The coordination of these services, both within the Department, as well as with our Federal partners who provide housing and complementary service programs, is a critical component of achieving the goal of preventing and ending homelessness. The strategic action plan developed in 2003 has served as the framework for developing and implementing activities across the Department related to chronic homelessness. Mental health plans must respond to federal criteria that include: 1) a comprehensive community based mental health system with a description of health and mental health services, rehabilitation services, employment services, housing services, educational services, substance abuse services, medical and dental care; 2) mental health system data and epidemiology estimates of incidence and prevalence in the state of serious mental illness among adults and serious emotional disturbance among children; 3) services for children with serious emotional disturbance provided in an integrated system of care; 4) targeted services to rural and homeless populations with a description of states outreach to and services for individuals who are homeless and how community-based services will be provided to individuals residing in rural areas; and 5) management systems for financial resources, staffing and training for mental health providers, and training of providers of emergency health services. improve access to treatments and services; improve coordination across these services; identify strategies to prevent additional episodes of chronic homelessness; and. Since 2003, the Department has worked in partnership with the states, other federal Departments, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness to advance the goals outlined in the strategic action plan. Homeless to Housed By January 2015, Abode Services will rehouse 1,000 homeless families and individuals (10-year goal). Applying cluster analysis to test a typology of homelessness by pattern of shelter utilization: results from the analysis of administrative data. SAMHSA INTERIM STRATEGIC PLAN. The purpose of the Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) program operated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is to provide primary health care, substance abuse treatment, emergency care with referrals to hospitals for in-patient care services and/or other needed services, and outreach services to assist difficult-to-reach homeless persons in accessing care, and provide assistance in establishing eligibility for entitlement programs and housing. Ringwalt, C.L., Greene, J.M., Robertson, M; McPheeters. Goal 3:Work to prevent new episodes of homelessness within the HHS clientele, Goal 1: Prevent episodes of homelessness within the HHS clientele, including individuals and families, Strategy 3.1Identify risk and protective factors to prevent future episodes of chronic homelessness, Strategy 1.1 Identify risk and protective factors to prevent episodes of homelessness for at-risk populations, Strategy 1.2 Identify risk and protective factors to prevent chronic homelessness among persons who are already homeless, Strategy 3.2 Promote the use of effective, evidence-based homelessness prevention interventions, Strategy 1.3 Develop, test, disseminate, and promote the use of evidence-based homelessness prevention interventions, Goal 1:Help eligible, chronically homeless individuals receive health and social services, Goal 2: Help eligible, homeless individuals and families receive health and social services, Strategy 2.1 Strengthen outreach and engagement activities, Strategy 2.2 Improve the eligibility review process, Strategy 2.3 Explore ways to maintain program eligibility, Strategy 1.4Improve the transition of clients from homeless-specific programs to mainstream service providers, Strategy 2.4 Examine the operation of HHS programs, particularly mainstream programs that serve both homeless and non-homeless persons, to improve the provision of services to persons experiencing homelessness, Strategy 2.5 Foster coordination across HHS to address the multiple problems of individuals and families experiencing homelessness, Goal 2:Empower our state and community partners to improve their response to people experiencing chronic homelessness, Goal 3: Empower our state and community partners to improve their response to individuals and families experiencing homelessness, Strategy 2.1Use state Policy Academies to help states develop specific action plans to respond to chronic homelessness, Strategy 3.1 Work with states and territories to effectively implement Homeless Policy Academy Action Plans, Strategy 3.2 Work with governors, county officials, mayors, and tribal organizations to maintain a policy focus on homelessness, including homelessness as a result of disasters, Strategy 2.2 Permit flexibility in paying for services that respond to the needs of persons with multiple problems, Strategy 3.3 Examine options to expand flexibility in paying for services that respond to the needs of persons with multiple problems, Strategy 2.3Reward coordination across HHS assistance programs to address the multiple problems of chronically homeless people, Strategy 2.4Provide incentives for states and localities to coordinate services and housing, Strategy 3.4 Encourage states and localities to coordinate services and housing, Strategy 3.5 Develop, disseminate and use toolkits and blueprints to strengthen outreach, enrollment, and service delivery, Strategy 2.6Provide training and technical assistance on chronic homelessness to mainstream service providers, Strategy 3.6 Provide training and technical assistance on homelessness, including chronic homelessness, to mainstream service providers at the state and community level, Strategy 2.7Establish a formal program of training on chronic homelessness, Strategy 2.8Address chronic homelessness in the formulation of future HHS budgets or in priorities for using a portion of expanded resources, (basis for new Goal 4 and Strategies 4.1 - 4.4), Strategy 2.9Develop an approach for baseline data, performance measurement, and the measurement of reduced chronic homelessness within HHS, Strategy 2.10Establish an ongoing oversight body within HHS to direct and monitor the plan, Goal 4: Develop an approach to track Departmental progress in preventing, reducing, and ending homelessness for HHS clientele, Strategy 4.1 Inventory data relevant to homelessness currently collected in HHS targeted and mainstream programs; including participants housing status, Strategy 4.2 Develop an approach for establishing baseline data on the number of homeless individuals and families served in HHS