The project supports delivery of an empirically-supported technical assistance package for implementing contingency management to improve treatment adherence among persons with stimulant use disorders.
Targeted Condition: Substance use disorders/misuse
State Opioid Response/Tribal Opioid Response Technical Assistance
In conjunction with American Academy of Addiction Psychiatrists, this two-year grant extends regional contribution to an Opioid Response Network (ORN) by offering a range of technical assistance efforts in prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery in HHS Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, and WA states).
Peer Engagement in Methamphetamine Harm Reduction with Contingency Management
This five-year trial tests a peer-led contingency management intervention as means of decreasing overdose and improving harm reduction behavior among people who use methamphetamine.
Parent-Child Assistance Program – Washington
This project provides direction, training, technical assistance, and evaluation of the Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) being implemented by 13 community agencies and 15 sites serving 20 counties and up to 1490 mothers/families in Washington State.
Parent-Child Assistance Program – Oklahoma
This project seeks to compare the effectiveness of the Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) to services as usual in the state of Oklahoma using a randomized, controlled design.
Needs Assessment for Supporting Technology use and Harm Reduction (STaHR Study)
The proposed study entails a needs assessment to develop a program for Supporting Technology use and Harm Reduction (STaHR) among HF residents with lived experience of homelessness and substance use. This study will qualitatively explore HF residents’ technology literacy as well as their perspectives on barriers and facilitators to the use of technology, broadly, and for harm-reduction service provision. Then, with a community advisory board (CAB) made up of HF residents, staff, and management, we will inform and provide recommendations to HF management and leadership ways to improve HF resident technology use and engagement with online harm-reduction services.
eHaRT-A: adapting an in-person harm reduction for alcohol intervention into a telehealth platform
The unprecedented global pandemic has highlighted the digital divide and limited access to alcohol-related treatments among marginalized communities, specifically individuals with lived experience of homelessness. In line with the NIAAA health initiative seeking to integrate technology-based interventions among vulnerable populations, this study directly addresses this mission by proposing innovative methods (i.e., user-centered design + a community based participatory research framework) to adapt an in-person harm reduction for alcohol (HaRT-A) intervention into a telehealth platform (eHaRT-A) that can then be tested and successfully implemented into low-barrier Housing First settings. As healthcare continues to move more services online, it is essential to understand ways to successfully adapt and implement rigorously tested telehealth treatment services for marginalized communities to ameliorate alcohol-related harms.
eHaRT-A
The unprecedented global pandemic has highlighted the digital divide and limited access to alcohol-related treatments among marginalized communities, specifically individuals with lived experience of homelessness. In line with the NIAAA health initiative seeking to integrate technology-based interventions among vulnerable populations, this study directly addresses this mission by proposing innovative methods (i.e., user-centered design + a community based participatory research framework) to adapt an in-person harm reduction for alcohol (HaRT-A) intervention into a telehealth platform (eHaRT-A) that can then be tested and successfully implemented into low-barrier Housing First settings. As healthcare continues to move more services online, it is essential to understand ways to successfully adapt and implement rigorously tested telehealth treatment services for marginalized communities to ameliorate alcohol-related harms.
Training and technical assistance for jails implementing medication for Opioid Use Disorder programs
Our team provides training and technical assistance to 19 jails across Washington State who received legislative funding to implement and expand a medication for opioid use disorder program at their facility.
Policy codesign with law enforcement to improve crisis response for people who use drugs
This project examines the acceptability and feasibility of policy codesign process to help three regions in Washington develop their own local strategy to improve crisis response for people who use drugs, focusing on calls with law enforcement. Policy codesign is an evidence-based approach that aims to develop policies from “the ground up” that are tailored to community needs and promote region ownership. Design team members include local law enforcement, people with lived experience of substance use and legal involvement, and service providers.
