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11 <br /> Proposal to Orange County Opioid Settlement Committee <br /> The NC FIT Program is a comprehensive reentry program that focuses on unmet health needs <br /> for people released from incarceration. NC FIT provides connections to primary care, behavioral <br /> health and substance use disorder treatment. All NC FIT Community Health Workers have <br /> personal histories of incarceration. The NC FIT Program is based on the Transitions Clinic <br /> Network Model which is an evidence-based program that complies with Strategy A in the <br /> settlement MOU. <br /> • FIT worked with the Sheriff and CJRD to establish the Detention Center's MAT program <br /> • Focused on people impacted by the criminal legal system <br /> • Addresses Racial Health Disparities <br /> • Linkages to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder <br /> • Established program since 2018, supported by the Orange County Health Department <br /> • FIT Provided grant funding to start the program in Orange County and to hire both the <br /> CHW positions through the Health Department. <br /> • Collaborates with Sheriff's Office, Piedmont Health Services, CJRD Lantern Project, Local <br /> Reentry Council, State Prison System, Parole and Probation, Public Defender's office, <br /> Reentry House Plus, IFC, Wounded Healers, UNC Chapel Hill Dept of Family Medicine <br /> • Currently provides care at PHS for over 60 clients <br /> Request Funding for FIT Program Community Health Worker: <br /> We request funding to continue a grant funded position for 1 FTE CHW that has been <br /> hired by the OC Health Department. <br /> CHW position will focus on assisting people being released from the Detention center <br /> with a diagnosis of Opioid Use Disorder. This FIT CHW position will work closely with efforts <br /> supported by the Lantern Project run through the CJRD. <br /> The NC FIT Program will continue to provide regular support and technical assistance to <br /> Orange County supporting the Orange County FIT Program, Jail-based MAT at the Detention <br /> center, collaboration with the CJRD and linkages to Piedmont Health Services. <br /> Budget: <br /> Salary and Fringe $65,000 <br /> Travel, Training, Mileage, Supplies $5,000 <br /> Total: $70,000 <br /> Annual Reporting: <br /> • Number of referrals for people with Opioid Use Disorder, from both the <br /> Detention Center and the community. <br /> • Number of people enrolled in FIT Program with OUD <br /> • Number of referrals connected to treatment for OUD and Substance Use <br /> Disorder <br /> • Number of know Overdose Deaths in referrals that are connected to treatment <br />