Excerpt

This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) is for you, the behavioral health service provider or program administrator who wants to work more effectively with people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and who need, or are currently in, substance abuse or mental health treatment. The TIP addresses treatment and prevention issues. Some aspects of the TIP will be of primary interest to counselors across settings, whereas others will be of primary interest to prevention professionals or providers in primary care settings. However, the approach advocated by the TIP is integrated and is aimed at providing services to the whole person to improve quality of life in all relevant domains.

Contents

• Consensus Panel
• What Is a TIP?
• Foreword
• How This TIP Is Organized
• Part 1. A Practical Guide for the Provision of Behavioral Health Services
  • Part 1, Chapter 1
    • Introduction
    • Homelessness in America
    • Homelessness and Behavioral Health Services
    • Stages of Change, Recovery, and Rehabilitation
    • Clinical Interventions and Strategies for Serving People Who Are Homeless
    • Special Issues in Service Delivery
    • Community Housing Services for People Who Are Homeless
    • You Can Do It
  • Part 1, Chapter 2
    • Introduction
    • Vignette 1—Juan
    • Vignette 2—Francis
    • Vignette 3—Roxanne
    • Vignette 4—Troy
    • Vignette 5—René
    • Vignette 6—Mikki
    • Vignette 7—Sammy
• Part 2. An Implementation Guide for Behavioral Health Program Administrators
  • Part 2, Chapter 1
    • Introduction
    • Developing Services for Clients Who Are Homeless
    • The Housing First Approach
    • Challenges in Adapting Programs To Address the Needs of People Who Are Homeless
    • Modifying Behavioral Health Services To Meet the Needs of Clients Who Are Homeless
    • Interacting With Community Resources To Build a Continuum of Care
    • Collaborative Partnerships
    • Internet Resources
    • Integrating Behavioral Health Services With a Community System of Homelessness Services
    • Building Linkages Among Services
    • Funding Community Homelessness Services
  • Part 2, Chapter 2
    • Introduction
    • Organizational Approaches to Programming for Homelessness Services
    • Sample Policies and Procedures
    • Sample Forms
• Part 3. A review of the literature
  • Section 1. A Review of the Literature
    • Introduction
    • Understanding the Population
    • Clinical Issues
    • Behavioral Health Interventions
    • Other Services
    • Treatment Settings
    • Housing
    • References
  • Section 2. Links to Select Abstracts
  • Section 3. General Bibliography
• Appendix A Bibliography
• Appendix B Advisory Meeting Panel
• Appendix C Stakeholders Meeting Participants
• Appendix D Field Reviewers
• Appendix E Acknowledgments

This publication was produced under contract number 270-09-0307 by the Knowledge Application Program (KAP), a Joint Venture of The CDM Group, Inc., and JBS International, Inc., for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Christina Currier served as the Contracting Officer’s Representative.

Suggested citation:

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Behavioral Health Services for People Who Are Homeless. Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series 55. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 13-4734. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2013.

The opinions expressed herein are the views of the consensus panel members and do not necessarily reflect the official position of SAMHSA or HHS. No official support of or endorsement by SAMHSA or HHS for these opinions or for the instruments or resources described is intended or should be inferred. The guidelines presented should not be considered substitutes for individualized client care and treatment decisions.