Authors: Technical Assistance Collaborative
The goal of the TAC Resource Center is to expand new and innovative supportive housing approaches and models which link affordable and accessible permanent housing resources with community-based supports and services for... [
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On December 13, 2011, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) elected Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as the Chair for 2012, and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki as Vice C... [
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Authors: Le Fauve, Charlene E. ; Marshall, Jayme
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is pleased to introduce the new SAMHSA Homeless and Housing Resource Network (HHRN) technical assistance (TA) contract. The HHRN contract will serve ... [
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Authors: Culhane, Dennis P. ; Byrne, Thomas; Metraux, Stephen ; Moreno, Manuel H.; Toros, Halil; Stevens, Max
This report investigates the young adult outcomes of youth who age-out of or otherwise exit Los Angeles County’s child welfare supervised foster care system and/or juvenile probation system. Two cohorts of young adults f... [
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Authors: Abt Associates Inc.
This ASPE Research Brief explores local programs for linking human services and housing supports to prevent and end family homelessness. The Research Brief is based on interviews with stakeholders in 14 communities nati... [
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Authors: Advocates for Human Potential (AHP); Westat
Permanent Supportive Housing is decent, safe, and affordable community-based housing that provides residents the rights of tenancy under state and local landlord-tenant laws. The housing is linked to voluntary and flexib... [
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Authors: Dallas, Mary Elizabeth; HealthDay News
The National Institutes of Health reports on a recent Boston-based study that finds gay, lesbian or bisexual teens are more vulnerable to homelessness than their heterosexual peers. In conducting the study, published in ... [
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Authors: Los Angeles Economic Roundtable
The triage tool, or crisis indicator, identifies homeless individuals in hospitals, clinics and jails who have continuing crises in their lives that create very high public costs. [
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This manual and video provide a comprehensive overview and training in the Critical Time Intervention (CTI) model. CTI is a transitional model based on the premise that a well-timed intervention can influence the evolu... [
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Authors: Evans, Wendy Grace
“Hearing Our Voices” is an innovative project to understand the housing experiences of people diagnosed with mental illnesses. Co-researchers Barbara Schneider and nine members of the Peer Support Unsung Heroes Program a... [
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Authors: Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership (HHYP)
This series of 9 free, e-learning modules targets staff working with homeless youth. The modules were created as part of the Community Trauma Treatment Center for Runaway and Homeless Youth, funded by SAMHSA’s National C... [
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Authors: Evans, Bobbi Jo
Housing Specialist Bobbi Jo Evans shares the experience of supporting someone from homelessness to housing. Her account of working with “Al” (not his real name) reflects the importance of person-centered, recovery-orient... [
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Authors: SAMHSA
The SAMHSA Consumer-Operated Services Evidence-Based Practice KIT is now available through the SAMHSA website.
Provides tools for developing mental health services that are owned and operated by people who have person... [
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Authors: Homelessness Resource Center (HRC); Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Centers (RHYTTAC); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SAMHSA, through the Homelessness Resource Center (HRC), is excited to announce new training opportunities designed to advance best practices among service providers and communities working with youth experiencing homeles... [
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Authors: Homelessness Resource Center (HRC); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Homelessness Resource Center (HRC), Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH), and SSI/SSDI Outreach Access and Recovery (SOAR)... [
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Authors: Abt Associates Inc.; Pennsylvania Cent for Mental Health Services and Research
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the 2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) today. According to its latest national homeless assessment, the number of homeless persons in the U.S. held s... [
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Authors: Homelessness Resource Center (HRC)
In Episode 3 of Larkin Street Stories, Toby coaches a transgender youth who is preparing for an important job interview. During staff meeting, Larkin Street staff members discuss the importance of never making assumption... [
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Authors: Homelessness Resource Center (HRC)
Homeless Service agencies can request free on-site training or distance learning through webcasts, conference calls, or online modules. [
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Authors: Richmond, Greg
This report details the activities of the Dual-Diagnosis outreach health team which seeks to enable chronically homeless/at-risk individuals with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and drug addiction to acquire and retai... [
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