Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded the 2021 Alcohol, Drug And Mental Health (ADAMH) Board of Franklin County grant service contract for the Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS) Division to fund the following projects: Outpatient Treatment (General Claims); Women’s Recovery/Treatment; Prevention BLOCK Grants; Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Suboxone; and the 2021 Ohio State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OMHAS) through the Alcohol, Drug And Mental Health (ADAMH) Board of Franklin. The funding for the projects total $2,431,844.00 from ADAMH and begins January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
The Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS) grant contract is primarily funded through the ADAMH Board of Franklin County but also generates the following revenues which are to be appropriated; client fees in the amount of $219,925.00 and Medicaid in the amount of $275,471.00 for a total appropriation of $2,927,240.00. These funds will enable Columbus Public Health to continue to provide treatment, counseling and prevention services to men, women, children/families, homeless population and to serve clients referred by the criminal justice system.
The Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS) Prevention Program will serve approximately 5,487 unique clients, who may receive multiple services, through Columbus City Schools, After School/Summer programs, Latina Prevention programming, HIV/Early Intervention sites, Parenting classes, and Recreation Centers. Of this number, approximately 2,855 adults and family members will be served; 1,832 children and adolescents through youth programming; and 800 transitional age youth will be served through youth mentoring, workforce development and programming. The ADS Comprehensive Treatment Program will provide treatment services to approximately 875 men and women through the provision of Biopsychosocial Assessments, Individual, Intensive Outpatient and Out...
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