Provide comprehensive, integrated, and evidence-based treatment and assistance to persons who are experiencing homelessness and have mental illness or co-occurring disorders. - Abstract Project Name: Vegas Stronger - TIEH Vegas Stronger, a nonprofit serving the Las Vegas Valley, will provide comprehensive, integrated, and evidence-based treatment to youth, Spanish speaking individuals, and people experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of being homeless with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, and co-occurring disorders. This will be achieved by hiring staff to provide evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate treatment programs. This includes two counselors (including one youth counselor), a case manager, a bilingual outreach specialist and a bilingual support specialist. Help Hope Home’s 2022 Point-In-Time results showed 5,645 people were experiencing homelessness in Southern Nevada. The report further disclosed that 516 were individuals in families with children and 314 were unaccompanied youth and young adults. The survey revealed that 74% of the homeless population self-reported a disabling condition, and of those, 36% cited substance abuse and 33% cited mental health. There are three zip codes in the service area with a significant demand for services. Vegas Stronger is located in zip code 89101 and focuses on this zip code as well as the two adjacent zip codes, 89106 and 89030. This area contains a 57% Hispanic population and 49.85% Spanish-speaking households. Goals of the program are: GOAL #1 - Provide outreach efforts to increase access to evidence-based treatment and recovery support services. GOAL #2 Increase capacity for treatment and recovery support services by expanding evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate treatment for SMI, SED, and COD. GOAL #3 Increase access to coordinated services that are culturally and linguistically sensitive through community-based programs to promote health equity. Specific strategies include: • Conduct consistent and supportive street and community outreach. • Establish two new intensive outpatient (IOP) groups, one for adults and one for youth with complimentary activities such as peer support services. • Provide case management services including, providing care coordination, and assisting clients with enrollment in Medicaid, health insurance, and other mainstream benefits. • Provide telehealth services. • Implement telehealth services. • 116 clients assisted with permanent housing (20 year 1, 24 years 2-5). • 580 individuals receive case management services (100 year 1, 120 years 2-5) • 580 individuals screened for health insurance, Medicaid, and/or other benefit programs and enrolled if necessary and eligible. (100 year 1, 120 years 2-5) • New Spanish Vegas Stronger website (vegasmasfuerte.org) within eight (8) months. • 870 brochures printed in Spanish handed out to Spanish-speaking individuals (150 year 2, 180 years 2-5). All written materials to be translated to Spanish within six (6) months. • Signs in Spanish to be purchased and installed within three (3) months. The population of focus are youth, Spanish-speaking individuals, and people experiencing homelessness or at imminent risk of being homeless. One hundred (100) clients will be served in the first year. One hundred and twenty (120) will be served in subsequent years for a total of five hundred and eighty unduplicated (580) individuals. By the end of the five-year period, access to treatment for individuals with SMI/SED/COD will be dramatically increased.
