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Article New Staff Orientation Guide

This guide compiles introductory resources offered by HHRC into an orientation guide for new professionals. These resources provide introductions to serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, co-occurring disorders, achieving and maintaining housing, and treatment and engagement models.

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  • Toolkit Harm Reduction in Rural Areas: A Workbook for Homeless Response System Staff

    The Harm Reduction in Rural Communities workbook is designed to help rural areas implement harm reduction strategies, including Housing First principles. The workbook contains facts, implementation strategies, reflection questions, and links to more information.

    Focus
    Type of Homelessness: Rural homelessness
    Topic
    Co-occurring Disorders; Substance Use: Substance use prevention, Substance use treatment; Housing Models: Housing First; Treatment Models: Harm reduction
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • Toolkit Eviction Prevention: A Toolkit for Tenants and Service Providers

    This Toolkit outlines strategies for supporting people with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or co-occurring disorders living in community-based low-income housing to prevent eviction.

    Topic
    Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness; Co-occurring Disorders; Substance Use; Housing Models: Diversion/Problem-solving, Eviction Prevention; Housing Navigation: Landlord engagement; Supportive Services
    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, Unsheltered
    Topic
    Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness, Mental health treatment; Co-occurring Disorders; Substance Use: Substance use prevention, Substance use treatment; Supportive Services; Specialized Partnerships; Integrated Care; Data
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • Toolkit Expanding Peer Support Roles in Homeless Services Delivery: A Toolkit for Service Providers

    Peer support is a fast-growing occupation in the behavioral health sector and homeless service organizations can also benefit from its value. This toolkit guides organizations looking to strengthen peers' integration into their workforce. 

    Topic
    Supportive Services: Peer Services / Supports; Integrated Care
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • Toolkit Coordinating Systems of Care to Provide a Comprehensive Behavioral Health Crisis Response to Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

    This brief suggests strategies to enhance crisis care through multilevel coordination and describes practical approaches that systems of care can deploy to strengthen collaboration.

    Topic
    Mental Health: Serious Emotional Disturbance, Serious Mental Illness, Mental health treatment; Trauma; Co-occurring Disorders; Integrated Care
    Language
    English; Spanish