Helping Impact Women and Youth (HIWAY)
Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital (SNLH), a CCCWN partner in Lincoln County, received a Rural Communities Opioid Response (RCOR) Implementation grant from the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) for $1 million to be spent over three years (September 2022 – August 2025). The grant supports the Helping Impact Women and Youth (HIWAY) project which provides substance use disorder/opioid use disorder (SUD/OUD) services in Lincoln County, OR.
Partnerships & Grant Activities
HIWAY involves a partnership between the following organizations:
- The Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians
- Faith, Hope and Charity, Inc.
- Lincoln County Health and Human Services
- Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office
- Northwest Coastal Housing
- The Olalla Center
- PAADA
- ReConnections Counseling
- Samaritan House
- Samaritan Medical Group
- Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital
- Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital
Grant program activities include:
- Hiring peer support specialists to work with women, pregnant people, and other individuals who use substances
- Assisting pregnant women in navigating treatment and recovery
- Reducing stigma through media campaign tactics
- Increasing access to SUD/OUD services in the community
- Purchasing and distributing naloxone
- Hosting an annual harm reduction conference for partners and community members
- Providing substance use prevention education for elementary, middle and high school youth
- Coordinating education and training for law enforcement
- Increasing access to mental health and substance use services for the Latino/a/x, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA2S+ populations.
Contact Us
If you would like to learn more, please contact the HIWAY Project Director, Jolynn Meza Wynkoop at jolynnm@samhealth.org.
