Friday, April 26, 2024
4/26/2024
Special Service for Groups/Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care Systems (SSG/HOPICS) Women's Treatment Program proposes to provide an evidence-based, trauma-focused treatment intervention, coupled with comprehensive case management to homeless women without children (in their custody) in Los Angeles’ Service Planning Area (SPA) 6. This region is one of eight sub-regions across the County, and includes South Los Angeles and the cities of Lynwood and Compton. Due to significant need, SSG/HOPICS will focus on Latina and African American/Black women who have co-occurring mental health and substance use issues and who have experienced trauma. In response to the identified needs among women in South LA, the purpose of the program is to support the recovery process by helping the focal population to improve health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their potential through individualized and coordinated behavioral health, housing, and case management services. SSG/HOPICS will identify clients through its existing homeless programs and networks. This includes ACCESS Center for homeless individuals, which is the entry point into the Coordinated Entry System. Street outreach and field-based engagement to reach individuals living on the street or in vehicles is a key component of serving the most vulnerable. Accordingly, SSG/HOPICS operates a County funded Multi-Disciplinary Outreach Teams Program that employs mental health and substance use case workers, registered nurses, outreach workers, and peers; and will leverage this resource as a mechanism to identify women living on the streets as participants. Treatment will be planned and tracked based upon comprehensive assessment using the ASAM Full Assessment instrument, and the out-patient treatment intervention will be in accordance with the Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM), a manualized series of group sessions. Case management will coordinate service planning and link participants to additional services and supports. The goal of the program is to increase access to treatment and recovery support that help the focal population to reduce substance use and psychological symptoms, and on a long-term basis, to improve housing status and overall functioning and stability in the community. To achieve this goal, the project has established the following objectives: a) Enroll and serve 40 participants in the first year and 65 participants each subsequent year for a total of 300 participants in five years; b) 100% of enrolled participants will receive a full psychosocial assessment at intake; c) 50% of enrolled participants will receive a full psychosocial assessment at 6 months post-intake and at discharge; d) 80% of participants will be retained in program services at six months and 50% will be retained in program services at 12 months; e) 60% of enrolled participants will complete a series of group sessions to address recovery from trauma/abuse, to increase empowerment, and to build communication, coping and decision-making skills; and 50% of enrolled participants will complete all program components identified in their individual care plan.
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