Glossary of Terms
Basic skills required to take care of one's personal
needs, such as grooming, housekeeping, budgeting, and using
transportation.
The advanced stage of HIV disease is
characterized by a severely compromised immune system that
increases vulnerability to life-threatening opportunistic
infections. The criteria established for diagnosis includes HIV
infection with a CD4 count below 200, a CD4 lymphocyte percentage
of total lymphocytes of less than 14, or a clinical condition
listed by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as AIDS
defining.
Federal legislation that defines the rights of access
to and use of public accommodations, commercial facilities, and the
workplace for people with disabilities. Also provides mechanisms
for enforcement of rights of disabled persons against private
persons, other entities (such as employers), and state and local
governments.
Multidisciplinary teams that provide case management,
crisis intervention, medication monitoring, social support,
assistance with everyday living needs, access to medical care, and
employment assistance for people with mental illness. The programs
are based on an assertive outreach approach with hands-on
assistance provided to individuals in their homes and
neighborhoods.
The process of
identifying, sharing, and using knowledge and best practices. It
focuses on how to improve any given business process by exploiting
top-notch approaches rather than merely measuring the best
performance. Finding, studying and implementing best practices
provides the greatest opportunity for gaining a strategic,
operational, and financial advantage.
A person
who interprets complex policy, rules, and procedures,
administrative code, and legislative language into practical and
understandable information. Under the Ticket to Work and Work
Incentives Improvement Act, Congress created a formal program,
known as the Benefits Planning Assistance and Outreach (BPAO)
program, as a core employment support for people with disabilities
who receive Supplemental Security Income and Social Security
Disability Income. All 50 states participate in the BPAO
program.
The
person-centered analysis of the effect that work and other life
situation changes have on public and private programs, including
income support programs. Benefits planning helps people with
disabilities steer through the maze of public and private benefits
programs while minimizing disincentives and barriers that exist for
them to prepare for, obtain, advance in, retain, leave, and regain
employment.
: Funding
which pools dollars from multiple sources and makes them in some
ways indistinguishable.
Similar to
Blended Funding, however, the funding sources remain visible while
they are used in common to produce greater strength, efficiency,
and/or effectiveness. Business Leadership Networks (BLN): Chaired
by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the BLN is a national program led
by employers in concert with state Governor's Committees and/or
community agencies that engages the leadership and participation of
companies throughout the United States to hire qualified job
candidates with disabilities.
The level to which
an individual or member of a community is involved with and
supports the ideas, concepts, processes, and projects that are
advanced by the leadership.
Core
activities that help youth become prepared for a successful future
in careers or post secondary education institutions including
career awareness activities that expose young people to information
about the job market, job related skills, the wide variety of jobs
that exist and the education and training they require, as well as
the work environment where they are performed. Core activities also
include: career assessments (formal and informal); opportunity
awareness including guest speaker informational interviews,
research-based activities such as wage comparisons and Web
searches, community mapping, and exposures to post secondary
education such as campus visits and college fairs, and
work-readiness skills such as soft-skills development, computer
competency, and job search skills.
The overall
coordination of an individual's use of services, which may include
medical and mental health services, substance use services, and
vocational training and employment. Although the definition of case
management varies with local requirements and staff roles, a case
manager often assumes responsibilities for outreach, advocacy, and
referral on behalf of individual clients.
A
person who is "chronically homeless" is an unaccompanied homeless
individual with a disabling condition who has either been
continuously homeless for a year or more OR has had at least four
(4) episodes of homelessness in the past three (3) years. In order
to be considered chronically homeless, a person must have been
sleeping:
- in a place not meant for human habitation (e.g., living on the
streets) and/or
- in an emergency homeless shelter.
A is
defined as "a diagnosable substance use disorder, serious mental
illness, developmental disability, or chronic physical illness or
disability, including the co-occurrence of two or more of these
conditions." A disabling condition limits an individual's ability
to work or perform one or more activities of daily living. An
episode of homelessness is a separate, distinct, and sustained stay
on the streets and/or in an emergency homeless shelter. A
chronically homeless person must be unaccompanied and disabled
during each episode. (In order to receive housing assistance
through the HUD grants, program participants must meet the
McKinney-Vento Act definition of disability for SHP and persons
with disabilities for S+C.)
