3049.0: Monday, November 13, 2000 - 12:30 PM

Abstract #11594

Sustaining services for persons who are homeless and mentally ill: Project components that survived after the ACCESS program

Joseph J. Cocozza, PhD1, Henry J. Steadman, PhD1, Deborah L. Dennis, PhD1, Monique Mercer-Coleman, MPA2, Lisa M. Creatura, MPA2, Howard H. Goldman, MD, PhD3, Matthew Johnsen, PhD2, Margaret Lassiter, MA1, Anne Worthen, BA2, and Michele Wozniak, BA1. (1) Policy Research Associates, Incorporated, 262 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY 12054, (2) ROW Sciences, Incorporated, 1700 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, (3) Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Room 300, MSTF Building, 685 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

This presentation will highlight findings from a sixth round of site visits to ACCESS sites approximately three months after Federal funding ends. These findings will document which ACCESS services and systems integration strategies continued after Federal funding. These results will describe how and why certain efforts are sustained through new funding or through integration into other programs and funding streams. Strategies and decision-making processes that increase the likelihood that efforts on behalf of persons who are homeless and mentally ill survive and become part of a community's ongoing efforts for this population will be described.

Learning Objectives: 1. Understand how and why certain system integration strategies were able to be sustained through new funding. 2. Apply knowledge of strategies and decision-making processes in communities to encourage efforts on behalf of persons who are homeless and mentally ill

Keywords: Sustainability, System Involvement

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
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.

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA