Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded the 2023 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; and Addiction Treatment Program (ATP). The funding for the projects totals $1,628,517.44 from ADAMH and begins January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
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 $153,159.30 and Medicaid in the amount of $191,840.70 for a total appropriation of $1,973,517.44. 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 4,386 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 1,640 adults and family members will be served; 2,141 children and adolescents through youth programming; and 605 transitional age youth will be served through youth mentoring, workforce development and programming. The ADS Comprehensive Treatment Program will provide treatment services to approximately 1050 men and women through the provision of Biopsychosocial Assessments, Individual, Intensive Outpatient and Outpatient counseling. 70% of the population to be served are men and 30% will be women. The Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program is projected to serve 50 unique clients who will be prescribed Suboxone,...
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