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Nearly 2,000 Illinois women of reproductive(WRA) aged (15-44),died from opioid poisoning <br /> between 2008 and 2017,and 347 WRA died from opioid poisoning during 2017 alone(latest <br /> available data). Pregnancy-associated deaths related to opioid poisoning increased 10-fold over a <br /> 9-year period, and the pregnancy-associated mortality ratio related to opioid poisonings nearly <br /> doubled in just one year from 2016 to 2017.In 2017, opioid poisoning was the most common <br /> cause of pregnancy-associated death with nearly 1 in 5 deaths of pregnant or postpartum women <br /> due to opioid poisoning. Between 2013 and 2017,pregnancy-associated deaths caused by opioid <br /> poisonings were most common among white women,women with a high school education or <br /> less,and women residing in small/medium urban counties outside the Chicago arm 10 <br /> With the skyrocketing rates of opioid use disorder and still to be determined other negative SUD <br /> outcomes emerging from the coronavirus pandemic,the unmet need for services continues to <br /> peak.Although the increase in access to SUD treatment has improved in Macon County over the <br /> past several years,transportation challenges continue to be reported as a barrier for those seeking <br /> treatment. There is also still unmet need for recovery support services and sober living services. <br /> Given estimates on the number of people in Illinois struggling with substance use disorders, <br /> including the opioid epidemic,findings indicate insufficient capacity of recovery homes and <br /> recovery support services(RSS)to meet the needs of Macon County. Crossing Healthcare and <br /> Heritage Behavioral Health Center are the primary providers of substance use disorder services <br /> in Decatur. Crossing Healthcare and Heritage Behavioral Health Center provide a wide array of <br /> substance use services including individual and group counseling,medication assisted recovery <br /> for opioid use disorder,withdrawal management,and residential rehabilitation. Both providers <br /> have programs to support substance use recovery with Crossing Healthcare's Recovery Living <br /> apartments and Heritage Behavioral Health Center's Permanent Supportive Housing First <br /> program. There is only one other recovery residency in the County serving only adult males. <br /> With the growing rates of SUD disorders and limited availability of care,persons who cannot <br /> access recovery living or recovery supports are at significantly high-risk for negative health and <br /> family outcomes; thus,the importance of this type of funding,and additional recovery support <br /> services cannot be overstated. <br /> In alignment with the objectives outlined in the Illinois Opioid Allocation Agreement Exhibit B <br /> Approved Opioid Abatement List of Remediation Uses;both Heritage Behavioral Health Center <br /> and Crossing Healthcare seek to improve long-term recovery for persons with substance use <br /> disorder through improved access to treatment and purposeful supportive connections with peers <br /> in recovery, family and community education, and community-based collaborations. <br /> Heritage Behavioral Health Center and Crossing Healthcare plan to execute the following goals <br /> and are requesting a total amount of$50,000 from the settlement funds to be utilized as outlined <br /> below.Both entities will provide the city a detailed accounting of how the funds are utilized to <br /> ensure compliance with funding requirements. This agreement can be extended and enlarged by <br /> the city at the mutual discretion of the singing parties in the future. <br /> 10"Data Snapshot:Opioid Poisoning Deaths Among Illinois Women of Reproductive Age",Illinois Department of <br /> Public Health,Office of Women's Health and Family Services,March 2019 <br /> City of Decatur Opiate Settlement Funds Request <br /> 3 <br />