The purpose of this program is to support the development and/or expansion of local implementation and community infrastructures that integrate treatment and services for substance use, co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, permanent housing, and other critical services for the following: veterans who experience homelessness or chronic homelessness, and other individuals (non-veterans) who experience chronic homelessness. SAMHSA seeks to increase the number of program-enrolled individuals placed in permanent housing that supports recovery through comprehensive treatment and recovery-oriented services for behavioral health.
The major goal of the GBHI-SSH program is to ensure treatment and services for veterans who experience homelessness and chronic homelessness, and individuals (non-veterans) and families who experience chronic homelessness (hereinafter collectively referred to as “population of focus”). To achieve this goal, SAMHSA funds will support three primary types of activities: 1) behavioral health treatment and other recovery-oriented services; 2) coordination of housing and services which support the implementation and/or enhance the long-term sustainability of integrated community systems that provide permanent housing and supportive services; and 3) efforts to engage and connect clients who experience substance use or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders to enrollment resources for health insurance, Medicaid, and other benefit programs (e.g., SSI/SSDI, TANF, SNAP, etc.).
SAMHSA expects grantees to develop and implement an array of integrated services and supports designed to reduce homelessness and chronic homelessness among veterans with substance use disorders or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, and to reduce chronic homelessness among other individuals (non-veterans) with substance use disorders or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, and to provide treatment and recovery-oriented care. This service array may involve collaboration across multiple organizations. Services may be provided by the grantee, purchased through contract(s) with other providers, or made available through memoranda of understanding or agreement (MOUs/MOAs) with other providers.
Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities.
• Local governments, • Federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes and tribal organizations, • Urban Indian organizations, • Public or private universities and colleges, and • Community- and faith-based organizations.