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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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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.
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- Housing Models: Housing First, Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing (Bridge Housing); Treatment Models: Harm reduction
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- English
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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.
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- 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
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- English; Spanish
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Article Partner Resources for Supporting the Peer Workforce
This article provides a compilation of resources developed to support a robust and equitable peer workforce.
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- Mental Health: Mental health treatment; Co-occurring Disorders; Substance Use: Substance use prevention, Substance use treatment; Supportive Services: Peer Services / Supports
- Language
- English
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Fact Sheet Low-Barrier Shelter: Policies into Practice
This guide provides information on the core components of low-barrier shelters. It provides examples of key policies, procedures to support those policies, and ideas for navigating common challenges in implementation.
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- Housing Models: Housing First, Emergency Shelter
- Language
- English; Spanish
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Toolkit Expanding Peer Support Roles in Homeless Services Delivery: A Toolkit for Service Providers
Peer support is a fast-growing occupation in the behavioral health sector and homeless service organizations can also benefit from its value. This toolkit guides organizations looking to strengthen peers' integration into their workforce.
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- Supportive Services: Peer Services / Supports; Integrated Care
- Language
- English; Spanish