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YOR I Project Name:  OCMAT4Y (Orange County Medication-Assisted Treatment for Youth)

Partner Agencies: KCS Health Center, Multi-Ethnic Collaborative of Community Agencies (MECCA), Desert Vista Consulting

Project Description:  OCMAT4Y established a care collaborative devoted to building a robust system of SUD care to facilitate access to treatment for Orange County youth and young adults ages 12-24. The goal of OCMAT4Y was to establish infrastructure and build community-based provider capacity to meet the needs of youth and families in Orange County, while also advancing systems change across the broader SUD treatment continuum through the Be Well SUD Leadership Coalition. OCMAT4Y, Mind OC with its partners, achieved the following:

• provided 668 youth with clinical services, including MAT for 46 individuals
• 29 providers were newly X-Waivered
• an array of outreach, education, training, and prevention activities reached at least 15,678 youth, families, providers, and community members
• social media posts reached more than 72,562 people.

YOR II Project Name: Be Well Orange County Alliance for Youth (BE OCAY)

Partner Agencies: KCS Health Center, Multi-Ethnic Coalition of Community Agencies (MECCA), YoPros Advisory Council

Project Description: BE OCAY successfully built on and expanded our strategy and accomplishments in three domains: 1) clinical services and recovery supports; 2) community-based outreach, education, and training; and 3) cross organizational systems change. BE OCAY is an initiative of Be Well OC, a well-established cross-sector collaborative that works with providers to support vulnerable populations and advance health equity to achieve optimal mental health for Orange County residents. As a collaboration between Be Well OC, KCS Health Center, the Multi-Ethnic Collaborative of Community Agencies (MECCA), YoPros (Youth/Young Professionals Advisory Group), and the cross-sector organizational members of the Be Well Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Leadership Coalition, BE OCAY achieved the following:

• 2,091 youth screened, 587 referred, 369 evaluated for MAT
• 119 youth received MAT, 761 youth received recovery services
• 8,120 potential patients, family/caretakers reached, through leveraging existing and new community forums to spread resources and education regarding MAT and StUD

YOR III Project Name: Be Well Orange County YOR-3

Partner Agencies: KCS Health Center, Multi-Ethnic Coalition of Community Agencies (MECCA)

Project Description: Be Well Orange County YOR-3 will continue and expand prior YOR strategies that increase capacity and access to SUD services for youth ages 12-24. As a collaboration between Be Well OC, KCS Health Center, and the Multi-Ethnic Collaborative of Community Agencies (MECCA), our goal is to enhance referral pathways, improve transitions between care, and create a more integrated system of care and recovery to support youth with substance use disorders. In the short-term, we want to keep young people alive by reducing the number of opioid related overdose deaths for youth ages 12-24.  To do that, we need to come together as partners to educate youth, parents and families, educators, medical and behavioral health providers and community members about the deadly risks of opioid use and ensure people know where to get evidence-based treatment when they need it and how to reverse an opioid overdose when it’s happening.

Primary Contact:
Name: Jennifer Brya
Position: Director of SUD and Community Suicide Prevention Initiatives
Agency: Mind OC
Email: Jennifer.brya@mind-oc.org
Phone: 480-299-5909

Materials and Resources:

• MindOC Project
• Drugs On Your Brain Flyer
• How to Talk to Your Teen About Drugs Flyer
• Learn the Facts About Drugs Flyer
• Preventing Opioid Overdose Flyer
• The Truth About Opioids Flyer
• What is MAT? flyer
• Students On Their Journey
• MECCA video library

YOR I Project Name: Youth Unaddicted Program

Project Description: The Phoenix House Youth Unaddicted Program focused on the growing opioid use among teens by:

Organizing outreach and education sessions in its Youth Unaddicted Program (10 sessions in 10 community locations, and one full day “Youth Unaddicted” Conference, reaching a total of 1,000 students);

Offering “Positive Action” group counseling for higher risk youth in community centers, Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) offices, etc. (using brief interventions based on the evidence-based Positive Action curriculum and serving 750 clients in 12 months); and

Providing access to MAT in the outpatient program (20 clients enrolled in 14 months) to adolescents with opioid dependence in northeast San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County. The Youth Unaddicted Program will focus on providing skills and resources to high risk youth and young adults through a tiered approach, including outreach and education, 5-week intervention groups targeting highest risk youth who do not yet need treatment, and 4-month outpatient treatment services for those with higher needs.

