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Cheryl Kennedy, MSW1, Norma Finkelstein, PhD1, Susan Hart, LICSW1, Nina Kammerer, PhD, MPH2, Lee Panas, MS2, and MeeLee L. Kim, BA2. (1) Institute for Health and Recovery, 349 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139, 617-661-3991, cherylkennedy@healthrecovery.org, (2) Health and Addictions Research, Inc., 100 Boylston Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02116
Few homeless outreach and engagement models are focused on families at risk for parental substance abuse, mental illness, or co-occurring disorders. Funded by a CSAT Homeless Addictions Treatment grant and implemented by the Institute for Health and Recovery, Project RISE targets homeless parenting women at risk for or with substance abuse, many of whom also have mental health disorders and/or have experienced physical and/or sexual abuse. Women (N=204) were recruited into the Project RISE program and an evaluation study after being screened for substance abuse at emergency family shelters or welfare motels in the North Shore area of Massachusetts. The program model includes integrated engagement, clinical case management, and referrals to behavioral health treatment programs. This session will describe the Project RISE model, its implementation, and its effectiveness across a range of targeted outcomes, measured at baseline and at 6-month and 12-month follow-up interviews, including alcohol use, drug use, mental health symptoms, trauma symptoms, housing stability, child custody, education/training, income, employment, treatment engagement and retention, and physical health. The implications of the Project RISE model and its positive treatment outcomes for reaching and engaging parenting homeless women will be discussed.
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Keywords: Homelessness,
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.