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Project Year: YOR II

Agency: Toiyabe Indian Health Project

Project Name: Anadutana

Partner Agencies:

• Toiyabe Indian Health Board of Directors
• Owens Valley Career Development Center
• California Rural Indian Health Board
• Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center
• Telewell Behavioral Health
• Toiyabe’s Chief Executive Officer

YOR II Project Description: The proposed “Anadutana” project was administered by the Family Services Department of the Toiyabe Indian Health Project, Inc. (Toiyabe) and community partners through a large collaborative of Native American, non-native and child-serving partners. Anadutana is a Paiute word meaning “lacing a baby in the cradle board.” A cradle board has been used historically by American Indians to provide security to our young. The Anadutana project is Toiyabe’s effort to provide security and support for our future generations. The purpose of the project is to encourage wellness amongst youth by providing a network of intervention and treatment options for opioid and stimulant use disorders.

Project Year: YOR III (2022-2024)

Partner Agencies:

• Bishop Tribal Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court
• Owens Valley Career Development Center
• California Rural Indian Health Board
• Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center
• Native American Smartcare
• Inyo County Behavioral Health Department
• Inyo County Probation Department

Project Description:  YOR III will provide improved and effective linkages to MAT programing offered at Toiyabe Indian Health Project. These improved linkages to service will help alleviate the suffering and support recovery for youth that are currently falling through the cracks and open up doors to services needed. By providing new linkages to care through new partnerships Toiyabe Indian Health Project will be able to increase outreach and improve prevention services to youth and provide a pathway to access care.   

Primary Contact:

Name: Earl Lent, Michelle Saenz
Position: Earl Lent, SUD counselor and Michelle Saenz, Family Services Director
Agency: Toiyabe Indian Health Project
Email:  earl.lent@toiyabe.com or michelle.saenz@toiyabe.us
Phone: 760-873-6394

Website: www.toiyabe.us  

YOR II

Project Name: Koreatown Organizing to Reduce Youth Opioids (KORYO)

Project Description: The Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC) built on decade-long prevention efforts to increase and expand our capacity to provide youth aged 12-24 with opioid and stimulant use disorder (OUD/StUD) services in Los Angeles’ Koreatown Community by conducting a needs assessment, enhancing our infrastructure and networks, and improving pathways to treatment services. KYCC is using youth-guided, culturally relevant, and responsive services, along with data and outcome-based strategies, to strengthen network capacity. The goal is to provide outreach and education, identify barriers to services, and increase referral and access to Medication-Assisted Treatment and other recovery services. Our hope is to ultimately reduce the use of opioids and stimulants among youth and positively impact this crisis on California’s youth and families.

YOR III–Agency: Koreatown Youth & Community Center

Project Name: KORYO

Description: Building on the findings and the success of the YOR CA 2 project, the goal of KORYO is to further increase program capacity and improve access to quality SUD services for young people who are using opioids and stimulants. The project will focus on reaching youth and young adults ages 12-24 in Koreatown and neighboring communities through youth-guided, culturally relevant and responsive services, along with data and outcome-based strategies. The project will further increase pathways to services including prevention, navigation, treatment, MAT, and recovery support. Additionally, the project will empower and mobilize youth and young adults through the transformative power of storytelling facilitated by the youth advisory council.

Primary Contact:

Name: Hiroko Makiyama, LCSW
Position: Recovery Services Manager
Agency: Koreatown Youth and Community Center, Inc.
Email: hmakiyama@kyccla.org
Phone: 213-365-7400 x 5517

Website: www.kyccla.org

YOR I Project Name: Expanding Access to Youth Substance Use Disorder Services

Project Description: La Maestra’s YOR project increased access to evidence-based, youth-specific SUD, and OUD treatment services, including MAT, counseling, and recovery support services. La Maestra engaged youth ages 12 to 24 with a specific focus on preventing opioid overdose deaths. La Maestra implemented screening of all patients ages 12 to 24 for SUDs, referring, assessing and providing onsite counseling, and recovery support services, and distributing Naloxone to youth and families. La Maestra increased the availability of youth-customized technological diagnosis and treatment tools through virtual reality (VR). La Maestra uses VR equipment to provide youth patients with VR therapy to enhance the treatment of SUD, OUD, and co-occurring mental health conditions.

