Transcript The Fight Against Homelessness the MHMR Way

Addiction Services Division (AdS) of MHMR
of Tarrant County is the largest State-funded
provider of chemical dependency treatment
in Tarrant County.
Our mission is to offer a continuum of Addiction
Treatment that is trauma sensitive and life
enhancing.
Presented by:
Deirdre Browne, Program Director
Adult Residential and Homeless Services
About Us
For over 35 years, MHMR of Tarrant County Addiction Services provides
medically supervised detoxification and ambulatory detoxification for
adults; short-term residential treatment and intensive and supportive
outpatient counseling for both adults and adolescents; and HIV case
management and outreach services. We offer a holistic approach using
evidence based treatment models that have gone through rigorous
research. This division also offers specialized services for women with
children, HIV positive clients, and people with Co-occurring Psychiatric
Substance Disorders—COPSD (both mental illness and substance abuse).
AdS Continuum of Care List of Services includes:
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Billy Gregory
Residential
Detoxification
Clemons Ambulatory
Detoxification
Community Addiction
Treatment Services
(OTPT) Facility
Harmon Road
Addiction Recovery
Center (OTPT) Facility
Tarrant Youth
Recovery Campus
(TYRC)- 16 INPT
Adolescent Males and
OTPT Services
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Case Mgmt. Services
for Co-Occurring
Psychiatric &
Substance Abuse
Disorders (COPSD)
HIV Street Outreach
for Prevention,
Testing and Education
Program
HIV Intensive Case
Mgmt. Program
Project LifeLine Case
Mgmt. & Support for
Homeless
Tenant-Based Support
Services for
Directions Home
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Liberty House
Transitional Living
Facility for Homeless
Veterans
AdS Continuum of Care
AdS offers treatment to 5 thousand Tarrant
County Citizens each year.
We offer HIV Prevention Services to another
11 thousand citizens annually.
Our efforts to end Homelessness have reached
over 120 people in less than 1 year.
AdS assisting in
Mayor Moncrief’s 10-Year Plan
To make homelessness rare,
short-term and non-recurring
in Fort Worth
After Clients have been housed, the Project LifeLine staff show
continued efforts in support of:
• Starting Recovery/Life Skills
Groups in Apartment
complexes
• Intervening and sending
residents for treatment
• Providing transportation and
transporting Clients
• Teaching Clients cooking skills
• Harm Reduction and Trauma
Resolution
• Parenting and Family
Reunification
Cindy Bell, Awarded Case Manager of the Year
by the Tarrant County Homeless Coalition
In the first 9 mos. of the
Directions Home Program;
265 individuals have been
housed.
• Substance Abuse & Mental
Health Services offered to
over 1100 people
• 48 Clients entered
outpatient or inpatient
substance abuse treatment
DID YOU KNOW…
http://oldtimer.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/homeless-veterans-protest/
• There are 15,967 homeless
Veterans in the State of
Texas
• The Dept. of Veterans
Affairs provides funding for
233 beds across the state
• That number increased to
263 this past Spring with
the opening of “Liberty
House”.
A True Liberty House Community Partnership to
honor our Veterans that are…
• 47% Homeless Veterans served
during the Vietnam War
• They have undiagnosed Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
and have “self-medicated” with
drugs and alcohol for years
• 76% Homeless Veterans have
alcohol, drug and /or mental
health problems
• 89% were “honorably
discharged”
• Today’s Combat, for every
Military death, 7.3 wounded
soldiers survive.
http://www.realtown.com/articles/view/nar-combats-homelessness-amongveterans
In Vietnam, the kill to wounded
ratio was 2.6 Soldiers
Liberty House Offers…
• Veteran residence for
up to 2 years
• Social Worker Staff on
Site
• All Addiction Services
Treatment available on
site and/or nearby
MHMR offers:
• Vet–to–Vet Program – specially trained
veterans assisting one another with their PTSD
symptoms and overall life-skills.
• Cognitive Processing Therapy – solution
focused, time limited therapy in which clients
learn skills to reframe beliefs about life before
and after trauma.
• Texas Veterans Legal Services – Pro Bono
Attorneys to assist with past tickets/warrants.
Liberty House Resident Goals…
• Residential Stability
• Increased Income
• Greater
“Self-Determination”
Liberty House Today and Growing
We have many flags to raise and still
need funds to continue to do so!
“When something is wrong. Those with ability have the
responsibility to do something.”
Declaration of Independence
United States of America