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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 Getting Started with Contingency Management

    This fact sheet provides an overview of Contingency Management and information about managing a rewards system, measuring success, and funding the program.

    Topic
    Substance Use: Substance use prevention, Substance use treatment; Treatment Models: Outpatient (Community based treatment, Counseling)
    Language
    English
  • Article Video: Introduction to Xylazine

    This video, produced by the Homeless and Housing Resource Center, provides an introduction to Xylazine, its impacts on the body, and strategies for caring for Xylazine wounds and responding to overdose.

    Topic
    Substance Use: Substance use prevention, Substance use treatment; Treatment Models: Harm reduction
    Language
    English
  • 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
  • Article Video: 5 Ways to Lower Barriers to Shelter

    This video, produced by the Homeless and Housing Resource Center, explains how homelessness service providers can provide low-barrier access to housing and ensure safety and well-being for staff and residents.

    Topic
    Housing Models: Housing First, Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing (Bridge Housing); Treatment Models: Harm reduction
    Language
    English
  • Article Video: 5 Ways to Support Someone Who Uses Methamphetamine During the Transition to Housing

    This video, produced by the Homeless and Housing Resource Center, provides five strategies that homelessness service providers can use to support someone who uses methamphetamine to be successful during their transition to housing.

    Topic
    Co-occurring Disorders; Substance Use: Substance use prevention, Substance use treatment; Housing Models: Housing First; Treatment Models: Harm reduction
    Language
    English