Team SOAR (team-engaged assertive mechanics for SSI/ssdi outreach access recovery)kentucky department for behavioral health, developmental and intellectual disabilities - this application to samhsa by…

Team SOAR (team-engaged assertive mechanics for SSI/ssdi outreach access recovery)kentucky department for behavioral health, developmental and intellectual disabilities - this application to samhsa by the kentucky department for behavioral health, developmental and intellectual disabilities (KDBHDID) is in response to samhsa announcement SM-23-006, treatment for individuals with serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or CO-occurring disorders experiencing homelessness (TIEH). Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and veterans experiencing homelessness roam the streets of most major cities. Louisville, lexington, bowling green, and the cincinnati metro areas are no exception. Many of these persons are likely to have a severe mental illness or a substance use disorder, but often go undiagnosed and untreated. At the last homeless point in time survey 3,984 were counted on a single cold kentucky day in 2022. These individuals experiencing homelessness are old, young, male, female, sick, poor, lgtbqia+ and all races. Team SOAR represents hope for these individuals because IT is a multifaceted approach using the latest evidence-based practices to help individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and veterans experiencing homelessness get housing and keep IT. The KDBHDID proposes to use a combination of evidence-based practices: motivational interviewing, trauma informed care, screening, person centered recovery planning, the harm reduction model, and SSI/ssdi outreach access and recovery (SOAR) to attain the goal of reducing homelessness for those with SMI, SED, or COD. Partnering with seven counties services (SCS) an intensive mental health outreach team will work to seek out unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness in the louisville area (this team will be known as team SOAR). Working with the existing path mental health outreach teams, youth homeless demonstration program (YHDP), and community-based care givers, individuals experiencing homelessness will be linked to housing, mental health, and addiction treatment. Team SOAR will engage in providing services to 25% of the unsheltered individuals throughout the course of each year of the grant in the louisville metro/jefferson county area. (the 2023 preliminary street count for the louisville metro area indicates there are currently 553 individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness).