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100
This service allows ACT, CST, ICM teams to bill for consumers while they are incarcerated or hospitalized.
What is Community Transition Planning (CTP)?
100
City of Atlanta, Savannah-Chatham County, Columbus-Muscogee County, Balance of State, to name a few.
What is a Georgia Continuum of Care (CoC)?
100
This goal-oriented, client-centered engagement style elicits behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence. This model uses the stages of change and is characterized by meeting a client where they are.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
100
This HUD program provides rental subsidy "AND" wraparound services to chronically homeless individuals with SPMI.
What is Shelter + Care?
100
This is the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) used to collect data in Georgia?
What is Pathways?
200
These community crisis centers are made up of DBHDD's three crisis service components all at the same site: 1) CSC (walk-in); 2) Temp Obs (23 hour); and 3) CSU (inpatient).
What are Behavioral Health Crisis Centers (BHCC)?
200
This United States federal law, which provides federal money for homeless shelter programs, was the first significant federal legislative response to homelessness and was passed and signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on July 22, 1987.
What is the McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act?
200
This document tracks a person's ongoing and changing needs and is a roadmap of coordinated services toward their recovery.
What is an Individual Recovery Plan (IRP)?
200
This DBHDD level of residential service provides 24/hour awake staff to persons with SPMI.
What is Intensive Residential?
200
According to the 2015 Point-in-Time Count, this number of individuals were literally homeless.
What is 13, 790?
300
This approach to vocational rehabilitation for people with serious mental illnesses promotes the belief that everyone with a serious mental illness is capable of working competitively in the community.
What is Supported Employment?
300
PATH providers are required to submit Annual PATH Reports through this online data collection tool.
What is the PATH Data Exchange (PDX)?
300
This fast, easy-to-use FREE search lets people look for rental housing using a wide variety of criteria and special mapping features. Housing listings display detailed information about each unit. The service also provides links to housing resources and helpful tools for renters such as an affordability calculator, rental checklist, and information about renter rights and responsibilities.
What is GeorgiaHousingSearch.org ?
300
The Housing Choice Voucher Program is part of Georgia's comprehensive housing program administered by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA). It is a tenant-based rental assistance program that assists extremely low and low income individuals and families rent safe, decent, and affordable dwelling units in the private rental market.
What is Section 8?
300
President Obama offered mayors across the country a challenge to accept marching orders to end homelessness for this population, which in Georgia constitutes only 7% of the total population, but 12% of the state's homeless population.
What are veterans?
400
An individual who demonstrates high use of acute psych hospitals or crisis/emergency services, extended hospital stay, or who is at high risk of criminal justice involvement related to their serious and persistent mental illness may be a good referral to what higher level of care than ICM?
What is ACT or CST?
400
This program increases access to Social Security disability benefits for people with behavioral health issues experiencing or at risk of homelessness and often helps them to SOAR toward housing goals .
What is SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR)?
400
This DHS-administered service provides quality, cost effective transportation to eligible individuals for vital services designed to enhance health, independence, and self sufficiency?
What is The DHS Coordinated Transportation?
400
This DBHDD program provides rental assistance for individuals who meet the ADA settlement criteria and do not qualify for other housing assistance.
What is the GA Housing Voucher Program?
400
The point-in-time for the point-in-time count.
What are the last 10 days in January in odd years?
500
Milledgeville, Augusta, Atlanta, Columbus, and Savannah
What are locations for DBHDD's 5 state psychiatric hospitals?
500
This pre-screening or triage tool is designed to be used by all providers within a community to quickly assess the health and social needs of homeless persons and match them with the most appropriate support and housing interventions that are available.
What is the Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT)?
500
This Privacy Rule provides nationally-recognizable regulations for the use/disclosure of an individual's health information, including mental health and substance abuse diagnoses.
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?
500
This homeless assistance approach prioritizes providing people experiencing homelessness with permanent housing as quickly as possible – and then providing voluntary supportive services as needed.
What is Housing First?
500
# of PATH Teams in GA + # DBHDD Regions + # GA CoC's =
What is 25?
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