Friday, April 19, 2024
4/19/2024
The Housing Supports, Health, and Recovery for Homeless Individuals (HHRHI) project will enhance the infrastructure of New Mexico's (NM) behavioral health service system to increase capacity and provide accessible, effective, comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable services to 450 individuals (150 per year) who experience chronic homelessness and have substance use disorders (SUDs) and/or serious mental illnesses (SMIs), to three counties in NM, including Bernalillo, Dona Ana and Santa Fe. HHRHI has five goals: 1) enhance existing statewide supportive housing plan to ensure sustained partnerships across public health and housing systems that will result in short- and long-term strategies to support efforts to reduce homelessness; 2) increase access to behavioral health, housing support, peer and other recovery oriented services for individuals who experience SMIs and/or SUDs who are chronically homeless; 3) increase access to Medicaid and other mainstream benefits; 4) ensure outreach to traditionally underserved communities such as Native Americans (NA), Hispanics, rural New Mexicans and veterans; and 5) utilize a Continuous Quality Improvement framework to provide feedback on the implementation of evidence-based practices (EBPs). HHRHI will provide an array of trauma-informed EBPs, including permanent supportive housing, supportive employment, peer recovery support services, and Seeking Safety. Designated SOAR specialists will link individuals to Medicaid and other mainstream benefits (e.g., SSI/SSDI, TANF). The proposed project will substantially improve the quality of life and well-being of hundreds of disadvantage and vulnerable New Mexicans and their families.
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).
