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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUND - JUSTICE INVOLVED - PROJECT TITLE: PRIMARYPLUS FY24 QIF-TJI CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: (606)-796-3029 CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: UGRINJ@PRIMARYPLUS.NET HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM GRANT NUMBER: H80CS00106 WEBSITE: HTTPS://WWW.PRIMARYPLUS.NET/ ADDRESS: 211 KY-59 CITY & STATE: VANCEBURG, KY 41179-7647 LEWIS COUNTY PRIMARY CARE CENTER, INC. DOING BUSINESS AS PRIMARYPLUS, IS A COMPREHENSIVE STATE OF THE ART PRIMARY CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES, TO THE POPULATIONS OF NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN OHIO SINCE 1983. PRIMARYPLUS IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER THAT OFFERS THE FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE TO SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED APPALACHIAN AND MEDICALLY INDIGENT POPULATIONS. PRIMARY PLUS LOCATIONS OFFER COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING PRIMARY AND PEDIATRIC CARE, WOMEN’S HEALTH, DENTAL CARE, PHARMACY AND MEDICATION ASSISTANCE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INCLUDING BOTH CHILD AND ADULT PSYCHOLOGY, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES AND SPECIALTY CARE SUCH AS PULMONOLOGY, DERMATOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, AND SPORTS MEDICINE. THE COMMITMENT OF PRIMARYPLUS IN PROVIDING HEALTHCARE TO THEIR SERVICE AREA COMMUNITIES IS UNPARALLELED. PRIMARYPLUS RECOGNIZES THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN TRANSITIONS IN CARE FOR JUSTICE- INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS REENTERING THE COMMUNITY (JI-R) IN THE FOLLOWING FIVE COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY: MASON, GREENUP, BOYD, CARTER, AND ROWAN. PRIMARYPLUS WILL ADDRESS POST-RELEASE CRITICAL HEALTH NEEDS, INCLUDING MANAGING CHRONIC CONDITIONS, REDUCING RISK FOR DRUG OVERDOSE, ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT NEEDS, SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF HCV, HIV, AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES. PRIMARYPLUS WILL ALSO FACILITATE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ADDRESS HEALTH RELATED SOCIAL NEEDS, INCLUDING HOUSING INSECURITY, FOOD INSECURITY, FINANCIAL STRAIN, AND LACK OF TRANSPORTATION. TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL NEED S PRIMARYPLUS WILL PARTNER WITH A CARCERAL AUTHORITY IN EACH COUNTY TO COORDINATE TRANSITIONS IN CARE TO COMMUNITY-BASED PROVIDERS AS INDIVIDUALS PREPARE FOR REENTRY. PRIMARYPLUS WILL ALSO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-BASED NORTHEAST AREA AHEC, PATHWAYS AND COMPREHEND TO MEET JI-R SOCIAL NEEDS. OTHER PROGRAM ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF: - HEALTH EVALUATION(S), TO IDENTIFY ACUTE AND CHRONIC PHYSICAL HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, OR ORAL HEALTH ISSUES AND ASSOCIATED NEEDS AND CARE COORDINATION. - PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT. - IMMUNIZATIONS. - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, INCLUDING MAT/MOUD AND PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT. - SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES SUCH AS HIV, HCV AND STIS. - CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES CONNECTING J-IR INDIVIDUALS WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL BENEFITS PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS CRITICAL HEALTH AND HEALTH-RELATED NEEDS. - OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL CARE INCLUDING PRENATAL AND POSTPARTUM CARE. - VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING. - PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES INCLUDING MEDICATION MANAGEMENT. THROUGH HRSA QIF-TJI FUNDING, PRIMARYPLUS WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JI-R INDIVIDUALS WHO: - RECEIVE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS POST-INCARCERATION. - RECEIVE IN-SCOPE HEALTH CENTER SERVICES POST-INCARCERATION. - ARE ENROLLED IN ELIGIBLE LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL BENEFITS PROGRAMS POST-INCARCERATION.