Pertaining to
standardized evaluation (through direct observation and assessment)
and conducted with the intent to offer intervention/treatment.
The
various organizations involved in the provision of services to an
individual.
In the vocational rehabilitation system, a
"community rehabilitation program" is a program that provides
directly, or facilitates the provision of, vocational
rehabilitation services to people with disabilities to enable them
to maximize opportunities for employment. Some of the services
provided by a community rehabilitation program may include, but are
not limited to:
- Medical, psychiatric, psychological, social, and vocational
services that are provided under one management;
- Recreational therapy, physical and occupational therapy,
speech, language, and hearing therapy;
- Psychiatric, psychological, and social services including
positive behavior management;
- Disability evaluations and orientation and mobility services;
and,
- Job development, placement, and retention services.
A community rehabilitation program often has in-depth knowledge
about disability supports, services and providers in their
communities.
Efforts
intended to accomplish any of the following: develop and sustain
strong relationships among individuals, develop and sustain
involvement in neighborhood and community-based organizations and
institutions, and develop group capacity to collaboratively
identify and accomplish common goals.
The
process of bringing people together to identify common interests
and work collaboratively to accomplish common goals.
means
employment for which an employer - employee relationship exists and
in which the employee receives minimum wage or better; the work is
performed in integrated work settings; includes OJT placements in
which the employer has agreed (or there is substantial likelihood)
to retain the person in their workforce. Competitive employment may
be full-time (35 hrs/week or more) - or part-time (less than 35
hrs/wk). It may include transitional employment placements (TEP)
that meet the features of competitive employment.
- competitive employment features:
- employer - employee relationship
- minimum wage or better
- integrated work setting
- work is an hour or more per week
: A
long-term housing and community development plan developed by State
and local governments and approved by HUD. The Consolidated Plan
contains information on homeless populations. The plan also
contains both narratives and maps, the latter developed by
localities using software provided by HUD.
The form, required by law, in which a state
or local official certifies that the proposed activities or
projects are consistent with the jurisdiction's Consolidated Plan
and, if the applicant is a State or unit of local government, that
the jurisdiction is following its Consolidated Plan.
Recipients of
health, mental health, and/or social services.
: The
Continuum of Care is a community plan to organize and deliver
housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are
homeless as they move to stable housing and maximum
self-sufficiency. It includes action steps to end homelessness and
prevent a return to homelessness.
Customized employment means individualizing the employment
relationship between employees and employers in ways that meet the
needs of both. It is based on an individualized determination of
strengths, needs, and interests of the person with a disability and
simultaneously employing strategies designed to meet the specific
needs of the employer. It may include approaches such as supported
employment; supported entrepreneurship; individualized job
development; job carving and restructuring; use of personal agents
(including individuals with disabilities and family members);
development of micro-boards, micro-enterprises, cooperatives and
small businesses; and use of personal budgets and other forms of
individualized funding that provide choice and control to the
person and promote self- determination. These and other job
development or restructuring strategies result in job
responsibilities being customized and individually negotiated to
fit the needs of individuals with disabilities. Customized
employment assumes the provision of reasonable accommodations and
supports necessary for the individual to perform the functions of a
job that is individually negotiated and developed.
Housing that discourages but does not prohibit alcohol use on
premises.
Provides
therapeutic, recreational, and social services to individuals who
have chemical dependencies or emotional, psychological,
developmental, physical, or behavioral needs.
Movement
away from functioning at baseline level toward a reduced level of
functioning and stability; psychological imbalance.
The process
of ridding the body substances via a gradual or complete decrease
of substances, intended to result in the cessation of use.
The
definition of disabled [24 CFR 582.5] that is used as the basis for
determining eligibility in the S+C program is the same as that used
in the Section 811
(Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities) program.
Persons with disabilities are defined as: "Persons with
disabilities" - a household composed of one or more persons at
least one of whom is an adult who has a disability.
- A person shall be considered to have a disability if such
person has a physical, mental, or emotional impairment which is
expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration;
substantially impedes his or her ability to live independently; and
is of such nature that such ability could be improved by more
suitable housing conditions.
