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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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  • Fact Sheet Identifying and Supporting Behavioral Health Needs in Encampments: Tips for Nonclinical Staff

    Outreach teams observe a wide range of behavioral health conditions. This guide provides tips for nonclinical staff when engaging with individuals living in encampment settings to support their behavioral health needs.

    Focus
    Type of Homelessness: Unsheltered
    Topic
    Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness, Mental health treatment; Outreach and Engagment: Street outreach
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • Fact Sheet Understanding and Supporting Residents with Serious Mental Illness

    This fact sheet helps housing providers better understand and recognize the symptoms of three of the most common serious mental illnesses: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder. The guide also describes best practices for supporting tenants experiencing a mental health crisis and how to connect them with support.

    Topic
    Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • Fact Sheet Treatment, Housing, and Outreach Support for Individuals with Psychotic Disorders

    With the appropriate support and treatment, people experiencing homelessness and psychosis can recover to live full and productive lives. This fact sheet provides an overview of psychosis and its treatment options, strategies for outreach and engagement, including tips for de-escalation, and strategies for supporting people with psychotic symptoms in achieving and maintaining housing.

    Topic
    Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness, Mental health treatment; Housing Models: Housing First; Outreach and Engagment
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • Fact Sheet Fair Housing Protections for People with SMI, SUD, or COD

    This document describes how individuals with disabilities can leverage federal laws to protect themselves from this type of discrimination and ensure equal access and opportunity to enjoy housing that suits their needs.

    Focus
    People with Disabilities; Laws/Acts/Regulations: Fair Housing
    Topic
    Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness; Co-occurring Disorders; Substance Use; Housing Models: Eviction Prevention; Housing Navigation: Landlord engagement
    Language
    English; Spanish