Saturday, April 20, 2024
4/20/2024
The "3-2-1" Project will strengthen St. Louis' service system for people who are homeless. The project will initiate 3 major activities (outreach homeless people; provide an array of evidence-based practices; and establish a Center of Excellence to improve service practices) for 2 subgroups (homeless adults with SMI or COD; youths with SED and their families) for 1 mission: to end homelessness and improve health and recovery. The project will achieve four goals: Goal 1: Improve access and utilization of behavioral health, support, and housing services and resources for people who are homeless with SMI or COD. Objectives specify targets for the numbers of persons to be outreached and engaged, screened and linked. Goal 2: Increase the availability, array, and provision of integrated behavioral health, recovery support, and housing services for the population of focus. Specific objectives indicate the number of persons to be served by EBPs, including ACT, IDDT, CRA, Trauma Therapies and Housing First Navigators. Goal 3: Improve client functioning and outcomes in key areas of need. The specific objectives specify outcome targets for improvement in the areas of mental health, substance abuse, trauma symptoms, benefits received and housing. Goal 4: Increase the infrastructure capacity of the service system to more effectively serve and house people who are homeless, especially those with SMI or COD and homeless youths and families. Specific objectives include establishing a Center of Excellence for serving homeless people and conducting a series of training and TA activities to improve the knowledge and skills of area providers (and to ultimately improve services to homeless people) and to conduct needs assessment and planning to improve permanent housing options. We plan to reach and enroll 428 unduplicated homeless individuals (380 homeless adults with SMI or COD, and 48 unduplicated youths/families with SED) in the project over the five-year period. The annual numbers of persons enrolled will be 80 homeless adults with SMI or COD (except for year 1, which will be 60 adults because of startup) and 10 SED homeless youths/families with SED (except for year 1, when there will be 8 because of startup).
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
