New Mexico

Gila Regional Medical Center, Silver City -- $500,000 per year for each of three years to use the Kokopelli Program to expand and strengthen outpatient treatment services to adult methamphetamine and other stimulant users in four rural counties in southwestern New Mexico. The project targets methamphetamine/stimulant users who are parents of minor children, have been involved with the criminal justice system or child protective service systems, have substance abuse and/or co-occurring mental disorders and have accessed any level of treatment. The program will build capacity through staff training in the Matrix Model for treating methamphetamine abuse, and will strengthen partnerships with service providers in the region. The project will provide gender-sensitive and culturally appropriate treatment services to an estimated 455 clients over the three-year grant period. The proposed project will serve 75 clients in the first year, 190 clients in the second year and 190 in the third year. The project anticipates that 55 percent to 60 percent of program participants will be Hispanic with 5 percent speaking only Spanish. Women will be 50 percent to 60 percent of the population and men 40 percent to 50 percent. The age range is estimated to be 20 to 45 years old.

Oregon

The Methamphetamine Expanded Treatment Program, Grants Pass -- $500,000 per year for each of three years to reduce methamphetamine abuse among adults in the county, helping them to establish a clean and sober lifestyle, improving their physical health and the quality of their lives, and reducing episodes of criminality, homelessness, and psychiatric crisis. The project will provide chemical dependency treatment and strengths-based case management. The program aims to serve 240 individuals over the course of the grant. The target population is composed of 44 percent females, 92.7 percent white, 3.4 percent Latino, and 88 percent of the clients over the age of 21 (ages 21-60). In the county, 60 percent of methamphetamine users are between the ages of 21 and 40.

Tennessee

Tennessee Department of Mental Health, Nashville -- $500,000 per year for each of three years to target adults ages 18 and over who are abusing methamphetamine and other emerging drugs in six rural counties. Utilizing the Matrix Model, support services (outreach, assessment, case management), and community education, the Rural METH Initiative will expand access to structured, culturally competent care for 180 persons over the three year grant program. Forty clients will be served in the first year, 60 clients will be served in the second year and 80 clients will be served in the third year. The target population is anticipated to reflect general county demographics and will be socio-economically diverse. Clients will include white males and females between 20 and 29 years of age, with a higher percentage being women using stimulants. Hispanics and African-Americans will also be served by this program.

Texas

The City of Robstown -- $500,000 per year for each of three years to address two critical issues that include the expansion of substance abuse treatment and services and the prevention of the epidemic usage/abuse of methamphetamine. The target population for this project is Latinos, primarily Mexicans and Mexican Americans, who are vulnerable to risk factors associated with methamphetamine abuse and reside in the Coastal Bend, a rural to semi-rural area in South Texas. The program aims to provide detoxification services to 40-45 clients per year (125 total), residential treatment to 20 clients per year (60 total), and outpatient treatment to 50 clients per year (150 total). The total number of clients to be served over the three-year grant program is 335.