Penny lane centers housing-embedded behavioral health services project: providing 60 homeless individuals in LOS angeles county with integrated employment development and SUD/COD treatment services. -…

Penny lane centers housing-embedded behavioral health services project: providing 60 homeless individuals in LOS angeles county with integrated employment development and SUD/COD treatment services. - as one of the leading non-profit providers of housing and wrap-around supportive services for under-resourced populations in LOS angeles county (LA county), penny lane centers (PLC) will integrate substance use disorder (SUD) and/or CO-occurring mental health disorders (COD) prevention, treatment, and recovery services with housing and job development services for 60 homeless individuals enrolled in its permanent supportive housing and transitional housing programs. The housing programs are located in the cities of north hills, sylmar, pacoima, and SAN fernando. The subpopulation will include transition age youth (TAY), veterans, homeless youth, persons with mental health needs, and foster youth. Using the housing embedded behavioral health services (hebhs) project model, PLC will deliver high-impact program services to our priority population, including outreach and client engagement; screening and assessment of participants for SUD/COD (using ebps such as the american society of addiction medicine, patient health questionnaire-9, general anxiety disorder-7, and the ptsd checklist for DSM-5), job development services, and social determinants of health; intensive case management/coordination of care; population-appropriate SUD/COD services (using cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing); employment development services (including employment preparation, job development, job placement, and job retention services). The hebhs project will utilize non-traditional methods of client engagement and service delivery. Most clients will receive services at their homes through outreach by the hebhs staff. Additionally, we will eliminate the use of lengthy forms or assessment processes that often present barriers to services. Instead, a brief assessment and goal setting will be completed by the appropriate hebhs staff. By september 29, 2023, PLC will achieve the following unduplicated data points: outreach to participants - home, remote, etc. (150 persons); screenings of comprehensive client needs (150 persons); assessment of needs - SUD, COD, sods, etc. (60 persons); SUD/COD group education/counseling sessions (150 persons); SUD/COD treatment -CBT and MI (60 persons); SUD/COD prevention services (60 persons); case management - with SUD/COD services (60 persons); support service linkages (60 persons); and employment development services (10 persons). The following are the proposed goals for the hebhs project: goal 1. Increase the access of under-resourced high-risk populations in LA county to integrated SUD/COD prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Goal 2. Integrate trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and culturally appropriate SUD and/or COD prevention, treatment, and recovery services with housing and job development services for homeless individuals with SUD/COD needs. Goal 3. Provide homeless SUD/COD clients with supportive services to address their diverse needs. Goal 5. Provide case management services to coordinate all aspects of care, including behavioral health, primary care, treatment, and other supportive services. The following are the proposed objectives for the hebhs project to be achieved by september 29, 2023: PLC will screen 150 homeless clients enrolled in its housing programs for the presence of SUD/COD and employment needs; as well as social determinants that present barriers to SUD/COD services, and positive job outcomes. PLC will provide 150 clients with monthly group SUD/COD education sessions for a total of 12 sessions; 10 homeless SUD/COD clients will receive weekly job development services to address their employment needs; 48% of the 10 homeless SUD/COD clients (5 clients) will obtain employment, while 38% (4 clients) will retain employment by the 3-month follow-up. 100% of hebh