The ACCESS Program

Paper Summary:

The paper explains that people with mental illness comprise a big percentage of homeless individuals. The paper discusses how the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and its Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) implemented the ACCESS program. The paper explains that the program aims to use the integrated systems approach to decrease the number of homeless individuals with mental illness. The paper examines the two levels of evaluation in the program and its effectiveness in addressing the problems involved.

Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Agency Description and Background
Review of Related Literature
Methodology
Results and Findings
Conclusions and Recommendations

From the Paper:

"As indicated in the website of Cornell University, the federal definition of the term "homeless individual or homeless person" includes an individual who does not have permanent nighttime residence or has one but it is either temporary shelters or residence not meant to accommodate people on a regular basis. "Homeless people" are also called street sleepers, tramps, and beggars."
"There are many reasons why an individual becomes homeless. Major factors are poverty, lack of available and accessible low-cost but decent housing plan, disability, substance abuse, and mental illness. 66% of the total homeless population is accounted to individuals with substance abuse and mental health history."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Fact sheets. Retrieved from http://www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov
• Cornell University. Retrieved from http://www4.law.cornell.edu
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Blueprint for Change: Ending Chronic Homelessness for Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders. DHHS Pub No. SMA-04-3870, Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2003.
• US Dept of Housing and Urban Development. Homeless index. Retrieved from http://www.hud.gov/homeless/index.cfm
• Illinois Mental Health of the Department of Human Services. Retrieved from http://www.psych.uic.edu/mhsrp/access.htm

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