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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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  • 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
  • Fact Sheet Boosting the Power of Harm Reduction

    This resource outlines strategies to build a coordinated system of care for people with substance use disorders who are experiencing homelessness.

    Topic
    Substance Use: Substance use prevention, Substance use treatment; Treatment Models: Harm reduction; Integrated Care
    Language
    English
  • 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: Serious Mental Illness; Co-occurring Disorders; Substance Use: Substance use prevention, Substance use treatment; Treatment Models: Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), Harm reduction; Supportive Services: Employment, Mainstream benefits, Disability benefits, Peer Services / Supports
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • 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 prevention, Substance use treatment; Housing Models: Housing First, Permanent Supportive Housing, Recovery Housing; Housing Navigation: Landlord engagement; Supportive Services: Peer Services / Supports; Integrated Care
    Language
    English; Spanish
  • Toolkit Whole-Person Care for People Experiencing Homelessness and Opioid Use Disorder Toolkit: Part I

    The Whole-Person Care for People Experiencing Homelessness and Opioid Use Disorder Toolkit provides a framework for supporting recovery and housing stability. Part I of the toolkit, released in August 2021, provides an introduction to homelessness, opioid use disorder, and evidence-based recovery practices such as trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, eliminating stigma, and harm...

    Topic
    Co-occurring Disorders; Substance Use; Integrated Care
    Language
    English; Spanish