YOR II Project Name: Phoenix House California – YOR California

Project Description: Phoenix House sought to reduce drug use, especially opioids and stimulants, and stigma among at-promise, low-income, mostly Latinx/o/a youth in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, as well as increase their resilience and life skills, improve their well-being and self-efficacy, and help them succeed in meeting life goals. The constellation of collaborative youth relevant services developed is designed to address unique experiences, interests, and motivations of specific youth/transitional age youth cohorts (low income, Latinx/o/a, homeless, LGBTQ+, youth involved with justice systems and affected by serious mental illness/serious emotional disturbance). Coordinated care, family involvement, and positive youth development enhanced the program’s success.

Primary Contact:
Name: Cory Brosch
Position: Vice President, Clinical Director
Agency: Phoenix House
Email: cbrosch@phoenixhouseca.org
Phone: 714-953-9373 x 4821

Website: https://www.phoenixhouse.org

YOR I Summary: Phoenix House Project

Partner Agencies (Subcontractors): Lake Count Family Resource Center (Lake), Humboldt County Public Health (Humboldt), Petaluma Health Care District (Sonoma); Aldea, Inc. (Sonoma)

Project Description: PHC is the Medi-Cal managed care plan for 14 northern California counties. The PHC YOR grant focused on three specific areas to address youth OUD. The first goal was to increase SUD programs’ capacity to serve youth in communities served by PHC and enhance their use of evidence-based curriculum and/or promising practices. The second goal iwas to increase the capacity of the PHC network of medical providers to effectively address youth OUD using MAT and effective referral to community resources. Informational publications and webinars were the primary mechanism for achieving this goal. The third goal was to increase youth engagement in four of the counties served by PHC through media and outreach activities aimed at youth who are at risk for an OUD. The use of technology and social media is a primary conduit for disseminating the information.

Primary Contact:
Name: Wendy Millis
Position: Program Coordinator II
Agency: Partnership Healthplan of California
Email: wmillis@partnershiphp.org
Phone: (530) 999-6918

Website: www.partnershiphp.org/Pages/PHC.aspx

Project Name: Project MAT Youth Expansion (MAT-YE)

Partner Agencies (Subcontractors):  Valley Care Community Consortium (VCCC)

The overall purpose of TTC’s project is to improve access to culturally responsive
prevention/screening/assessment/treatment/recovery support/other support services among youth ages 12-18 in LAC’s SPA 2 who are or at risk of misusing opioids/stimulants. The target population will be low-income youth, primarily racial/ethnic minorities, enrolled in local middle and high schools and youth programs at local agencies. Specific goals for the 14-month project are:

1) Expand access to prevention/screening services among at-risk youth;

2) Expand access to assessment/treatment/recovery
support/other support services among youth who are misusing opioids/stimulants; and

3) Decrease stigma and increase knowledge related to overdose prevention and OUD/StUD treatment among youth, families, and teachers/staff.

Outreach/education activities will include dissemination of targeted outreach materials, social media postings, provider trainings, and youth prevention presentations with youth and parents/guardians. Service delivery activities will include screening, referring, and assessing youth with OUD/StUD and linking them to comprehensive treatment, including MAT.

Primary Contact for Information about the Project:

Name: Dr. Jessica Lasater
Position: Senior Supervisor/Psychologist
Email: jlasater@tarzanatc.org
Phone: 818-996-1051 x 3813

Name: Hilario Vazquez
Position: Youth Program Supervisor II
Email: hvazquez@tarzanatc.org
Phone: 818-996-1051 x 3129

Agency Website Link: Home – Tarzana Treatment Centers