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Project Name: Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (G26)
Applicant Title: ARIZONA YOUTH PARTNERSHIP
Abstract Text: Arizona Youth Partnership (AZYP) 7575 W Twin Peaks Road, Suite 165, Marana, AZ 85743 Website: www.azyp.org Entity type: Non-profit 501(c)3 Social Service agency that provides health related services Project Director: Sara Sherman, MPA, Chief Impact Officer, xxx-xxx-xxxx, xxxxx@xxxx.xxx Key Staff: Julie Craig, Community Initiatives Division Director; Charlene Becker, Program Manager Focus area: Enhance healthcare coordination and delivery to rural/underserved populations Target Population: AZYP proposes to target young pregnant and parenting families who reside in Gila County, Arizona, a HRSA-designated rural service area Consortium Partnerships, including AZYP located in Gila County - Globe: Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, Hope Family Care Center, Gila County Sheriff’s Office, Copper Hills Family Advocacy Center, GILA House, Inc. Payson: Community Bridges Behavioral Health San Carlos: Izze Baa Gowqh, San Carlos Apache Healthcare System; Nnee Bich’o Nii Department, Public Transit & TANF Evidence-based and Promising Practice Models: InJoy, comprehensive Understanding Birth childbirth curriculum is evidence-based and supports childbirth programs from preconception to post-partum; Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) framework; Motivational Interviewing best practices; and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) questionnaire; Expected Outcomes: Through the Linking Actions for Healthy Mothers & Babies (LAHMB) Consortium, members plan to reduce the incidence and impact of NAS with a multi-dimensional approach across the preconception, prenatal and post-partum continuum using best practice methods to engage, educate, and coordinate services for stakeholders who are at-risk of substance abuse and those who are pregnant and/or parenting throughout Gila County. Emphasis will be placed on serving Native American women with a focus on those living on-Reservation, where service systems are often uncoordinated due to tribal practices differing from general community approaches. The LAHMB Consortium will improve early identification and intervention for SUD among pregnant women and mothers, improve labor and delivery practices to meet the unique needs of mothers with SUD, improve postpartum support for mothers and babies, improve outreach and education on healthy pregnancy, parenting, and SUD disease prevention, and improve coordinated and uniform data collection procedures among providers. Capacity to serve rural underserved populations: AZYP, a statewide?501(c)3 non-profit,?has the experience and organizational capacity to convene a Consortium of healthcare and community services providers to promote healthcare services in Gila County, AZ and to provide health related services to those in need. Through the work of community coalitions, AZYP has facilitated the implementation of many programs and strategies in 23 rural and Native American communities, to address healthy relationships, family dynamics, improving health outcomes for pregnant and parenting women, and education prevention on teen pregnancy, alcohol, tobacco, and drug use. AZYP serves 13 of 15 counties across Arizona in 39 communities. As a service provider to pregnant and parenting youth, we are specially equipped to serve high-risk populations in rural Gila County. AZYP has staff and services established throughout Gila County, with multiple community partners engaged in supporting our efforts to improve outcomes for those we serve. Our history of successful coalition work and direct services for high-risk populations in rural communities, places AZYP as the logical choice to implement the care coordination strategy through the LAHMB Consortium in Gila County, AZ. LAHMB is in an officially designated health professional shortage area (HPSA) and a medically underserved community area (MUC); based on these qualifications, AZYP is requesting funding preference for this application.