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9/7/2024
Project Abstract Summary Project Name: Crittenton Center Street Outreach Program (SOP) for Youth Applicant: Florence Crittenton Home DBA Crittenton Center Project Summary: The proposed program is designed to provide street-based out-reach services to runaway, homeless, and street youth up to the age of 26 to help them out of homelessness and move them into safe and stable housing, rebuilding connections with caring adults and creating pathways to access other community services and supports. Target Population: The target population is runaway, homeless, and street youth up to the age of 26 who are experiencing homelessness or housing instability due to a substance abuse disorder (SUD), co-occurring disorder (COD), and/or other behavioral health conditions. Demographic Characteristics of Target Population: The primary geographic service area is Sioux City (85,617), Woodbury County, Iowa (105,506). Referrals may be accepted from five surrounding counties: Cherokee (11,503), Crawford (16,193), Ida (6,596), Monona (8,574), and Plymouth (25,650), with a five-county population of 68,516 (Census Estimates, July 2021). Strategies and Interventions: Outpatient Behavioral Health Therapy, Intensive Case Management, Screening and Assessment, and Training and Education. Evidence-Based Strategies and Interventions: Motivational Interviewing (MI), Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Project Goals: Goal I: To create the organizational capacity to implement grant activities, ensuring the required elements of the grant are delivered on time and as intended, and develop and advance interventions through collaboration with housing and other local community partnerships. Goal 2: To equip project staff with skills, knowledge, and resources to provide high quality, evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive services, for youth experiencing or at-risk for homelessness. Goal III: To ensure youth are able to easily access trauma-informed behavioral health services, resources, and supports along a continuum of prevention, early intervention, treatment, and follow-up. Goal IV: To collaborate with other youth serving systems, such as behavioral health, child welfare, law enforcement, juvenile justice, housing, and other community agencies to raise awareness on trauma-informed practices and program services, enroll and serve youth, and enhance program services. Number to be Served Annually and Over Five-Year Project: Year 1-30, Year 2-40, Year 3-50, Year 4-50, Year 5-50, Total-220. (Unduplicated Count)
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