OPUS (OVERDOSE PREVENTION & UNDERLYING SERVICES) PROGRAM - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES (BHS) IS A DIVISION O…

Assistance award details

Assistance award identifier

ASST_NON_H79SP083053_075

FAIN

H79SP083053

Recipient

LAKEVIEW CENTER INC

Awarding agency

Department of Health and Human Services

Funding agency

Department of Health and Human Services

Assistance listing (CFDA)

93.243

Total obligated

$980,967

Period

May 30, 2022 – May 29, 2025

Fiscal year

2022

Place of performance state

FL

Source file

FY2022_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip

Description

OPUS (OVERDOSE PREVENTION & UNDERLYING SERVICES) PROGRAM - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES (BHS) IS A DIVISION OF LAKEVIEW CENTER INC. (LCI) IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FL, AN ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 68 YEARS OF DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES. LCI PROPOSES TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR OVERDOSE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE PREVENTION SERVICES TO THE POPULATIONS OF FOCUS IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FL. OVER THE 3-YEAR PERIOD THE PROPOSED OPUS (OVERDOSE PREVENTION & UNDERLYING SERVICES) PROGRAM, WILL EXTEND THE PROVISION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES (I.E., OD PREVENTION EDUCATION, DISTRIBUTION OF NALOXONE AND FENTANYL TESTING STRIPS, MOBILE OUTREACH TO PERSONS AT HIGH RISK FOR OVERDOSE, TRACKING OVERDOSE OUTBREAKS TO BEST TARGET OUTREACH SERVICES AND MARKETING/SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS) AND PROVIDE RAPID HIV/HCV TESTING AND BRIEF INTERVENTION SERVICES. THE POPULATIONS OF FOCUS (POF) FOR THE PROJECT ARE: RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITIES; LGBTQ+ PERSONS AND RURAL RESIDENTS OF ALL GENDER IDENTITIES. THESE PERSONS WILL ACCOUNT FOR 55% OF THE TARGET POPULATION OF THE PROJECT. DURING THE FUNDING PERIOD (3 YEARS): OVERDOSE PREVENTION EDUCATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO 1,800 PERSONS (600 ANNUALLY). FURTHER, MOBILE STREET OUTREACH (INCLUDING: RAPID HIV/HCV TESTING, NALOXONE AND FENTANYL TEST STRIP DISTRIBUTION AND BRIEF INTERVENTION SERVICES) WILL BE PROVIDED TO 1,440 PERSONS (480 ANNUALLY). LCI HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE PROVISION OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS WITH A DEMONSTRATED HISTORY OF EFFECTIVENESS. HEROIN AND OTHER OPIOID OVERDOSE INTAKES INCREASED IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FROM 453 IN 2020 TO 636 IN 2021 (A 40% INCREASE). [BAPTIST HEALTHCARE] THOUGH THESE NUMBERS MIGHT SEEM MINIMAL COMPARED TO METRO AREAS, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE FOR AN AREA OF JUST OVER 300K POPULATION. FURTHER, THE ESCAMBIA COUNTY EMS DASHBOARD REPORTS 41 ON-SCENE OVERDOSES THIS WEEK (1/31/22) VERSUS 33 ON-SCENE OVERDOSES FOR THE PREVIOUS WEEK. THOUGH THIS NUMB