October 10, 2019
Denver Health’s Center for Addiction Medicine has worked hard to secure grant funding. Below are some of the grants secured by the CAM to date.
Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, R01CE003006
Effective Dates: 9/30/2019-9/29/2021
Principal Investigator: Alia Al-Tayyib
Amount: $1,496,186
Title: Linkage Navigation to Enhance Initiation and Engagement in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder to Prevent Overdose
Description: The goal of this project is to develop, pilot, and evaluate a linkage navigation program to enhance initiation and engagement in treatment for opioid use disorder to prevent overdose.
Agency: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Population Affairs, FPRPA006064
Effective Dates: 9/30/2019-9/29/2022
Principal Investigator: Deborah Rinehart
Amount: $1,622,356
Title: Increasing Linkage to Family Planning Care for Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder
Description: The primary goal of this project is to identify an innovative delivery model to address the family planning needs of individuals of reproductive age (18-44) in treatment for opioid use disorder at an urban integrated safety-net healthcare system.
Agency: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Effective Dates: 9/30/2019-9/29/2024
Principal Investigator: Judy Shlay
Amount: $1,385,077
Title: Engaging Youth Expertise for Prevention (“EYE for Prevention”)
Description: To prevent the onset and reduce the progression of alcohol, marijuana, and stimulant use among Denver youth, EYE for Prevention will partner with youth with lived experience to: assess the prevention needs of youth engaged in substance use; plan, implement, and evaluate needs-based prevention strategies and messaging; and provide training and technical assistance to enhance prevention capacity at the community level.
Agency: Denver Department of Public Health and Environment
Effective Dates: 11/1/2019-6/30/2020
Principal Investigator: Sarah Belstock
Amount: $70,105
Title: Assessing the Needs of Family Members of Individuals with Opioid Use Disorders
Description: The project will enhance local understanding of the treatment and support needs of family members of individuals with opioid use disorders in Denver, so as to inform local efforts to: mitigate the multigenerational impact of opioid use disorders; leverage familial relationships to support sustained recovery among individuals with opioid use disorders; and prevent future substance use and other behavioral health challenges among the children of individuals with opioid use disorders.
