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Capacity Building

Youth Drug & Addiction Education Initiative (YDAEI)

Project Name: Youth Organization and Community Outreach

Description: The Youth Drug & Addiction Education Initiative partners with local youth organizations to raise awareness of the fentanyl crisis and how one pill can kill. We share facts about how fentanyl has contaminated the illicit drug supply chain fueling accidental overdose deaths. We provide toolkits that include educational materials and referral information on how to access treatment programs. Our science and facts-based program introduces the brain’s reward system concept to help youth understand how addiction develops in the brain and the effects of drugs on vital organs to allow them to develop their own perspective on drugs using the knowledge they acquired from the program as a foundation. We encourage open dialogues about drugs in youth programs and families to remove the stigma associated with substance use and treatment programs.

Primary Contact:

Name: Cari Lee
Position: Interim Program Director
Email: caril@ydaei.org
Phone: 650-302-4970

Agency Web Site: https://www.ydaei.org/

Direct Service

UCFS Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

YOR I Project Name: Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Treatment for Youth with Addiction

Partner Agencies (Subcontractors): Boston Children’s Hospital Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program (ASAP)

Project Description: For over 40 years, the UCSF Division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine has provided exemplary and innovative health care services and has trained health care professionals and scholars from a variety of disciplines at the graduate and postgraduate education level. As such, our project has three important aims:

To expand access to evidence-based addiction treatment (including MAT) for youth through our Youth Outpatient Substance Use Program (YoSUP)
To facilitate excellent training in youth addiction medicine for California’s pediatric providers through the UCSF Youth Addiction Medicine Training Program
To build a collaborative network of youth addiction treatment providers in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout California

With support from YOR California, we will lead efforts to ensure that developmentally appropriate and evidence-based treatment options become the standard of care for California youth struggling with addiction.

YOR II Project Name: UCSF Youth Outpatient Substance Use Program (YoSUP)

Primary Contact:
Name: Veronika Mesheriakova, M.D.
Position: Director
Agency: University of California San Francisco
Email: YoSUP@ucsf.edu
Phone: 415-514-7604

Website: https://youthsubstanceuse.ucsf.edu

Summary: UCSF Project

Direct Service

California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM)/ Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Project Name: San Bernardino County Youth Opioid Response (SBCYOR)

Partner Agencies: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, San Bernardino County Department of Probation, Sheriff’s Department, Department of Behavioral Health, County Office of Education, Collaborative Treatment Courts, County Emergency Services Department.

Project Description: SBCYOR aimed to offer more resources for the target population with OUDs who need emergency treatment and recovery services that are accessible, effective, and comprehensive through evidence-based practices by creating community collaborations to appropriately identify and enroll at risk youth with OUDs within our communities, to avoid overdose and possible death. The project was able to provide services and educational programs in hospitals, school districts, community outreach, detention center, drug courts, and behavioral health clinics in our region. SBCYOR utilized and enhanced the efforts of our expert team to create effective community collaborations to appropriately identify and enroll at risk youth with OUD within San Bernardino County, in effort to avoid overdose and possible death while providing services and education in hospitals, school districts, community outreach, detention centers (juvenile and adult), drug courts, and behavioral health clinics.

Primary Contact:
Name: Dr. Michael Neeki, D.O.
Position: Main Program Director
Agency: SBC YOR
Email: neekim@armc.sbcounty.gov
Phone: (909) 771-1029

Website: www.sbcyor.org

Published Report: San Bernardino County Youth Opioid Response: Improving Access to Evidence-Based Medical Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder – PubMed (nih.gov)

Direct Service

La Clinica de la Raza, Inc.

Project Name: La Clinica de la Raza YOR BASE4 Program

Project Description: La Clinica de la Raza’s HIV/AIDS prevention services program (TRUCHA, or Together Reaching Users Combating HIV/AIDS) developed a wrap-around program, YOR Base4, to engage youth and young adults in opioid and stimulant use disorder (OUD/StUD) peer navigation, education, and treatment services to reduce their risk of opioid/stimulant overdoses. YOR Base4 enhanced existing substance use disorder treatment and navigation services and provided a safer environment for participants to ensure they receive culturally relevant and sustainable care. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) services are available to all participants who wish to access them, and the program also contracts with external agencies to provide participants with treatment options outside of MAT services provided at La Clinica de La Raza. Overall, the program encourages harm reduction for this target population and reduces the risk of OUD/StUDs in Alameda County.

Primary Contact:
Name: Carmen Foster
Position: Program Director
Agency: La Clinica de la Raza, Inc.
Email: cfoster@laclinica.org
Phone: 510-535-6417

Website: TRUCHA (Together Reaching Users Combating HIV and AIDS) – La Clinica

Capacity Building

Atascadero Greyhound Foundation

Project Name: LIGHTHOUSE Program

Partner Agencies: Atascadero Unified School District

Project Description: LIGHTHOUSE is about disaster and rescue, chaos and peace. Its purpose is to provide safety, protection, and recovery through support and services. Through a partnership with the Atascadero Unified School District, LIGHTHOUSE provides programs of awareness, prevention, education and intervention in the areas of drug and alcohol abuse. LIGHTHOUSE provides education, mentoring, counseling, healthy activities, scholarships, and opportunities for our school-aged youth and beyond. LIGHTHOUSE provides support for the families and friends of addicted and at-risk youth.

This grant supported the development of a collaborative plan with which identified strategic directions for service improvement and the elimination of identified barriers. As a result, the Atascadero Greyhound Foundation, LIGHTHOUSE Program is better poised to continue services for our youth. As a result, we now

have better alignment and involvement with our stakeholders.
are better suited to apply for additional grants from multiple areas and agencies.
have a done a comprehensive review of our programs.
have identified better ways to communicate with and reach our targeted youth.
have ensured that programs are implementing evidenced-based programs with fidelity; and
are a stronger organization, better aligned, and more connected to our stakeholders and target population.

Primary Contact:

Name: DJ Pittenger
Position: Director, Strategic Planning
Agency: Atascadero Greyhound Foundation
Email: pittengerdj@gmail.com
Phone: (805) 400-0046

Websites:

Summary: Atascadero Greyhound Foundation Project

Capacity Building

TriCity Health Center (TCHC)

Project Name: Fremont Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Collaborative (FYSAPC)

Partner Agencies (Subcontractors): Cardea Services

Project Description: With support from the Fremont Unified School District and with the assistance of Cardea, TCHC developed a community action plan that outlined an implementation project that supported outreach, engagement, treatment, and recovery services for Fremont youth (primarily ages 12-18) and their families. The continuum included referrals to TCHC’s MAT and behavioral health programs, as well as other local, youth-specific SUD and OUD services.

Primary Contact:
Name: Desrie Campbell
Position: Development Specialist-Community Engagement
Agency: TCHC
Email: dcampbell@tri-cityhealth.org
Phone: (510) 252-6819

Website: www.tri-cityhealth.org

Summary: Tri City Health Project