“CODAC’s experience in providing mental health and substance use services throughout the state for over 45 years provides the critical expertise and geographic coverage necessary for impactful change for this population,” said Martin. Individuals enrolled in this new project will be approached by an outreach team that includes a law enforcement officer, a peer navigator and a clinician from CODAC, which was selected as the primary service provider and is the largest nonprofit, outpatient center for the treatment of substance use disorders in Rhode Island.
The help available to individuals who are substance-dependent includes comprehensive care provided while awaiting trial at the RIDOC, during situations when individuals are eligible for treatment but are released before receiving medication, and when individuals are diverted to the R.I. “Our program is designed to fill gaps where Rhode Islanders with an opioid use disorder can fall through the cracks and would not otherwise receive access to MAT after their release from prison.” “This project will build on the success of the RIDOC MAT program by partnering with the HOPE Initiative and CODAC,” said Rosemarie Martin, principle investigator of the project and an assistant professor of behavioral and social sciences at the School of Public Health at Brown University.
State Police to help with The MAT Expansion through Law Enforcement and Multidisciplinary Team Outreach project.Īccording to a CODAC news release, the project will help provide access to medication-assisted treatment at critical moments when individuals are at the highest risk of a relapse or overdose and will fill identified gaps in services that fall outside the scope of the current RIDOC MAT program while also strengthening parts of the existing program. Researchers have enlisted the support of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare, the RIDOC and R.I.
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