From Incarceration to Treatment to Recovery and Community with Forgiveness, Fairness, and Justice
MAT Assist provides a hybrid community-based and technology-enabled model powered by proprietary MAT Assist® linkage platform. This approach combines clinical expertise, secure technology, and community partnerships to create a seamless pathway from incarceration to successful reintegration. It allows carceral facilities opportunity to reduce costs,improve access to MAT, and links returning citizens to behavioral healthcare.
Key Highlights
Cost Savings: By shifting treatment and medication management away from facility-based programs and into outpatient clinics and community partners, the MAT Assist model reduces staffing requirements and inventory costs. This lowers per-participant costs while expanding program reach.
Continuity of Care: MAT Assist ensures that medication-assisted treatment and behavioral health services are initiated up to 90 days prior to release (“in-reach”) and then transition seamlessly to home confinement and community care. This continuity reduces relapse, improves compliance, and lowers recidivism rates.
Scalability: The model is designed to be deployed across both urban and rural settings.Transportation and linkage support connect participants to community providers, while telehealth and insurer partnerships leverage Medicaid Section 1115 Reentry Waivers to expand access and coverage in states where traditional reentry services can improve.
Leadership: The program is guided by Dr. Orlando R. Davis, a psychiatrist with more than 30 years of experience in reentry, behavioral health, and public health systems. In collaboration with partners such as Changing Turn Community Healthcare Services, where he serves as Medical Director, Dr. Davis currently oversees services for more than 137 individuals referred by Maryland’s Drug Court and Harford County Detention Center. These clients receive MAT, behavioral health and counseling in community housing, demonstrating the real-world success and scalability of this model.
Summary
The MAT Assist model directly addresses carceral facility challenges when it comes to delivering MAT and Reentry services: it reduces pre-reentry reliance on costly facility-based treatment, extends services into the community including underserved areas, and provides scalable, technology-enabled monitoring while maintaining public safety. Backed by Dr. Davis’s proven leadership and ongoing partnerships, this solution offers carceral facilities an immediate and innovative pathway for modernizing carceral MAT and Reentry services nationwide.
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