Ob/Gyn: Project CARA

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Program Model

We provide integrated, comprehensive, trauma-informed care that changes patient outcomes for the better.

1

Understanding the Silos of Care

Medical Care
Substance Use Care
Wraparound Services

2

Stigma is the Biggest Barrier

Patients fear being judged, treated differently, labeled a 'bad' person, or deemed an unfit mother

3

Supporters Change the Path

Project CARA change agents provide: innovation, funding, advocacy, and organizational support

4

Impacting Patient Outcomes

Project CARA improves patient access in addition to reducing barriers and stigma for expectant mothers Learn More

5

Building System Integration

Through innovation, collaboration, and organizational support from Project CARA change agents

6

Changing Delivery of Care

Working at the systems level to address policy, legislation, funding, and reimbursement

Medical Care

  • Prenatal and postpartum care
  • Medical management of Perinatal Substance Use Disorder (PSUD)
  • Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
  • Tobacco cessation
  • Hepatitis C screening, consults, and treatment access
  • Referral to additional medical and behavioral health needs (dental, family medicine, psychiatry)
  • Preconception planning

Behavioral Health Care

  • Crisis management, case management, and relapse prevention planning
  • Behavioral health and substance use clinical assessment
  • Individual therapy
  • Clinical consults
  • “Warm handoff” and referral to partnering treatment organizations
  • Contingency management

Wraparound Care

  • Information about Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
  • Referral to peer support services
  • Inpatient and discharge planning
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