YOR II Project Name: Enhancing the Quality of Opioid/Stimulant Use Disorder (OUD/StUD) Services Among Vulnerable San Diego Youth

Project Description: La Maestra’s Comprehensive Community Behavioral Health and Wellness Clinic continued to build on YOR I services and enhance OUD/StUD services for youth and young adults between the ages of 12 to 24 in San Diego County. Our goal is to help reduce overdose-related deaths and improve the health and well-being of youth in our community. In all La Maestra services, there is a particular focus on low-income, uninsured, and underinsured youth and racial and ethnic minority youth. La Maestra is using a whole person and patient-centered approach to provide evidence-based Medication-Assisted Treatment, co-occurring disorder treatment, mindfulness interventions, drug education, and prevention and recovery services, while following everyone’s developmental stage.

YOR I Primary Contact:
Name: Corinne Hanson
Position: Chief Development Office
Agency: La Maestra Family Clinic, Inc.
Email: chanson@lamaestra.org

YOR II Primary Contact:
Name: Robyn Wasserman
Position: Operations Director
Agency: La Maestra Community Health Centers
Email: rwasserman@lamaestra.org
Phone: 619-285-7097

Website: www.lamaestra.org

YOR I Summary: La Maestra Project

Project Name: YOR LA CADA

Project Description: The YOR LA CADA project provided services to youth ages 12-24 who are at risk of developing an OUD, have an OUD, or are at risk of an opioid overdose.  YOR LA CADA worked primarily with the middle and high schools and the colleges in and around the Santa Fe Springs area to provide education and medications for addiction treatment (MAT) of OUDs to parents, teachers, students, and administrators. Information delivered focused on the dangers of opioid use, the options available for treatment, and the information necessary for individuals looking for help. In addition, we will outreach to our community partners in the effort to leverage existing professional relationships and community contacts. To ensure that a substantial swath of the populations served by LA CADA are informed of the availability of medications to treat OUDs.  Our goal is to be the first resource individuals in Service Planning Area (SPA) 7 think of and seek out when they need MAT services.

Primary Contacts:
Name: Juan Navarro
Position: Executive Director
Agency: LA CADA
Email: jnavarro@lacada.com
Phone: (562) 777-7500

Name: Arlene Vasquez
Position: YOR Project Director
Agency: L.A. CADA
Email: avasquez@lacada.com
Phone: 562-348-0083 x220

Website: www.lacada.com

Project Name:  YOR Marin County

Partner Agency: BluePath Health, Novato High School, Tomales High School, and San Rafael High School

YOR II Project Description: In an effort to create a more equitable and holistic culture of health for Marin County youth, this program expanded screening and referrals to opioid and stimulant use disorder (OUD/StUD) services for youth in Marin County. This project established three care coordinator positions across three schools—Novato High School, Tomales High School, and San Rafael High School—that are provided referrals for students with OUD/StUDs. Multi-payer provider networks were leveraged to expand referrals to OUD/StUD services for all Marin County youth. The RxSafe Marin Youth Action Team youth advisory group served as a youth advisory on all components of this project, including outreach and education. Strengths and needs of this project were assessed by evaluating aggregated screenings and outcome measures. This data is used to enhance care coordination and create financial sustainability for high school health and wellness.

YOR III Project Description:

The Marin County Probation Department (MCPD) is working with Huckleberry Youth Programs and BluePath Health to implement Marin YOR 3 and continue the work of Marin YOR 2, by providing care navigation services to youth at risk for opioid use disorder (OUD) and stimulant use disorder (StUD) on site at three San Rafael high schools and one middle school; delivering substance use services to those identified with OUD or StUD through on-site clinicians and referrals to external providers; implementing the use of the youth-driven resource guide and a social health network platform closed-loop for referrals; having the OD Free Marin Youth Action Team advise and provide input on all components of this project; and facilitating the Marin 9 to 25 Payer and Funder workgroup to enhance collaboration, guide quality improvement efforts, and develop a place for financial sustainability for middle school and high school health and wellness.

Primary Contact:
Name: Lauren Jacobson
Position: Program Manager
Agency: BluePath Health
Email: lauren.jacobson@bluepathhealth.com
Phone: 516-459-5757

Website: https://www.marin9to25.org/youth-opioid-response-yor