Medication-Assisted Treatment – Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction

The purpose of this program is to expand/enhance access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for persons with an opioid use disorder (OUD) seeking or receiving MAT. This program’s focus is on funding organizations and tribes/tribal organizations within states identified as having the highest rates of primary treatment admissions for heroin and opioids per capita and includes those states with the most dramatic increases for heroin and opioids based on the SAMHSA’s 2015 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS).

The desired outcomes include (1) an increase in the number of individuals with OUD receiving MAT (2) a decrease in illicit ■ Cherokee Nation ■ Modoc Nation of Oklahoma opioid drug use and prescription opioid misuse at a six-month follow-up.

MAT, using one of the FDAapproved medications for the maintenance treatment of opioid use disorder, is a required activity of the program. MAT is to be provided in combination with comprehensive OUD psychosocial services, including, but not limited to counseling, behavioral therapies, recovery support services (RSS), and other clinically appropriate services required for individuals to achieve and maintain

abstinence from opioids.6

RECIPIENTS

■ Muscogee Creek Nation

■ Osage Nation