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• Blueprint for Change: Ending Chronic Homelessness for Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders (SMA04-3870)
  Report
  The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and its Center for Mental Health Services, in collaboration with SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), have developed this report to disseminate state-of-the-art information about ending homelessness for people who have serious mental illnesses, including those with co-occurring substance use disorders. It offers practical advice for how to plan, organize, and sustain a comprehensive, integrated system of care designed to end homelessness for people with serious mental illnesses and/or co-occurring substance use disorders.
  
  
• Center for Mental Health Services: Overview (KEN95-0000)
  Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet describes the mission of the Center for Mental Health Services and provides an overview of the Center’s offices and divisions. 1998. 4 pp.
  
  
• Homeless Programs Branch (KEN95-0015)
  Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet describes the goals of the Homeless Programs Branch and its partnerships with State mental health authorities in providing funds for screening, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of people who are or may become homeless. It also describes collaborative efforts with other Federal agencies to encourage communities to integrate service systems that better serve homeless populations. 1998. 2 pp.
  
  
• Housing Options for People with Mental Illness (KEN98-0048)
  Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet describes housing options for people with mental illness, ranging from independent living to 24 hour assistance with all daily activities. 1998. 3 pp.
  
  
• How States Can Use SAMHSA Block Grants (SMA04-3871)
  Report
  The Mental Health (MH) Block Grant provides funds to States to create comprehensive, community-based systems of mental health care. This report highlights efforts of many States to use Federal Block Grant funds for mental health and substance abuse services, administered by the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to provide more effective care for people who are homeless.
  
  
• Information Center Bulletin, Vol.1, No.1 (KEN96-0040)
  Newsletter
  This bulletin provides information on an HIV/AIDS study concerning treatments combined with mental health services.
  
  
• Work as a Priority, A Resource for Employing People Who Have Serious Mental Illnesses and Who are Homeless (SMA03-3834)
  Book/Monograph
  The vast majority of people with mental illnesses, including those with a history of homelessness, want to work and need to work. For many, work is an adjunct to their recovery from serious mental illness and homelessness. This guidebook is intended to provide both a conceptual and practical foundation to increase employment among people who are homeless and who also have serious mental illnesses.
  
  

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