Opioid Use Disorder Mobile Response Team

About

In 2019, The Lutheran Foundation was awarded funding from the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Mental Health and Addiction to expand access to certified peer recovery coaches, treatment and wraparound services for addressing the opioid use crisis in Indiana. The objective of the program is to provide individuals with opioid use disorder, substance use disorder, or with actualized risk for opioid overdose due to a recent non-fatal overdose, use of intravenous illicit drugs, or other practices that place them at risk of substance-related overdose with 24/7 access to integrated peer recovery coaches.

This grant has enabled more adults to practice harm reduction and engage with treatment and wraparound services through a relationship with a peer recovery coach after a non-fatal overdose/poisoning. Parkview peer recovery coaches work with Fort Wayne police officers to locate people within 72 hours of non-fatal overdose to attempt to connect them with treatment and other resources.

Partners

• Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation
• Parkview Behavioral Health Institute
• Parkview Emergency Services
• Lutheran Social Services
• Fort Wayne Police Department

Funding

• State of Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), Division of Mental Health and Addiction (DMHA) – Subaward from The Lutheran Foundation

Publications and presentations

Press

• Amato, K. (2023, September 8). U.S. Office of Justice Programs recognizes FWPD's Hope & Recovery Team (HART). FOX 55 Fort Wayne. [link]
• Duffy, J. (2022, June 29). Street outreach connecting people in need with resources. Wane.TV. [link]
• The Waynedale News. (2021, November 19). New social workers with FWPD making a difference in the community. [link]
• WANE. (2020, November 24). ‘We knew we couldn’t arrest our way out of this issue’ FWPD aims to stop drug addiction. [link]
• City of Fort Wayne. (2019, November 20). Lutheran Foundation’s Hope and Recovery Team (HART) provides new way to connect adults at risk of opioid overdose to treatment, recovery services. [link]
• FOX 55 Fort Wayne. (2019, November 20). The HART program comes to Allen County to tackle opioid use. [link]

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