The Rural Health Action Network Enhanced Outreach Initiative: Year 2 Interim Evaluation Report

Healthy Community Coalition (HCC), in coordination with the Rural Health Action Network (RHAN) of greater Franklin County, is implementing a multi-faceted outreach program to improve health outcomes among the rural poor living with chronic conditions in greater Franklin County, Maine. The goals of the Franklin County Rural Health Action Network Enhanced Outreach Initiative (RHAN-EOI) include: (1) Expand access to quality services; (2) Expand training for community health extenders; (3) Decrease hospital admissions, emergency department use, and costs; and (4) Improve communication and care coordination across project partners. This report highlights the implementation and progress of HCC RHAN in Year 2. For more information, please contact Lindsey Smith at [email protected]

R.A.C.E. to Recovery Year 1 Evaluation Summary Report

Through a collaborative effort led by the Healthy Community Coalition, the multi-sector Rural Addiction Care Expansion (R.A.C.E.) to Recovery initiative consortium is utilizing evidence-based, community-wide response to impact and reduce the effects of the opioid epidemic in the Western Maine Public Health District/ Greater Franklin County. To assess and evaluate the implementation, successes, and challenges of the RACE to Recovery project, the Cutler Institute is collecting and analyzing data for both process and outcomes of the initiative. In the first year of the initiative, the Cutler evaluation team utilized both primary and secondary data to assess RACE to Recovery program implementation efforts, document project milestones, as well as examine programmatic successes and challenges. Data gathered in Year One included consortium and partner assessments, patient interviews, and administrative data. For more information, please contact M.Lindsey Smith, PhD, at [email protected]

Downeast Maine MAT Expansion Project: Year 2 Data Summary

This report summarizes the Year 2 activities of the Healthy Acadia Downeast Maine MAT Expansion Project. Through a collaborative effort of Healthy Acadia, its providers, the Downeast Substance Treatment Network and Downeast Substance Use Response Coalition, the project utilized multiple evidence-based strategies to combat opioid use disorder (OUD) in Downeast Maine. FMI: M. Lindsey Smith, PhD, [email protected]