SBIR-STTR Award

Birch & Davis Associates, Inc. will determine the feasibility of establishing a methadone maintenance treatment program network for traveling clients. All methadone programs located within the United States will be identified through contact with federal agencies (e.g., National Institute on Drug Abuse, Food and Drug Administration, Drug Enforcement Administration), state agencies, and other organizations with access to information on treatment programs. Once identified, each methadone treatment program will be contacted to ascertain program-identifying information (e.g., name, address, telephone number, fees) and interest in serving as a participating program in the proposed network. The outcome of Phase I will be a comprehensive directory of publicly and privately funded methadone maintenance programs and a listing of those that indicate interest in participating as a sending and/or receiving program in a treatment referral network.The methadone program directory to be developed at the conclusion of Phase I will be used during Phase II to pilot-test the acceptability, effectiveness, and efficiency of a treatment program network that arranges client travel throughout the country. Phase II also will provide the opportunity to determine an appropriate fee schedule for nationwide implementation of the referral network during Phase III.National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

The feasibility of establishing a methadone maintenance treatment program network for traveling clients will be determined. All programs in the United States that currently provide methadone maintenance treatment will be identified, through contact with a variety of coordinating agencies and organizations and access to databases that provide pertinent information, and queried regarding their interest in participating in this network. The outcome of Phase I will be a comprehensive directory of publicly- and privately-funded methadone maintenance programs and a resource list of those programs indicating interest in participating in a treatment referral network, as a sending and/or receiving program. The methadone program directory developed at the conclusion of Phase I will be used during Phase II to pilot-test the acceptability, effectiveness, and efficiency for clients and staff of a treatment program network that arranges client travel throughout the country. Phase II also will provide the opportunity to determine an appropriate fee schedule for nationwide implementation of the referral service in Phase III.

Thesaurus Terms:
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