The program works to establish and build relationships between street youth and program outreach staff in order to help youth leave the streets. 0000173708 00000 n The Ryan White CARE Act,operated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), authorizes funding for the bulk of the agencys work on HIV/AIDS. They provide basic preventive and primary health care services. Some of them may be long term goals, that will be achieved after treatment, hence leading to maintain progress of treatment. There are two key areas in which the Department can track its progress since 2003: 1) the programs that serve persons experiencing homelessness and 2) the range of research and programmatic activities that have been undertaken since 2003. You can use the Goal Setting Worksheet and the Weekly Motivator to start planning out your goals. {Poorly stated goal z The district's Title III program will reduce the number of ELLs retained. Ending homelessness requires housing combined with the types of services supported by HHS programs. hTPn Goal 1: Prevent episodes of homelessness within the HHS clientele, including individuals and families, Goal 2: Help eligible, homeless individuals and families receive health and social services, Goal 3: Empower our state and community partners to improve their response to individuals and families experiencing homelessness, Goal 4: Develop an approach to track Departmental progress in preventing, reducing, and ending homelessness for HHS clientele, Goal 1: Prevent episodes of homelessness within the HHS clientele, including individuals and families, 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 1.3 Develop, test, disseminate, and promote the use of evidence-based homelessness prevention and early intervention programs and strategies, 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 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, Strategy 2.6 Explore opportunities with federal partners to develop joint initiatives related to homelessness, including chronic homelessness and homelessness as a result of a disaster, Goal 3: Empower our state and community partners to improve their response to individuals and families experiencing 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 a disaster, Strategy 3.3 Examine options to expand flexibility in paying for services that respond to the needs of persons with multiple problems, Strategy 3.4 Encourage states and localities to coordinate services and housing, Strategy 3.5 Develop, disseminate and utilize toolkits and blueprints to strengthen outreach, enrollment, and service delivery, Strategy 3.6 Provide training and technical assistance on homelessness, including chronic homelessness, to mainstream service providers at the state and community level, 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 program 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 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. Develop a targeted landlord recruitment strategy to enhance youths access to private rental units. The final development of major significance came in the release of the Administrations budget for fiscal year 2003, where President George W. Bush officially endorsed ending chronic homelessness as a goal of his Administration. The Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (MCHBG), operated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has three components: formula block grants to 59 states and Territories, grants for Special Projects of Regional and National Significance, and Community Integrated Service Systems grants. Since 2005, Abode Services and Allied Housing, its housing development arm, have constructed or rehabilitated four permanent supportive housing complexes with a total of 109 units for 209 adults and children. National Communications System: The National Runaway Switchboard: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/content/youthdivision/resources/nrsfactsheet.htm. 1. 0 All members make personal financial contributions on an annual basis to support the work of our organization. Problem: Inability to control drinking. o Generate an inventory of all data elements utilized by various agencies in order to establish similarities and differences within each respective system. Goal 4: To ensure families at risk of losing housing have early access to services and supports that will help them maintain safe, affordable housing18 Goal 5: To ensure adults with cognitive impairments have access to safe, affordable housing and Z"S4&.4g&&)5'[&=#i]"bN jbaF-:ZLew5 xJHN"@~VfJJ@WkKi-Xx#/r2Oz!%sMrp(lv93]0\e%AXt@@Cd@@y$.X5D&@RR 80g@ Figure 1. Examples of treatment include withdrawal management (detox), residential and outpatient treatment, counselling and substitution therapies (e.g. Territories have no matching requirements. A position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. All States, Territories, and a Native American Consortium (total of 57) are funded under the Protection & Advocacy for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities (PADD) program that requires the governor to designate a system in the State to empower, protect, and advocate on behalf of persons with developmental disabilities. These activities are administered by eleven Operating Divisions across the Department. 0000035936 00000 n Objective 1: Utilize existing resource guides to disseminate services specific to the needs of homeless youth and young adult for a specialized youth resources guide. Reviewing key research and programmatic activities accomplished under each of the three original goals of the strategic action plan provide an opportunity to measure the progress of the Department in a quantitative manner and provide context for the revisions that are ultimately laid forth in the 2007 Strategic Action Plan. Strategy 4.2 Develop an approach for establishing baseline data on the number of homeless individuals and families served in HHS programs. WRITING YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN5 EXAMPLE GOALS & OBJECTIVES6 Goals for Alcohol-related indicators6 INTERVENING VARIABLE 1: Low Enforcement of alcohol-related laws7 INTERVENING VARIABLE 2: LOW PERCEIVED RISK OF LEGAL CONSEQUENCES10 INTERVENING VARIABLE 3: RETAIL ACCESS TO ALCOHOL11 INTERVENING VARIABLE 4: Youth Social Access (for youth only)15 Final report was published in March 2006 and is available at: http://www.nhchc.org/Research/RespiteRpt0306.pdf, The DASIS Report: Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2004(SAMHSA), A short report based on the SAMHSAs Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment. Use research and knowledge mobilization to support ending youth homelessness. From its inception to the present time, the Secretarys Work Group has met regularly in order to discuss policy issues related to chronic homelessness, as well as homelessness among families and youth, review progress, and report about key activities occurring in the various operating divisions. This includes shelter diversion and prevention supports to keep youth housed or rapidly rehouse them when they do become homeless. 1159 0 obj <>stream This manual was designed to assist case managers and other professionals in obtaining critical services for their clients. 2004; 83(5): 423-436. 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. startxref HHS work in the area of homelessness fits well with the Departments mission and priorities. 0 The CHI is important because it operationalizes many of the key goals and strategies outlined in both the original and revised strategic action plans; for example, use of interagency partnerships on both local and federal levels, increasing the effectiveness of integrated systems of care, and the use of mainstream resources. Finally, disasters are considered as an issue relevant to homelessness, given the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the consequences to those who lost their homes and those who already were homeless before the catastrophe. While goals encompass general statements about what patients . Families seeking government child support services must apply directly through their state/local agency or one of the tribes running the program. A number of other studies indicate that housing instability in childhood appears to be associated with adolescent homelessness, suggesting that housing stabilization for homeless or poorly housed families may contribute to the prevention of chronic homelessness (Robertson et al 1999; Park et al 2004). In considering which families might be at greatest risk for homelessness, one must consider individual characteristics that might indicate a higher chance of experiencing homelessness, such as substance abuse or mental illness; family factors, such as the presence of violence in the home; as well as contextual factors, such as a lack of affordable housing in the community. 0000001626 00000 n Indicates what services the funding body is purchasing. By including the at-risk population in the Plan, the Department is acknowledging those who may be on the verge of becoming homeless and who could become the next generation of chronically homeless individuals. Four medications received a conditional recommendation for use in the treatment of PTSD: sertraline, paroxetine, fluoxetine and venlafaxine. 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. 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