: Empowering Resilient Futures – A Trauma Informed Opioid Prevention Initiative for Transition-Age Youth in the Inland Empire

Project Description: Devoloped by the Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance of the Divine Truth Unity Fellowship Church, the Empowering Resilient Futures Initiative is a comprehensive response to the opioid crisis impacting transition-age youth (TAY) in the Inland Empire. By integrating street outreach, street medicine, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) within a trauma-informed framework, this initiative equips TAY with the knowledge, resources, and support needed to make informed choices and build resilient futures. Aligned with the YOR 4 goals, this approach fosters collaboration and compassion, setting a precedent for innovative strategies to address opioid misuse in vulnerable populations.

Partner Agencies: UCR School of Medicine, Inland Valley Recovery Services, Riverside University Health System, TruEvolution, IEHP, Molina Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Rainbow Youth Collaborative, Inland Empire Harm Reduction Coalition, St. John’s Wellness

YOR III Project Name: Pride Youth Resiliency Project

Project Description: The Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance (RPYA) MAT Expansion Project will provide wraparound services to decrease the use of Opioids and other stimulants among transgender and gender diverse youth (TGNB), non-binary, (cisgender youth -children/adolescents whose gender identity and/or expression differs from their sex assigned at birth), and LGB youth of color, ages 12-24 in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.

The mission of Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance is to provide a safe, healthy, and enriching environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) youth of the Inland Empire. We provide a safe space for young people to meet, make friends and participate in various weekly events and activities. We also offer support and resources for gender affirmation and community building. We are dedicated to facilitating activities and programs that enrich the lives of LGBTQ+ folks and promote creativity, health, and wellness for the positive mental health of our queer youth.

Primary Contact:

Name: Rev. Benita Ramsey

Position: President & CEO

Phone: 909-519-0362
Email: benita@unityhope.org

Website: rainbowprideyouthalliance.org

Prior YOR Grantee

Native Health in Native Hands

Partner Agencies: Round Valley Indian Health Center (Round Valley Indian Tribes)

Project Name: Native Health in Native Hands

Project Description: The Native Health in Native Hands Project connects and empowers native youth with positive traditional culture experiences, traditional ecological knowledge, and outings to traditional homelands. Our community activities are designed to encourage resiliency, self-respect, knowledge, skills, and abilities through youth and elder connection and mentorship. The connection we make between participants, plant knowledge, and native languages provides culturally relevant, healthy alternatives, and relief from the pressures of stimulant, opioid, and other substance misuse. We revitalize youth participation in traditional activities, art, and science. Food sovereignty, health, self-worth, cultural appreciation, and expression all disrupt and counter the physical and mental health issues linked with substance misuse and addiction. We focus on Round Valley Indian Tribal youth and families at risk with OUD and provide outpatient services for the Round Valley Indian Health Center.

Primary Contacts:

Name: Perry Lincoln
Position: Founder and Project Director
Email: nativehealthinnativehands@gmail.com
Phone: (530) 382-5840

Name: Brian Dykstra
Position: Project Assistant
Email: nativehealthinnativehands@gmail.com
Phone: (616) 558-0404

Website: www.nativehealthinnativehands.org