Direct Service

YOR I Project Name: The Teen Project – YOR California

Project Description: The purpose of the proposed project was  to expand The Teen Project’s continuum of treatment services dedicated to female foster youth, throw away youth, and survivors of human trafficking to include outpatient treatment services, MAT services, and opioid awareness and addiction prevention community outreach training. The Orange County outpatient treatment center is less than two miles from our main residential site, Vera’s Sanctuary, and will support a similar population. Addiction and opioid education in the community is the backbone of our outreach.

YOR II Project Name: Project SYLO (Street Youth Locate & Outreach)

Partner Agencies: Youth Moving On/Hillsides and McMillen Foundation

Project Description: TTP works exclusively with youth ages 18-24 who are experiencing homelessness or at-risk and is focusing on outreach and treatment for youth with opioid and/or stimulant use disorders (OUD/StUDs). Outreach workers are sent to the streets where youth who are homeless live, socialize, and engage in substance use, placing them at significant risk of overdose and death. Our team of professionals work to surround participating youth with quality care and services, including Medication-Assisted Treatment and other substance use disorder treatment and recovery services, housing resources, job training and employment search assistance, vocational training, benefits access, and health insurance coverage. Aftercare plans include ongoing case management as needed through our outpatient continuum, 12-Step support groups, and a relapse outreach plan. TTP developed billboard ads, social media posts, and mobile technologies to engage youth. We want our clients to know that relapse is part of recovery and entrust that TTP will guide them throughout their journey.

Primary Contacts:
Name: Lauri Burns
Position: Executive Director
Agency: The Teen Project, Inc.
Email: Lauri@THETEENPROJECT.COM
Phone: (949) 283-1260

Name: Maria Rum-Aharonian
Position: Program Coordinator
Agency: The Teen Project, Inc.
Phone: 818-582-8832

Website: www.THETEENPROJECT.com

YOR I Project Name: VOALA YOR Program

Project Description: The project enabled VOALA to improve and expand access to a continuum of OUD early intervention services and treatment as coordinated with agency and community providers, including access to MAT, for youth and young adults ages 12-24 and their families in LAC, thereby preventing opioid overdose-related deaths and other serious consequences.

YOR II Project Name: Volunteers of America Los Angeles Youth Opioid Response (YOR) 2

Partner Agencies:

• LACADA-Los Angeles for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Youth and Family Services
• Home Boys Industries
• BAART Treatment Centers
• CA Bridge
• Sobriety Central
• Cri-Help

Project Description: YOR 2 focused on intervention and comprehensive service planning for youth misusing opioids/stimulants or with opioid/stimulant use disorders (OUD/StUDs). VOALA YOR 2 concentrated on sustainability and system change by providing multiple service elements that include case management, Medication-Assisted Treatment, behavioral interventions, family focused services, and recovery supportive services. We have an emphasis on creating a space for clients to connect with a mentor who has previously completed the program to address the principles and fundamentals and share their own experience in addiction recovery. VOALA YOR project  also conducted early intervention for those who are misusing opioids/stimulants.

Primary Contacts:
Name: Jasmond Nelson
Position: Senior Program Manager
Agency: VOALA
Email: Jnelson@voala.org            
Phone: (213) 500-6013

Name: Jessica Munoz
Position: Program Manager II
Agency: VOALA
Email: Jmunoz@voala.org
Phone: 213-610-7531

Website: www.VOALA.org

Summary: VOALA Project

Project Name: Operation No Wrong Door

Partner Agencies:

• School Health Clinics of Santa Clara County (SHC)
• Pacific Clinics (PC)
• Pathway Society
• Campbell Union High School District
• Eastside Union High School District
• Alum Rock Union School District
• San Jose Unified School District

Project Description: Operation No Wrong Door supports teens and young adults ages 12 to 24 from underserved communities impacted by the opioid crisis, stimulant misuse, and substance use disorders (SUDs). This support individuals is centered in our Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC), led by Uplift Family Services (UFS), School Health Clinics of Santa Clara (SHC), and Pacific Clinics (PC). A number of services and supports are offered, including:  1) Medication-Assisted Treatment for opioid use disorder, 2) a comprehensive array of SUD services, and 3) community education and treatment resources to address opioid and stimulant misuse. The program is throughout Santa Clara County via community outreach efforts, local schools with UFS school-based programs and SHC primary care sites. Those seeking treatment are assessed and referred to an array of evidence-based services that incorporate families, are strengths-based, and address social determinants of health, regardless of ability to pay.

Primary Contact:
Name: Rachelle Grant
Position: Project Director
Agency: Uplift Family Services
Email: CCBHC@upliftfs.org
Phone: 408-876-4284

Website: https://upliftfs.org/ccbhc

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  

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