Expanding Naloxone Access and Community Trainings (ENACT) is sponsored by Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This grant aims to assess and identify gaps in existing infrastructure, referral capacity, and training needs of frontline workers in Missouri, especially in regions with the largest number of overdose deaths, to expand naloxone access and community trainings.

Grants and Projects — MIMH Addiction Science Below you will find information about our various grants and projects. Grants refer to specific funding streams that have specific grant objectives. Projects refer to programs through which we achieve various grant objectives.

If you are interested in learning more or collaborating, please reach out to us via our Contact Us form The NORTH Star project aims to reduce overdose fatalities through increased overdose education training and saturation of naloxone across the state of Missouri. This project is focused on helping to coordinate a state wide “hub” for naloxone distribution across the state of Missouri.

NORTH Star is funded through the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services through the support of Opioid Settlement funds awarded beginning in 2021. State Targeted Response/State Opioid Response (STR/SOR) Grant The Missouri Opioid State Targeted Response (STR) and Missouri State Opioid Response (SOR, SOR 2. 0, and SOR 3.

0) projects expand access to integrated prevention, treatment, recovery support, and services for individuals with Opioid Use Disorder and Stimulant Use Disorder throughout the state. Targeted Audience: People who do not have insurance or are on Medicaid Current iteration - SOR 3.

0: Oct 2022 - Sep 2024 The State of Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Subcontracted Grant Partners The T STL, Confluence, Better Family Life, AIDS Project of the Ozarks, Urban League Expanding Naloxone Access and Community Trainings (ENACT) ENACT aims to reduce fatal opioid overdose and adverse events through increased overdose prevention and community health training and innovative, mail-based naloxone distribution.

Targeted Audience: Community Health Workers and Certified Peer Specialists; those who work directly with people who use drugs 1) Assessing and identifying gaps in existing infrastructure, referral capacity, and training needs of frontline workers in Missouri, especially in regions with the largest number of overdose deaths 2) Develop and implement new training focused on overdose prevention and community health for Peer Specialists and Community Health Workers 3) Expand dissemination of existing in-person and virtual OEND training curriculum 4) Increase naloxone distribution in high-need areas with insufficient access through direct supplies and mail-order programs 5) Increase knowledge and capacity for referrals to appropriate treatment and recover services for overdose survivors at-risk of adverse events.

The State of Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Subcontracted Grant Partners NEXT Distro , MoNetwork , PreventEd https://www. enact-mo.

org/ Community ENgagement, Trauma, Equity, and Renewal (CENTER) The mission of the CENTER Initiative is to reduce overdose, confront the impact of trauma, and invest in the long-term wellbeing of Black people most impacted by addiction, drug use, and overdose in St. Louis. To reduce overdose, confront the impact of trauma, and invest in the long-term wellbeing of Black people most impacted by addiction, drug use, and overdose in St.

Louis This initiative is funded by The Missouri Foundation for Health. The CENTER Initiative is a partnership between the University of Missouri, St. Louis - Missouri Institute of Mental Health (UMSL-MIMH), The T, Family Care Health Centers, the Community Health Worker Coalition, the Regional Health Commission, Integrated Health Network, and the Behavioral Health Network.

Coordinating Overdose Response Partnerships and Support (MO-CORPS) MO-CORPS is focused on integrating first responders work with evidence-based public health models. Targeted Counties: St. Louis City, St.

Louis County, St. Charles, Jefferson, Greene, Jackson, Clay, Pulaski, Laclede, Warren, Ste. Genevieve, Phelps, Dent, Gasconade, Montgomery, Butler, Texas, St.

Francois, Buchanan, Lincoln 1) Evidence-informed training for first responders working with people who use drugs 2) Improving overdose response through naloxone distribution with local public health agencies and first responders 3) Developing resource referral networks for first responders in 20 target counties with the highest overdose rates across the state SAMHSA FR-CARA grant administered through the MO Department of Health and Senior Services.

The Addiction Science, Practice, Implementation, Research and Education lab (ASPIRE) The Addiction Science, Practice, Implementation, Research and Education (ASPIRE) Lab is located within the University of Missouri-St. Louis Department of Psychology under the leadership for Dr. Rachel Winograd.

The ASPIRE lab is focused on community-informed research to enhance research-informed practice and works in close partnership with all of the collaborative partners and projects connected to Addiction Science team. umsl. edu/psychology/aspire-lab/index.

html Drug Overdose Trust & Safety + Mobile (DOTS+MOBILE) The DOTS+MOBILE project empowers first responders to reduce opioid overdose deaths in Missouri. Target Counties: St. Louis City, St.

Louis County, St. Charles, Jefferson, St.

Francois, Washington, Franklin, Boone, Phelps, Greene, Jackson, Buchanan Opioid Use Disorder Pharmaceutical Treatments: Investigating a Model and Measure of Intervention Stigma toward Medication (OPTIMISM) OPTIMISM aims to develop a dimensional model of Intervention Stigma toward medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) that captures stigmatizing attitudes and actions by policymakers, healthcare personnel, and members of the general public.

The St. Louis Black Harm Reduction Coalition (BHRC) The St. Louis Black Harm Reduction Coalition (BHRC) is focused on applying the principles of harm reduction explicitly within Black communities in St.

Louis. T he BHRC core vision is: a St. Louis community where Black people who use drugs are empowered, healthy, and treated with dignity.

The emerging mission is to: educate and unite the St. Louis community around harm reduction to eliminate substance use-related deaths amongst Black people and the structural harms of racism for Black drug users. Williams and Associate Inc will host the St.

Louis Black Harm Reduction Coalition in Partnership with the UMSL-MIMH Addiction Science Team. St. Louis Medication Access Project (STL MAP) The St.

Louis Medication Access Project (STL MAP) aims to reduce barriers to methadone treatment for opioid use disorder by providing individuals seeking treatment with medication lockboxes and transportation assistance, including bus passes and rideshare vouchers. 1) Training for First Responders 2) EMS Initiated Field Buprenorphine 3) Collaborations between First Responders and Community Treatment https://www. mofirstresponders.

org/emsbupe Aim 1: To establish a model of what Intervention Stigma is and how it works Aim 2: To pilot and create a comprehensive measure of Intervention Stigma tailored for three groups (healthcare providers, decision makers, and the general public) R15 AREA Aim: To develop empirically rigorous substance use-focused research and training infrastructure within the Dept.

of Psychological Sciences at UMSL to build upon the years of community-focused implementation work of the Addiction Science team National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), through the NIH Helping to End Addition Long-term (HEAL) Initiative Subcontracted Grant Partners Washington University in St. Louis (Co-I: Devin E. Banks), Wayne State University (Co-I: Erin F.

Madden) https://www. umsl. edu/psychology/aspire-lab/research.

html Build sustainable infrastructure for a formal, independent Black-led harm reduction organization Reduce substance use-related deaths and harms among Black people who use drugs through community-driven approaches Address structural racism that contributes to disparities in substance use outcomes Build capacity among community partners to sustain and expand harm reduction efforts in the Black community Missouri Foundation For Health The Cigna Group Foundation, through The Cigna Group Health Equity Impact Fund