Robins’ Nest Proposal for the Robins’ Nest Recovery and Housing Program
Robins’ Nest is proposing to implement the Recovery and Housing Program (RHP) to serve 300 homeless individuals and families who experience substance use disorders and/or co-occurring conditions. The Recovery and Housing Program offers placement into permanent housing and links to behavioral health treatment and medical care, along with a comprehensive set of trauma-informed wraparound services to increase family stability and support individual recovery.
Robins’ Nest RHP is designed to address the barriers to physical, mental, and behavioral health care for homeless and unstably housed individuals and families, and link qualifying families and individuals to permanent housing in a trauma-informed, therapeutic context using a “wrap-around” service modality. The project is designed to meet the needs of low-income parents and children with complex psychosocial needs, and to address barriers to access for Black and Latino families and individuals in Cumberland County. Bilingual/bicultural staff are able to work cross culturally. Motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, and Seeking Safety modalities will be used to support adults. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and other trauma-informed evidence based practices will be used to support children.
Three hundred (300) new families or individuals will receive integrated support services, and assistance with housing through the 5-year grant period. (40 in year one, 60 in year two, 75 in year three, 65 in year four, 60 in year five). The goals of the RHP over the 5-year project period are to 1) Establish connections to housing and enrollment into insurance and other social benefits programs; 2) Expand access to substance abuse, mental health treatment and services focused on other social determinants of health to help ensure sustained housing stability and overall wellness for affected families 3) Establish a best practice model for reducing family homelessness to be replicated by social service and community-based programs nationally, and builds upon existing Robins’ Nest processes and strengths in family support services.
The RHP is a partnership with the Vineland Housing Authority, Millville Housing Authority, CompleteCare Health Network, Cumberland County First Step Program, and Public Health Management Corporation [PHMC], and other community social service and medical providers. An experienced evaluator from PHMC will oversee collection of the data and will report on the outcomes. The findings will be reported regularly to Robins’ Nest and the RHP Steering Committee, as well as to SAMHSA, and used to continuously improve the project’s functioning and outcomes.