Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) – Psychostimulant Support from HRSA
$500,000
- Project Director: Dallas DeAnne McCance, MPS dallas.mccance@okstate.edu (918) 561-1570
- Project Manager: Matt Condley, MPH paul.w.thomas@okstate.edu (918) 561-1536
- Project Evaluator: Mary Walker, PhD mcondley@okstate.edu
- Peer Recovery Support Specialist: Jerry Wayne Campbell jerry.campbell@okstate.edu
Dates of Funding:
July 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025
Goal:
To strengthen and expand prevention, treatment, and recovery (PTR) services for rural individuals who misuse methamphetamines in order to increase their ability to access treatment and move towards recovery. The target populations include individuals who are at risk for, have been diagnosed with, and/or are in treatment and/or recovery for psychostimulant use disorder; their families and/or caregivers; and other community members who reside in three rural counties: Mayes, McIntosh, and Muskogee
- In 2020, Mayes County had the 6th highest death rate in the state for unintentional poisonings from drug overdose; McIntosh County had the 5th highest death rate in the state; and Muskogee County held the highest death rate in the state.
- From 2007-2018, the rate of methamphetamine–related overdose death increased by nearly 700%, from 39 deaths in 2007 to 339 deaths in 2018, bringing the overall total to 1613 lives lost to meth use from 2007 to 2018.
- Since the early 1990’s, some of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations operating in Mexico have established distribution channels in Oklahoma and they use Oklahoma’s close proximity to the Mexico border and Oklahoma’s highway system to traffic drugs across the United States. The three targeted Oklahoma counties - Mayes, McIntosh, and Muskogee - are all along this corridor.
Key successes to date:
- Implemented a peer recovery support specialist (PRSS) to serve as a liaison between law enforcement and treatment facilities and to be available 24/7 for those experiencing a crisis.
- Partnered with the OSU Health Access Network to provide comprehensive, whole-person care.
- Hosted a community engagement event featuring the “Building Compassionate Communities” model to address substance use disorders and accompanying factors such as poverty, abuse, and adverse childhood events (ACES).
- Partnered with OSU Extension 4-H programs to discuss engaging students and parents in learning sessions about the dangers of fentanyl.
- Funded public service announcements to broadcast on radio stations in recognition of National Recovery Month.
Consortium Partners:
- Celebrate Recovery
- Cherokee Three Rivers Community Health Center
- Fort Gibson Police Department Police Department | Fort Gibson, OK (fortgibson.net)
- Gospel Rescue Mission Home | Gospel Rescue Mission (grmmuskogee.org)
- Green Country Behavioral Health Services Home - Green Country Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (gcbhs.org)
- Jack C Montgomery VA Medical Center Jack C. Montgomery Department Of Veterans Affairs Medical Center | VA Eastern Oklahoma Health Care | Veterans Affairs (va.gov)
- Mayes County DROP Task Force (3) Facebook (facebook.com/MayesCountyDROP)
- Muskogee Bridges MUSKOGEE BRIDGES OUT OF POVERTY - Muskogee Bridges Out of Poverty (muskogeebridgesoutofpoverty.org)
- Muskogee CAN About Us – MUSKOGEE CAN (wpcomstaging.com)
- Muskogee County Mental Health Court
- Muskogee Health Department Muskogee County Health Department (oklahoma.gov)
- Muskogee Police Department Police. Fire. Emergency Of Muskogee OK (muskogeepublicsafety.org)
- Neighbors Building Neighborhoods Home - Neighbors Building Neighborhoods (nbn-nrc.org)
- Oklahoma Department of Health Oklahoma State Department of Health (340) (oklahoma.gov)
- OSU Health Access Network OSU Health Access Network | Oklahoma State University (medicine.okstate.edu)
- Reincarnation Cottages Reincarnation Cottages - Addiction Recovery Center, Rehab, Recovery (reincarnationcottages.com)
- Wagoner Community Hospital Wagoner Hospital | Wagoner Hospital (wagonerhospital.com)