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OKLAHOMA FY 2023 SOLARI COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR FOLLOW-UP PROGRAMS NOFO FG-23-003 - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY- OKLAHOMA FY 2023 SOLARI COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR FOLLOW-UP PROGRAMS NOFO FG-23-003. PROJECT SUMMARY: SOLARI WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED FOLLOW-UP SERVICES TO 988 CALLERS IN OKLAHOMA TO REDUCE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS. INDIVIDUALS PROVIDED ENHANCED FOLLOW-UP SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SERVICES FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS AND POTENTIALLY UP TO 12 MONTHS BASED ON CLINICAL ACUITY. SOLARI WORKS COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER PROVIDERS, INCLUDING SEVERAL 911 PSAP CENTERS, ACROSS OKLAHOMA TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN ACCESSING THE SERVICE THEY NEED WHEN THEY NEED IT. THIS INCLUDES DISPATCHING MOBILE CRISIS SERVICES WHEN NECESSARY AS WELL AS COLLABORATING WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE IF NEEDED. SOLARI WORKS TO MINIMIZE CALLER INVOLVEMENT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROVIDES DIVERSION TO ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO RETURN TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SOLARI WILL CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND PROVIDERS IN OKLAHOMA ABOUT 988 WITH A FOCUS ON UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING TARGETED COMMUNITY FORUMS. OKLAHOMA'S CALLERS REPRESENT A MIX OF RURAL, URBAN, AND TRIBAL DOMAINS WHO WILL ALL BE TARGETED IN THESE EFFORTS. SOLARI WILL COLLECT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON ALL CALLERS TO THE PROGRAM. VOLUME WILL BE CONTINGENT ON THE CLINICAL ACUITY OF CALLERS AND IS EXPECTED TO RISE OVER THE THREE YEARS OF THE PROGRAM DUE TO INCREASED AWARENESS AND PROMOTION OF 988 IN OKLAHOMA. SOLARI HAS ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING GOALS AND OUTCOMES FOR THE PROGRAM: 1. INCREASE ACUITY STABILITY. 50.0% OF FOLLOW-UP PARTICIPANTS RATED AS LOW, MINIMAL, MEDIUM ON ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED WITHIN THE FIRST 90 DAYS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. 75.0% OF FOLLOW-UP PARTICIPANTS RATED AS LOW, MINIMAL, MEDIUM ON ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED WITHIN THE FIRST 180 DAYS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. 2. INCREASE CONNECTION TO REFERRED COMMUNITY SUPPORT. 50.0% OF FOLLOW-UP PARTICIPANTS CONFIRM CONNECTION TO AT LEAST ONE REFERRED COMMUNITY SUPPORT WITHIN 45 DAYS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. 75.0% OF FOLLOW-UP PARTICIPANTS CONFIRM CONNECTION TO AT LEAST ONE REFERRED COMMUNITY SUPPORT WITHIN 90 DAYS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. 3. ENHANCED OUTREACH OPTIONS BY THE END OF YEAR 2 BY ADDING IN OTHER OUTREACH METHODS SUCH AS TEXT. PER SAMHSA, SOLARI WILL TRANSITION TEXT AND CHAT TO OUR INTERNAL SYSTEM IN YEAR 2 AT WHICH TIME WE WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING ALTERNATIVE OUTREACH METHOD OF TEXT. REVIEW AND UPDATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH NECESSARY STATE AND FEDERAL STATUTES FOR NON-TELEPHONIC OUTREACH FROM JULY 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 2024. UPDATE EHR AND TRAIN ON NEW CONSENT FORM AND PROCESS WITH FOLLOW-UP CARE COORDINATORS FROM SEPTEMBER 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 2024. IMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE OUTREACH METHODS BEGINNING IN JANUARY 2025. 4. INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE 988 FOLLOW-UP PROGRAM AND GOALS. EDUCATE AT RISK POPULATIONS OF THE 988 AND 988 FOLLOW-UP SERVICES AVAILABLE BY PARTICIPATING IN TARGETED COMMUNITY FORUMS AT LEAST ONCE PER QUARTER DURING YEAR. EDUCATE THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY WHO SERVES AT RISK POPULATIONS BY PROVIDING PRESENTATIONS ON OKLAHOMA 988 AND OKLAHOMA 988 FOLLOW-UP SERVICES AVAILABLE AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER DURING YEAR 1.

