Friday, April 26, 2024
4/26/2024
The North Mississippi Commission on MI/MR (d.b.a. Communicare/Region 2 Mental Health) in collaboration with Oxford Lafayette Homeless Coalition and Mississippi United to End Homelessness will expand infrastructure integrating behavioral health services and treatment for co-occurring mental and substance use disorders (COD), permanent housing, and social supports for individuals, youth and families experiencing homelessness. The project will: (1) implement behavioral health and recovery-oriented services; (2) coordinate housing and supportive services ensuring long-term sustainability of integrated community systems for permanent housing social supports; and (3) link clients who experience CODs to resources for health insurance, Medicaid, and mainstream benefits programs. During the life of the project THRIVE will address gaps in integrated behavioral health treatment access and capacity by providing gender affirming, trauma-informed, culturally and linguistically appropriate infrastructure development, service enhancements, and peer recovery-oriented supports at public housing and permanent supportive housing locations to reduce homelessness and criminal justice involvement and improve access, retention, abstinence, social connectedness, and employment. Strategies/Interventions: Utilize a Permanent Supportive Housing/Housing First Model to disseminate best practices throughout the homeless continuum, incorporating peer-led recovery support services at every level: (1) use of IPAT to assess and monitor system integration; (2) Trauma-informed MH/SUD standardized screening/assessment (TSI, GAIN SS, GAIN-Q3, and VI-SPDAT); (3) COD outpatient and residential treatment expansion; (4) strengths-based intensive case management; and (5) peer recovery-oriented supports (linkages to permanent supportive housing, employment, healthcare, Medicaid, and social supports).
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).
