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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 Harm Reduction Vending Machines: Considerations for Implementation

    This fact sheet introduces the evidence-based harm reduction vending machine model, explains how it supports overdose prevention strategies, outlines what supplies to include, and highlights key considerations for implementation.

    Topic
    Co-occurring Disorders; Substance Use: Substance use prevention, Substance use treatment; Treatment Models: Harm reduction; Specialized Partnerships: Military/VA, Hospital/clinic, Criminal/ Legal
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • Fact Sheet Guide to Resource Mapping and Assessing Community Needs

    This fact sheet describes available data sources for identifying service gaps and provides guidance for engaging in resource mapping to address those unmet needs.

    Topic
    Supportive Services: Employment, Mainstream benefits, Disability benefits, Peer Services / Supports, Education Supports, Family Supports; Specialized Partnerships: Military/VA, Hospital/clinic, Education, Criminal/ Legal, Faith-based, HUD Continuum of Care (CoC), Tribal Communities; Integrated Care; Data
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • Fact Sheet Three Homes: Reflections and Worksheet

    This resource describes and invites reflections upon the concepts around three homes that we reside in: our body, where we live, and our community.

    Topic
    Outreach and Engagment: PATH, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Street outreach, Coordinated entry, Motivational Interviewing, Point-in-Time Counts
    Language
    English
  • Toolkit Motivational Interviewing Self-Appraisal

    This tool helps providers to assess their motivational interviewing (MI) skills and practices and includes activities to improve their MI techniques.

    Topic
    Outreach and Engagment: Motivational Interviewing
    Language
    English
  • Toolkit Funding Supportive Housing Services for People with Behavioral Health Needs: Federal Resources

    This paper highlights how behavioral health and homeless service systems can familiarize themselves with federal funding resources to improve access to the full array of housing-related services and supports (HRSS).

    Topic
    Financing: Medicaid
    Language
    English; Spanish