MONROE—Snohomish County Behavioral Health, in partnership with the Lynnwood Comprehensive Treatment Center, revealed its new Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Mobile Services program Tuesday, July 29, at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe.
The MOUD program will bring critical, life-saving opioid treatment directly to underserved and vulnerable individuals in rural areas of Snohomish County – beginning with Gold Bar and expanding along the SR-530 corridor in North Snohomish County at a later date.
The mobile clinic is funded by opioid settlement dollars through the One Washington Memorandum of Understanding and is designed to “reduce barriers to care by using a fully equipped mobile unit to deliver evidence-based medications and counseling for individuals with Opioid Use Disorder,” the County said.
The mobile clinic is staffed by a multidisciplinary team including a prescriber, nurses, substance use disorder professionals, and driver/security personnel.
The medications provided include Methadone, Suboxone (buprenorphine), and Vivitrol. The mobile unit will also offer on-site counseling, dosing, and care coordination. All services are delivered confidentially and tailored to serve a diverse pool of different cultures, languages, and needs.
“Opioid Use Disorder is a chronic, treatable condition. We are excited to launch this crucial service. This is an important piece of a larger countywide strategy to address the drug crisis,” said Mohamed Bughrara, Public Information Officer for Snohomish County Human Services. “Snohomish County continues to work collaboratively across departments and with community partners, including healthcare providers, to improve access to treatment and recovery and to reduce overdoses and community impacts from opioid use disorder.”
At Tuesday’s open house, clinic staff, members of the Human Services team who have been working on the initiative, as well as representatives with the Multi-Agency Coordination Group for the drug crises (including the County Health Department), led members of the media and elected officials on a tour of the mobile unit, to learn about its services, and connect with local resource providers.
MOUD services are scheduled to begin some time this month.
Author: Kienan Briscoe
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I write for the Concrete Herald on the Darrington page. I want to do a story about MOUD services in Darrington. Can I get the dates and times services would be available along SR 530? Thank you so much.