PURPOSE: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EFFORTS BY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO QUICKLY HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHILE MINIMIZING THE TRAUMA AND DISLOCATION CAUSED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES BY HOMELESSNESS; PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF MAINSTREAM PROGRAMS BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; AND OPTIMIZE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (NOFO) IS TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED AND RURAL HOMELESSNESS (SPECIAL NOFO). THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SPECIAL NOFO AWARDS CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/SPECIAL_NOFO_AWARD_ANNOUNCEMENT; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM FUNDS UNDER THE SPECIAL NOFO MAY BE USED TO PAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBLE COSTS: • PERMANENT HOUSING (PH): PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING (PSH) • PH: RAPID RE-HOUSING (RRH) • JOINT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING (TH) AND PH-RRH • SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY (SSO) COORDINATED ENTRY (SSO-CE) • SSO-NON CE: STREET OUTREACH OR SSO OTHER • HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HMIS) PROJECTS AWARDED UNDER THE RURAL SET ASIDE MAY ALSO FUND THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBLE COSTS: • UP TO 6 MONTHS OF RENT OR UTILITY ARREARS AFTER 2 MONTHS OF NONPAYMENT OF RENT OR UTILITIES; • SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY LODGING IN MOTELS OR SHELTERS, EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH VOUCHERS; • REPAIRS, UP TO $10,000 PER STRUCTURE, THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE HOUSING HABITABLE TO BE USED FOR TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT HOUSING; • EMERGENCY FOOD AND CLOTHING ASSISTANCE; • COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING USE OF FEDERAL INVENTORY PROPERTY PROGRAMS TO HOUSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS; AND • CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES. DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES FUNDED CAN BE FOUND AT: • UNSHELTERED SET ASIDE: SPECIAL NOFO TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED AND RURAL HOMELESSNESS (HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/COC/SPECIALCOCNOFO/COMPETITON_RESOURCES). REFER THE SLIDES LISTED UNDER THE “KICK OFF WEBINAR: SPECIAL NOFO TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED AND RURAL HOMELESSNESS - JUNE 28, 2022”. • RURAL SET ASIDE: RURAL FOCUS: SPECIAL NOFO TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED AND RURAL HOMELESSNESS (HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/COC/SPECIALCOCNOFO/COMPETITON_RESOURCES). REFER THE SLIDE LISTED UNDER THE “RURAL FOCUS: SPECIAL NOFO TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED AND RURAL HOMELESSNESS - JUNE 29, 2022”.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL NOFO TO ADDRESS UNSHELTERED AND RURAL HOMELESSNESS (SPECIAL NOFO) IS TO TARGET EFFORTS TO REDUCE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, PARTICULARLY IN COMMUNITIES WITH VERY HIGH LEVELS OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS AND HOMELESSNESS IN RURAL AREAS. THROUGH THIS SPECIAL NOFO, HUD WILL AWARD FUNDING TO COMMUNITIES TO IMPLEMENT COORDINATED APPROACHES - GROUNDED IN HOUSING FIRST AND PUBLIC HEALTH PRINCIPLES - TO REDUCE THE PREVALENCE OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS, AND IMPROVE SERVICES ENGAGEMENT, HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND HOUSING STABILITY AMONG HIGHLY VULNERABLE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. HUD EXPECTS APPLICANT COMMUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH HEALTH AND HOUSING AGENCIES TO LEVERAGE MAINSTREAM HOUSING AND HEALTHCARE RESOURCES.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED AND RURAL HOMELESSNESS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

PURPOSE: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EFFORTS BY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO QUICKLY HOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHILE MINIMIZING THE TRAUMA AND DISLOCATION CAUSED TO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES BY HOMELESSNESS; PROMOTE ACCESS TO AND EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF MAINSTREAM PROGRAMS BY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES; AND OPTIMIZE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE MOST RECENT COC AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT LISTING AWARDS BY STATE AND COC IS ACCESSIBLE AT HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/COC/AWARDS. SELECT THE LINK UNDER THE FUNDING AND AWARD INFORMATION SECTION FOR THE APPROPRIATE FISCAL YEAR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM FUNDS MAY BE USED TO PAY FOR THE ELIGIBLE COSTS USED TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PROJECTS UNDER FIVE PROGRAM COMPONENTS: (1) PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH INCLUDES PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND