#33 Douglas Co. IMPACTS Grant: Creative Funding to Meet People Where They’re At

<p dir="ltr">Sue Goldberg, Senior Director Decision Support for Umpqua Health Alliance Coordinated Care Organization and Cheryl McDonald, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Crisis Program Director for ADAPT Integrated Health Care discuss:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">IMPACTS Grant can uniquely meet people’s previously unmet needs.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Grant covers 3 full-time outreach navigators, 1 part-time therapist housed in the E.D., 23-hour crisis resolution room, and a sobering center.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Doesn’t require cohort members to engage in treatment to receive program support.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Allow the cohort member to be the expert in their lived experience, and allow them to identify what they need to be stable.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Reducing recidivism by providing Law Enforcement options for diverting people to where they need to be, rather than incarcerating them due to lack of an appropriate treatment environment.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">IMPACTS can fund services that aren't traditionally covered by insurances, such as peer support, phone calls, showers, clothing needs, food, etc.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Timely and thorough data is allowing better outreach and getting the correct people into the cohort.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Outcomes indicate a cost reduction in healthcare and jail costs for the individuals in the cohort (approximately 333).</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Community support: It’s not all about the money - people’s lives have been changed.</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">For more information about the intersection betw