Accomplishments

Highlights of DHHR-coordinated efforts to address the SUD crisis include the following (as of January 29, 2020):

Treatment Beds: Started at 197, now at 740 with 950 expected
Recovery Beds: More than 1,200
Quick Response Teams: 22 counties/communities
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Programs: 15 counties
SUD education provided by all three medical schools to more than 1,000 clinicians and professionals
Collegiate Recovery Programs: 10 campuses
17 harm reduction programs with 1,665 referrals to treatment
Long-Acting Reversible Contraception is now offered in 2 regional jails; 2,217 women received reproductive education and 86 initiated a long-acting contraceptive method
Residential treatment services for pregnant and postpartum women in 5 of 7 regions (Regions 6 and 7 under development)
Naloxone: Provided more than 10,000 doses to local health departments and thousands more to first responders
Provided 54 scholarships and loan repayment for 22 clinicians
Family Treatment Courts in five counties
MAT in all 10 regional jails
Awarded five-year Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Maternal Opioid Misuse grant to enhance the State’s Drug Free Moms and Babies Program
Awarded a second CMS grant to increase access to evidence-based treatment and recovery services; this grant will focus on developing adolescent treatment and expanding use of technology solutions
Working with WVU, Marshall and 10 hospital systems to develop a comprehensive approach to screen and link people with SUD to treatment
Launched two pilot projects in Jefferson/Berkeley and Wyoming counties to develop comprehensive systems of care