Partial federal government shutdown
HCA does not anticipate any immediate impacts to our services or disruption to provider payments at this time. We will continue to monitor the situation and share updates if anything changes.
State Opioid Response (SOR) grant
The SOR grant addresses reducing unmet treatment need and opioid overdose-related deaths through primary prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery activities for opioid use disorder (OUD).
The grant aims to increase access to medications for opioid use disorder using three FDA-approved medications for the treatment of OUD.
24-hours assistance for substance use disorder or mental health challenges.
What are the goals?
- Prevent opioid, stimulant, and other drug misuse and associated harms.
- Identify and treat opioid use disorder.
- Reduce morbidity and mortality from opioid use disorder.
- Use data and information to detect community populations at the greatest risk for opioid use disorder, rates of opioid misuse, monitor morbidity and mortality, and evaluate programs and interventions.
What are we working on?
Our teams work on a variety of projects supporting prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery activities for opioid use disorder.
- Prevention
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Keeping children and teens healthy and safe while reducing the costs of substance use to communities are our highest priorities. Our prevention work supports a number of statewide programs and initiatives to help prevent substance use and promote health and wellness in communities across Washington State. Programs are delivered in collaboration with community prevention coalitions, counties, tribes, statewide organizations, and state and federal agencies.
Supported projects
Local prevention services:
- Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative (CPWI)
- Student Assistance Prevention and Intervention Services Program (SAPISP)
- Community-based organization direct service grant programs
- Young adult programs
Prescriber and provider education:
- Prescriber education training courses
- UW TelePain
- Safe storage pharmacy program
- Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA) and HCA Opioid Stewardship Collaborative
Environmental and public education:
- Safe storage training and take back efforts
- Starts with One opioid prevention public education campaign
- Starts with One tribal public education campaign
Prevention workforce enhancements
- Region 10 opioid summit
- Washington State Prevention Summit
- Prevention Fellowship program
Strategic initiatives:
- Opioid Prevention Workgroup
- Treatment
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Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) is an effective treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. It involves use of medication along with counseling and behavioral therapies. Treatment plans are unique to each individual. Our treatment programs strive to provide, develop, and implement programs to assist each unique journey.
Supported projects
- Grants to tribal communities
- OUD treatment decision reentry services and COORP
- OTN Hub and Spoke networks
- Opioid treatment networks and TA training
- Tribal treatment American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) workgroup
- Recovery services
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Recovery is defined as "a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential." People can and do recover from behavioral health disorders.
Supported projects
- Provide opioid use disorder (OUD) and medications for OUD training to community recovery support services
- Offer client-directed recovery support services
- Peer recovery support
- PathFinder peer project
- Reports
Contact
For prevention
Email: HCA prevention staff
For treatment or recovery support
Email: Lora Weed