Title: MISSION Forward (Maintaining Independence & Sobriety through Systems Integration)
Dates: 9/11/2013 - 6/30/2016
Funder: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Abuse Services
Funding: $419,264
PI: David Smelson, Psy.D.
Description: MISSION Forward will serve180 clients (120 clients in the Quincy Adult Drug Court and 60 clients in the Dedham Veterans Treatment Court) who will receive MISSION services for up to one year. The project focuses on two types of specialty courts and will embed peer and case manager teams who will use an evidence-based wraparound model previously developed with SAMHSA funding to specifically improve coordinatin between the courts, clients, and community-based treatment providers.