Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
An integrated, collaborative, and multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School (DMS), CommUnityCare Health Centers (CUC), and Austin Travis County Integral Care (IC) will implement a project titled, “A Community-Based Integrative Dual Disorder Treatment Intervention for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in Austin, Texas.” We will focus on serving clients who are adults experiencing chronic homelessness with a chronic medical condition and a co-occurring disorder (COD) of serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorder (SUD). Our collaborative team will leverage and augment the expertise and existing resources of DMS, CUC, and IC, and fill critical service gaps for individuals experiencing homelessness in Austin, TX. We will use the evidence-based practices of integrated dual disorder treatment (IDDT), trauma informed care, individual placement and support, and housing first, to design and implement an intervention called the Integrated Community Recovery Treatment team (I-CRT). The I-CRT intervention will utilize existing assertive outreach teams, and fits into the broader continuum of care provided by CUC, IC, and community partners for individuals experiencing homelessness in Austin, TX. The I-CRT team is mobile and community-based, providing comprehensive and integrated primary care, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, intensive case management, enrollment in social programs, provision of recovery support services, and placement in sustainable permanent housing. The I-CRT intervention aims to improve mental health, decrease substance use, increase access to primary care services, increase enrollment in social programs, and increase placement and maintenance in sustainable permanent housing. We will proactively address racial behavioral health disparities in the design, implementation, and evaluation phases of our intervention. We will conduct a robust process and outcome evaluation, and an efficient and practical performance measurement and quality improvement process.
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