Scope and Program Requirements. To meet the mission and objectives of the PATH program, Grantees shall:
A. Administer the PATH program to provide allowable services to eligible persons who are homeless, or at imminent risk of becoming homeless, and who have serious mental illnesses or may also have co-occurring substance use disorders. Grantee shall serve as the front door to homeless services funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) program and as a bridge to mainstream mental health services, primary health care, and substance abuse service systems. This would include collaborating with the HUD Continuum of Care program and with other local community organizations to provide housing, mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, employment services, and shelter services. Information on HUD’s CoC program is available at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx/programs/coc/.
B. Provide Outreach services to contact and engage people not currently connected to mainstream mental health services, primary health care, and substance abuse service systems. Grantee shall utilize strategies aimed at engaging persons into the needed array of services, including identification of persons in need, screening, development of rapport, offering support while assisting with immediate and basic needs, and referral to appropriate resources. Grantee shall provide a bridge to behavioral health services such as Assertive Community Treatment, housing, alcohol or drug treatment services, and primary health care as clinically appropriate.
C. Meet the SAMHSA goal for PATH programs, which is to reduce or eliminate homelessness for individuals with serious mental illnesses or co-occurring substance use disorders who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless.
D. Target adults or families with children who are literally homeless, or at imminent risk of homelessness. Grantee shall focus on the following priorities:
1. Outreach services that include face-to-face interactions with homeless people on the streets, shelters, under bridges, and in other non-traditional settings;
2. Case management; and
3. Other services, which may not be supported by mainstream mental health programs (e.g., housing services included in 42 U.S. Code § 290cc–22(b) (10)).
E. Provide PATH services according to Xxxxxxx’s approved PATH Intended Use Plan (Form B).
F. Provide PATH services independently of other ongoing mental health treatment services, and not use PATH services...
Scope and Program Requirements
