Scope: Evaluation of KY'S Coop Agreement for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals (CABHI-MH) (TBEC)

This cooperative agreement program proviedes: Pathways to Housing’s Housing First model; Assertive Community Treatment; Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) and SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery (SOAR) to attain the goal of eliminating homelessness. Four community based teams, made up of a multi-disciplinary outreach crew seek out the homeless wherever they might be. Two teams will be in Louisville and one each in Lexington and the northern Kentucky metropolitan counties adjoining Cincinnati. Working with the Kentucky Interagency Council on Homelessness (KICH) and community based care givers, homeless persons will be linked to housing, mental health and addiction treatment. The 470 of the most seriously in need persons are targeted by CABHI Kentucky. The Evaluation Unit will provide performance, process and outcome data. The evaluation results will be provided to SAMHSA, the KDBHDID Steering Committee and KICH.