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Article SAMHSA Learning Community for HUD Rural and Unsheltered Grantees

This Learning Community for HUD Rural and Unsheltered grantees will focus on supporting Continuums of Care (CoCs) in understanding and building cross-system partnerships that address the needs of individuals and families impacted by substance use and/or mental disorders among those experiencing unsheltered homelessness and homelessness in rural areas.

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  • Fact Sheet Low-Barrier Shelter: Policies into Practice

    This guide provides information on the core components of low-barrier shelters. It provides examples of key policies, procedures to support those policies, and ideas for navigating common challenges in implementation.

    Topic
    Housing Models: Housing First
    Housing Models: Emergency Shelter
    Language
    English
    Spanish
  • Article SAMHSA Learning Community for HUD Rural and Unsheltered Grantees

    This Learning Community for HUD Rural and Unsheltered grantees will focus on supporting Continuums of Care (CoCs) in understanding and building cross-system partnerships that address the needs of individuals and families impacted by substance use and/or mental disorders among those experiencing unsheltered homelessness and homelessness in rural areas.

    Focus
    Type of Homelessness: Rural homelessness
    Type of Homelessness: Unsheltered
    Topic
    Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness
    Mental Health: Mental health treatment
    Co-occurring Disorders
    Substance Use: Substance use prevention
    Substance Use: Substance use treatment
    Integrated Care
    Language
    English
    Spanish
  • Fact Sheet Boosting the Power of Harm Reduction

    This resource outlines strategies to build a coordinated and culturally responsive system of care for people with substance use disorders who are experiencing homelessness.

    Focus
    Racial Equity: African- American/ Black
    Racial Equity: Hispanic/Latino/Latinx
    Racial Equity: Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI)
    Racial Equity: American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN)
    Topic
    Substance Use: Substance use prevention
    Substance Use: Substance use treatment
    Specialized Partnerships: Military/VA
    Specialized Partnerships: Hospital/clinic
    Specialized Partnerships: Education
    Specialized Partnerships: Criminal/ Legal: Discharge planning
    Specialized Partnerships: Criminal/ Legal: Re-entry
    Specialized Partnerships: Faith-based
    Specialized Partnerships: HUD Continuum of Care (CoC)
    Specialized Partnerships: Tribal Communities
    Language
    English
  • Article Learning Community: Trauma-Informed Outreach and Engagement

    In this four-part series, attendees will learn the fundamentals of providing Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) from the lens of working to engage and provide services for people with behavioral health needs who are also experiencing homelessness.

    Topic
    Housing Models: Housing First
    Outreach and Engagment: PATH
    Outreach and Engagment: Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
    Outreach and Engagment: Street outreach
    Outreach and Engagment: Coordinated entry
    Outreach and Engagment: Motivational Interviewing
    Outreach and Engagment: Point-in-Time Counts
    Supportive Services: Peer Services / Supports
    Specialized Partnerships: HUD Continuum of Care (CoC)
    Language
    English
  • Toolkit Effective Property Management Engagement Strategies

    This issue brief covers identifying service providers’ strengths and resources that will appeal to property management, developing an agency “pitch," identifying existing rental industry networks or initiating a network where none exists, and formalizing the property management-provider partnership.

    Topic
    Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness
    Co-occurring Disorders
    Housing Models: Housing First
    Housing Navigation: Landlord engagement
    Housing Navigation: Housing identification
    Specialized Partnerships: HUD Continuum of Care (CoC)
    Language
    English
    Spanish