Title: Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First
Description: Outreach clinicians, social workers, case managers, and concerned community members are provided with a pretreatment guide for helping homeless couples, youth, and single adults. Chapters explore policy and research accompanied by narratives that trace a person’s journey from homelessness to housing and beyond. The inter-relationship between Homeless Outreach and Housing First is examined in detail to inform program development and hands on practice. Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First shares 5 intricate stories from the field to elucidate effective ways of helping, while demonstrating how the most vulnerable among us can overcome trauma and homelessness.
Subjects: Homeless, Outreach, Housing First, Mental Illness, Addiction, Dual Diagnosis, Chronic homelessness, Homeless persons, Housing, Services for