RAPID REHOUSING; (2) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING; (3) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ONLY; (4) HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (HMIS), AND (5) IN SOME CASES, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION. THIRTEEN TYPES OF ASSISTANCE MAY BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM: (1) COC PLANNING ACTIVITIES/COSTS FOR DESIGNING AND CARRYING OUT A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPLICATION TO HUD; (2) UNITED FUNDING AGENCY (UFA) COSTS FOR FISCAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING NECESSARY TO ASSURE THE PROPER DISBURSAL OF, AND ACCOUNTING FOR, FEDERAL FUNDS AWARDED TO SUBRECIPIENTS UNDER THE CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM, (3) ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY (INCLUDING STRUCTURES) FOR USE IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; (4) REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; (5) NEW CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE BUILDING OF A NEW STRUCTURE OR BUILDING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE FOR USE AS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; (6) LEASING OF A STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; (7) RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH MAY BE SHORT-TERM, MEDIUM-TERM, OR LONG-TERM, AS WELL AS TENANT-BASED, PROJECT-BASED, OR SPONSOR-BASED, FOR TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT HOUSING; (8) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ASSIST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HOUSING; (9) OPERATING COSTS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; (10) COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING HMIS; (11) PROJECT ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; (12) RELOCATION COSTS; AND (13) INDIRECT COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2 CFR PARTS 200, AS APPLICABLE. IN ADDITION TO USING GRANT FUNDS FOR THE ELIGIBLE COSTS DESCRIBED ABOVE, RECIPIENTS AND SUBRECIPIENTS IN CONTINUUMS OF CARE DESIGNATED AS HIGH PERFORMING COMMUNITIES MAY ALSO USE GRANT FUNDS TO PROVIDE HOUSING RELOCATION AND STABILIZATION SERVICES AND SHORT- AND/OR MEDIUM-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS AS SET FORTH IN 24 CFR 576.103 AND 24 CFR 576.104, IF NECESSARY TO PREVENT THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY FROM BECOMING HOMELESS. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS: NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER PROGRAM (OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS USED TO SUPPLEMENT THIS ASSISTANCE) MAY BE USED TO REPLACE STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS PREVIOUSLY USED, OR DESIGNATED FOR USE, TO ASSIST HOMELESS PERSONS OR PERSONS AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: DECREASE IN THE NUMBER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, MORE SPECIFICALLY USING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS SUCH AS THE LENGTH OF TIME HOMELESS, RETURNS TO HOMELESSNESS OVER TIME, AND EXITS TO PERMANENT HOUSING. COC PERFORMANCE PROFILE REPORTS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/COC/COC-PERFORMANCE-PROFILE-REPORTS/.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

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CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING IN ARIZONA - CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK (CRN) WILL PROVIDE EVIDENCE BASED MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID CURRICULUM TO ADULTS IN ARIZONA, FOCUSING ON FIRST RESPONDERS, SCHOOL PERSONNEL, VETERANS AND MILITARY, HEALTH WORKERS AND GENERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REDUCE MENTAL HEALTH DISPARITIES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. CRN WILL PROVIDE TRAININGS STATEWIDE IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO WILL HOST OUR EVENTS. INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTEND CRN'S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAININGS WILL RECEIVE A THREE-YEAR CERTIFICATION IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AS WELL AS A RESOURCE MANUAL TO GUIDE THEM IN ASSISTING OTHERS AND MAKING REFERRALS AFTER THE TRAINING IS COMPLETE. CRN PROPOSES TO TRAIN THREE COURSES PER MONTH, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 12 ATTENDEES PER COURSE. CRN WILL TRAIN AT LEAST 36 INDIVIDUALS PER MONTH OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS - WHICH WILL LEAD TO AN ADDITIONAL 2,160 INDIVIDUALS BEING CERTIFIED IN CRITICAL MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID IN ARIZONA. THROUGH THIS GRANT CRN WILL INCREASE RECOGNITION OF SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COMMON MENTAL ILLNESSES, INCREASE POSITIVE ATTITUDES RESULTING FROM DECREASED STIGMA AROUND INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, ENHANCE CONFIDENCE IN THE PROVISION OF HELP TO AN INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS AND INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND TREATMENT RESOURCES IN ARIZONA.

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