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28 <br /> EI Futuro 89.35 Early $69,309.79 EI Futuro proposes to Lydia Kiefer recused herself Funding recommendation <br /> Intervention enhance early identification from scoring application for$69,310.00. <br /> and prevention of SUD among due to her association with <br /> historically marginalized program. <br /> Latino youth and young <br /> adults in Orange County. • Substance use is <br /> underreported in Latino <br /> This initiative will train populations due to fear <br /> CMHWs in SBIRT and and lack of culturally <br /> Motivational Interviewing competent services <br /> (MI) to strengthen early <br /> intervention efforts and • There are limited <br /> expand access to culturally Spanish-language <br /> and linguistically appropriate behavioral health <br /> services. services in Orange <br /> County. <br /> Developing and distributing <br /> Spanish-language educational . The Early Intervention <br /> materials and conducting Program will address <br /> bilingual workshops, social health inequities for <br /> media campaigns, and youth- Latino youth and young <br /> focused community adults in Orange <br /> engagement that increases County, who face <br /> knowledge of opioid risks, language barriers, <br /> improves awareness of stigma, and a lack of <br /> behavioral health services, culturally competent <br /> and ensures targeted providers, delaying care <br /> populations receive accurate, and increasing reliance <br /> stigma-free information and on costly emergency <br /> access to early intervention services. <br /> services. <br />