Wednesday, April 24, 2024
4/24/2024
Amity Foundation proposes this expansion grant for its project, Dragonfly Community Center Supportive Services for Homeless Individuals and Families to provide high quality intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment and case management to homeless individuals and families in Arizona, particularly Pima County, with an emphasis on the Navajo and Tohono Oodham Nations and the Pascua Yaqui and Gila River Tribes all federally recognized tribes. Dragonfly will provide support services including strengths-based case management and counseling services that are gender-specific, trauma-informed, using an evidence-based substance abuse and trauma curriculum (Seeking Safety), and using evidence-based therapeutic community methods. Dragonfly will provide group and individual counseling; trauma-specific groups; veteran-specific groups; 12-step meetings; targeted assistance with finding permanent housing; employment services, adult basic education including GED prep classes, tutoring and testing; access to vocational training; workshops; and job readiness. In addition, participants will receive parenting classes, family sessions, and seminars on topics focusing on housing reintegration. Dragonfly will also provide referrals for primary medical care; prenatal education and care; childcare education services; mental health services; food, clothing and furnishings assistance; education and vocational assessments and placements as well as other wrap around services and active referrals. Treatment length will vary from 3 to 12 months. Dragonfly will collaborate with community-based outreach partners that are rooted in the culture of our target population to conduct outreach. All of Dragonfly's services will be available in English and Spanish and will be inclusive of individuals regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, literacy, sexual orientation, or disability. The unduplicated total of participants we plan to serve is 350 over three years or 70 per year. Expected objectives/outcomes at the 6 mo. follow-up are: 75% will report a decrease or abstinence in substance use 75% will report a decrease in risky behaviors leading to substance abuse or criminality 75% of participants reporting histories of trauma will receive services relating to issues stemming from past trauma 75% will report increased access to at least one of the following support services: medical care, mental health services, employment services, educational services, benefits enrollment. 100% will complete housing plans for achieving and sustaining permanent housing 100% will be referred to permanent housing providers 75% will achieve placement in permanent housing
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