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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 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
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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
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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
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Toolkit Helping Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Obtain Identification Documents
This resource provides helpful guidance on helping individuals who are experiencing homelessness obtain identification documents.
- Topic
- Housing Navigation: Housing identification; Outreach and Engagment: Street outreach
- Language
- English; Spanish