programs, Strategy 4.3 Explore a strategy by which to track improved access to HHS mainstream and targeted programs for persons experiencing homelessness, including individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, Strategy 4.4 Coordinate HHS data activities with other federal data activities related to homelessness. This document was developed in 2003 by the HHS Secretarys Work Group on Ending Chronic Homelessness to outline a series of goal and strategies that would align the Departments effort towards the goal of ending chronic homelessness. In addition, child support programs can help homeless noncustodial parents, through outreach, address any outstanding child support issues (perhaps helping them with the order modification process) and connecting them with organizations that can help them with basic skills, such as how to seek and maintain employment, and understand issues surrounding court and child support agency processes. Abode Services - Ending Homelessness by Assisting Low-income, Un-housed People to Secure Stable, Supportive Housing in Alameda County, California. A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in Americas Cities: A 23-City Survey, December 2006, available on-line at: http://www.mayors.org/uscm/hungersurvey/2006/report06.pdf. 677 Words. The Departments focus on homelessness is consistent with this recommendation. 0000003275 00000 n 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs (ASPE) Health Center reporting does not support an estimate of expenditures on homelessness outside of the HCH program. Provide model emergency shelter and services with focus on helping people finding stable housing as quickly as possible. o Utilize national meetings of HHS grantees to highlight promising practices and other information to help states implement their action plans through workshops, discussion sessions and transfer peer-to-peer learning to mainstream providers. Major Plan Revisions. Medications . To this end, we carefully monitor and evaluate all of our programs on an ongoing basis to determine their effectiveness and to make improvements. Additional appendices provide a list of commonly used acronyms (Appendix C), a membership list of the Secretarys Work Group, including the staff list of the Strategic Action Plan Subcommittee (Appendix D), and finally, a crosswalk of the goals and strategies included in the 2003 and 2007 Plans (Appendix E). As a result, we will be able to see more precisely what is working, replicate or refine those efforts, and report successes in minutes rather than days or weeks. o Review and synthesize the published and non-published literature to identify risk factors associated with chronic homelessness and protective factors that reduce the risk for chronic homelessness. Prevention activities are critical to any plan that seeks to end chronic homelessness. http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/homelessness/strategies03/index.htm. The prevalence of homelessness among adolescents in the United States. These strategies can help guide your efforts to identify those experiencing chronic homelessness on the streets and in shelters, hospitals, jails, and other settings and connect them with the supportive housing, benefits, and health care they need to end their homelessness once and for all. The following is a list of HHS programs (both targeted and mainstream) that provide services to homeless families: Expanding the scope of the strategic action plan to encompass family and youth homelessness will formalize the Departments already ongoing efforts to assist homeless families with children and youth, as well as tie the work of the Departments agencies closely to the Secretarys goals and objectives for the Department as a whole. For example, the language in Goals 1 and 2 used the terms chronically homeless and chronic homelessness, and the same two terms were also used throughout the different strategies under all three goals. The Administration for Children and Families oversees a program to support a Protection & Advocacy (P&A) System in each State, Territory, as well as a Native American Consortium, to protect and advocate for persons with developmental disabilities. Treatment Plan Having long-term goals and a series of short-term goals to reach the long-term goals is critical. You will need to identify the goals and objectives of the program component or intervention you plan to evaluate. Territories, SSBG does not collect specific data on amounts expended on homelessness. Additionally, homeless heads of household tend to be younger and tend to have younger children than their housed counterparts (Shinn et al 1998; Webb et all 2003). 0000173708 00000 n SSBG funds support outcomes across the human service spectrum, and these outcomes are associated with strategic goals and objectives such as employment, child care, child welfare, adoptions, and youth services. The Work Group has developed an activities tracking matrix, which allows agencies to chart homeless-related activities under the specific goals and strategies outlined in the Plan noted above. 0000005843 00000 n 0000005252 00000 n The programs and activities sponsored by the Department are administered by eleven operating divisions that work closely with state, local, and tribal governments. The goals outlined within the strategic action plan provided a course of action for the Department to follow in order to improve access to needed health and social services for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, empower states to improve their response to individuals experiencing chronic homelessness, and to prevent future episodes of homelessness within HHS clientele. Adding a New Goal Focusing On Data and Performance Measurement. <<657B2EFBF6C0094B9BFB4AD0FEE23BD3>]>> During consultations for the plans development, the Aboriginal Standing Committee on Housing and Homelessness provided the backbone supports leading the work (Calgary Homeless Foundation). This project will examine the range of programs currently offering services to the population and determining the extent to which these programs adhere to best practices approaches. In FY 2005, Medicaid provided coverage to more than 44.7 million individuals including 21.7 children, the aged, blind and/or disabled, and people who are eligible to receive federally assisted income maintenance payment. 0000012821 00000 n Develop and advance a policy and funding agenda to end youth homelessness. The goals and strategies from the 2003 Strategic Action Plan framework specifically focused on chronic homelessness. 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