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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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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
- Type of Homelessness: Rural homelessness
- Topic
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Substance Use
- Substance Use: Substance use prevention
- Substance Use: Substance use treatment
- Housing Models
- Housing Models: Housing First
- Treatment Models
- Treatment Models : Harm reduction
- Language
- English
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Toolkit Recovery Housing: Expanding Access and Supporting Choice
This brief explains what recovery housing is, why it is an important resource within a CoC, and how housing and homeless service providers can help people find this type of housing.
- Topic
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Substance Use
- Substance Use: Substance use prevention
- Substance Use: Substance use treatment
- Housing Models
- Housing Models: Recovery Housing
- Treatment Models
- Treatment Models : Residential
- Language
- English
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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.
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- Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Substance Use
- Housing Models: Diversion/Problem-solving
- Housing Models: Eviction Prevention
- Housing Navigation
- Housing Navigation: Landlord engagement
- Supportive Services
- Language
- English
- Spanish
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Toolkit Whole-Person Care for People Experiencing Homelessness and Opioid Use Disorder: Toolkit Part 2
This guide focuses on understanding the neurobiology of opioid use disorder (OUD) and the treatment and recovery pathways for OUD. The guide covers best practices for referrals and warm handoffs, as well as assistance in meeting basic needs such as income, food, and mainstream benefits.
- Topic
- Mental Health
- Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Substance Use
- Substance Use: Substance use prevention
- Substance Use: Substance use treatment
- Treatment Models
- Treatment Models : Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
- Treatment Models : Harm reduction
- Supportive Services
- Supportive Services: Employment
- Supportive Services: Mainstream benefits
- Supportive Services: Disability benefits
- Supportive Services: Peer Services / Supports
- Language
- English
- Spanish
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Toolkit Guide to Methamphetamine Use, Treatment, and Housing Considerations for People Experiencing Homelessness
This guide explores how service providers can better support people who use methamphetamine in the process of transitioning into and maintaining housing.
- Topic
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Substance Use
- Substance Use: Substance use prevention
- Substance Use: Substance use treatment
- Housing Models
- Housing Models: Housing First
- Housing Models: Permanent Supportive Housing
- Housing Models: Recovery Housing
- Housing Navigation
- Housing Navigation: Landlord engagement
- Supportive Services
- Supportive Services: Peer Services / Supports
- Integrated Care
- Language
- English
- Spanish