This library includes documents that may be useful to counties, Tribes, and tribal entities as they design and implement bridge housing programs. Although Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH) Program staff have reviewed all resources for relevance to BHBH programs and to categorize them by topic, please note that external links and resources may not fully reflect the views of the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) or Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP).
Specialist Homelessness Services: Assertive Outreach Good Practice Guidelines
A framework for delivering assertive outreach to people who are experiencing street-based homelessness.
Substance Use Disorders Recovery with a Focus on Employment and Education
This guide helps health care providers, systems, and communities support recovery from substance use disorders via employment mechanisms. It describes relevant research, examines emerging and best practices, identifies knowledge gaps and implementation challenges, and offers resources.
First-Episode Psychosis and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders
This guide supports health care providers, systems, and communities to address first-episode psychosis and co-occurring substance use disorders. It describes relevant research, examines emerging and best practices, identifies knowledge gaps and implementation challenges, and offers resources.
CoC Analysis Tool: Race and Ethnicity
This tool “draws on Point-In-Time Count (PIT) and American Community Survey (ACS) data to facilitate analysis of racial disparities among people experiencing homelessness. Such an analysis is a critical first step in identifying and changing racial and ethnic disparities in our systems and services.”
Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities: Phase One Study Findings
A study of six communities, identifying factors that lead to racial and ethnic disparities in homelessness.
Rapid Re-Housing Training Module: Housing Barriers Assessment
Curriculum comprising “a series of 10 to 15-minute modules on the key elements of rapid re-housing.”