Transcript LA-ATR II Treatment Providers Meeting

Louisiana Access to Recovery
LA-ATR
Understanding Addiction & Supporting Recovery Webinar
Pastor Pythian Noah
June 25, 2009
What is ATR?
• ATR was developed as part of
the President’s Drug Treatment
Initiative
• 24 Access to Recovery (ATR)
grants were awarded by the
Substance Abuse Mental
Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) / Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment
(CSAT) around the nation
• OAD received an ATR
grant in the amount of
$13.2 million, which is
to be utilized over the
next three (3) years to
support recovery to the
target population
Goals of ATR
• Expand capacity
• Accessible treatment
and recovery support
services
• Freedom of Choice
• Faith and Community
based providers
How ATR has accomplished these
goals?
• Outreach to public and private
sector
• Development of a web-based
electronic voucher system
– Collect data to measure outcomes
– Uniform decision summary for
level of care
– Recovery Support Services
– Best Practices
• Allow consumer Freedom of
Choice
ATR Target Populations
• Adult & Juvenile
Criminal Justice
Population
Note: Emphasis on Re-Entry and
Probation/Parole Clients
ATR-II Target Locations
• ADULTS
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New Orleans Area
Baton Rouge Area
Northwest LA
Northeast LA
• ADOLESCENTS
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Acadiana Area
Florida Parishes Area
Northwest LA
Northeast LA
Expanding Capacity with ATR
• OAD’s goal is to serve
5,999 additional
consumers over the
next 3 years
– Clinical Treatment
Services
– Recovery Support
Services
Client Criteria for ATR-II
• Target Populations (Priority Admissions)
– Criminal Justice Involvement in past 12 months
– Methamphetamine use in past 90 days (includes
Ecstasy)
• *Criteria 1: Client has clinical diagnosis of
alcohol and/or drug abuse or dependence
• *Criteria 2: Client meets income eligibility
criteria
*ALL clients must meet clinical and financial
eligibility criteria
The ATR Process
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Screening
Assessment
Treatment
Recovery Support
Services
• Care Coordination
ATR Screening
• Criminal Justice Involvement (Priority
Admission)
• Methamphetamine User (Priority
Admission)
• Identified substance abuse problem
through screening instruments (Required
for all admits)
• Financial Eligibility Criteria: At or below
200% of the poverty level
ATR Assessment
• Central Intake Unit within
Jails/Prisons and
Probation/Parole Offices
• Intake within ATR approved
Treatment Agencies
• ASI (Addiction Severity
Index)
• CASI (Comprehensive
Adolescent Severity
Inventory)
– Comparison Reports
Available
– Appropriate Patient
Placement
– Identify Recovery
Support Services
Needed
ATR-II Treatment Services
• The following Treatment
Services will be provided by ATR
through community, faith, public
and private based DHH licensed
providers:
– Outpatient
– Intensive Outpatient
ATR Outpatient Treatment
Services
Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP)
– Minimum of 9 hrs per week and 3 sessions per week
– Voucher will reimburse for 6 weeks of IOP
Daytime Intensive Outpatient Treatment
3-Day ($80 per session)
4-Day ($60 per session)
5-Day ($48 per session)
Outpatient Treatment
Maximum of 3 outpatient sessions will be allowed per week at a rate
of $30 per one-hour session
Note: Additional treatment services 4 individual therapy
sessions and 4 family therapy sessions at $50 per session
ATR Recovery Support Services
• Job Readiness
• Housing (License
Reqr’d)
• Childcare (DSS
Licensed)
• Transportation
• Life Skills
• Family Reunification
Services
• Spiritual Support
Groups
• Alcohol & Drug Free
Social Activities
• Anger Management
• Family Education &
Reunification Services
Note: A maximum of $3,000
will be allowed for
recovery support services
per each voucher
Care Coordinator
• Available at each treatment provider
• Ensures that consumer is properly
linked to recovery support services
• Ensures that consumer successfully
transitions to the next level of care
Freedom of Choice
• Consumer will be given
a choice amongst a list
of providers for
recommended level of
care
• Freedom of Choice
verification form will be
signed by consumer
• It is required that at
least one of the options
be of no religious
affiliation
ATR Provider Eligibility Criteria
• Must be licensed/accredited
to provide service
• Must have necessary
computer and internet
access
• Must have EFT capabilities
for payment of services
rendered
• Must complete mandatory
OAD trainings and become
ATR approved
• Must agree to all reporting
requirements mandated by
Federal government with
ATR grant
Outcomes Evaluation
& Reports (Seven Domains)
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Social Connectedness
Access/Capacity
Family and Living Conditions
Employment/Education
Crime and Criminal Justice
Abstinence from Drug and Alcohol Use
Retention
LA-ATR II Statewide Outcomes
• Average Length of Stay in Treatment – 116 Days
• Completion of Treatment – 44%
• Over 3,700 individual served since January 2008
95 Total Providers Statewide
• 26 Faith-Based Organizations
• 16 Community-Based Organizations
LA-ATR II Statewide Performance
Outcomes at Discharge
• Abstinence (No illegal alcohol/drug use in past 30
days) – 87%
• Crime & Criminal Justice (No arrests in past 30
days) – 99%
• Employment/Education – 56%
• Social Connectedness – 92%
• Stability in Housing – 41%
• Health/Behavioral/Social Consequences (No
alcohol or illegal drug related health, behavioral,
social consequences) – 98%
Access to Recovery (ATR)
A collaborative effort to help individuals and families recover
from the disease of addiction in Louisiana
Pastor Pythian Noah
Grace Outreach Center
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: (504) 494-998