- A person will also be considered to have a disability if he or
she has a developmental disability, which is a severe, chronic
disability that -
- Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or
combination of mental andphysical impairments;
- Is manifested before the person attains age 22;
- Is likely to continue indefinitely;
- Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more
of the following areas of major life activity;
- Self-care
- Receptive and expressive language;
- Learning;
- Mobility;
- Self-direction;
- Capacity for independent living; and
- Economic self-sufficiency; and
- Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of
special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other
services that are of lifelong or extended duration and are
individually planned and coordinated.
Key to the definition is determining that the impairment is of
long-continued and indefinite duration AND substantially impedes
the person's ability to live independently. For example, drug or
alcohol abuse or an HIV/AIDS condition that does not substantially
impede a person's ability to live independently does not qualify as
a disability in the S+C Program. Written documentation that a
person's disability meets the program definition must come from a
credentialed psychiatric or medical professional trained to make
such a determination. The possession of a title such as case
manager or substance abuse counselor does not by itself qualify a
person to make that determination. "Self-certification" is also
unacceptable.
For both
SSDI and SSI programs, SSA defines disability as [an] inability to
engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any
medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be
expected to result in death or has lasted or can be expected to
last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. Social
Security disability has three distinct components which must all be
present before SSA will consider an individual disabled. These
components are:
- an inability to do substantial work;
- a severe physical or mental impairment or impairments;
- duration of 12 months or result in death.
SSA evaluates the work activity of individuals claiming or
receiving disability benefits under SSDI. For the SSI program we
evaluate only those individuals claiming benefits because of a
disability. Under both programs, they use earnings guidelines to
evaluate whether the work activity is SGA (Substantial Gainful
Activity), and whether we may consider you disabled under the law.
While this is only one of the tests used to decide if a person
meets SSA's definition of disability, it is the critical first step
in the disability evaluation.
These positions exist in a growing number of One Stop
Centers to build staff capacity and work with people with
disabilities and service providers to access, facilitate, and
navigate the complex statutory and regulatory provisions and
application processes for public and private programs.
A publication of the American
Psychiatric Association that describes mental disorders and the
criteria for diagnosis.
Term used
to describe individuals who are diagnosed with two different
disorders, typically a combination of mental health and substance
use diagnoses.
Or
EID, refers to a US HUD rule requiring housing providers to
disregard incremental income from earnings for a 24 month period
when calculating rent for qualified people with disabilities living
in public housing, Section 8, Supportive Housing Program (SHP),
Housing Opportunities for People Living with Aids (HOPWA), and HOME
Investment Partnership housing.
Refers to
efforts to develop a relationship between a staff person and a
client of the service system in which that staff person works. Such
efforts are characterized by purposeful strategies, intentional
interventions, designed to connect the client with needed services
and to maintain that connection.
Publicly
funded financial and medical benefits available to individuals who
meet criteria usually based upon income or disability measures.
Refers to
federal laws designed to protect access to housing regardless of
race, color, national origin, sex, familial status, or
disability.
The
stages through which groups naturally progress: orientation and
exploration, power and control, growth and working, maturation and
performance, and termination. Groups may move back and forth
between developmental stages depending upon changes in the group
membership, conflicts that emerge, and shifts in the group
focus.
The acronym for
Government Performance and Results Act which requires federal
agencies to set certain goals by which their performance will be
measured. A federal agency's GPRA often extends to its
grantees.
Transitional
residential program focusing on reintegration of participants into
the community, such as substance users or ex-offenders.
Harm
reduction is a set of practical strategies that reduce the negative
consequences associated with drug use, including safer use, managed
use, and non-punitive abstinence. These strategies meet drug users
"where they're at," addressing conditions and motivations of drug
use along with the use itself. Harm reduction acknowledges an
individual's ability to take responsibility for his or her own
behavior. This approach fosters an environment where individuals
can openly discuss substance use without fear of judgment or
reprisal, and does not condone or condemn drug use. Staff working
in a harm reduction setting work in partnership with tenants, and
are expected to respond directly to unacceptable behaviors, whether
or not the behaviors are related to substance use. The harm
reduction model has also been successfully broadened to reducing
harms related to health and wellness as well as many other
issues.
The entire
continuum of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
from the point of infection through AIDS.
the
term "homeless" or "homeless individual or homeless person"
includes-
- an individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
nighttime residence; and
- an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is-
- a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to
provide temporary living accommodations (including welfare hotels,
congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally
ill);
- an institution that provides a temporary residence for
individuals intended to be institutionalized; or
- a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used
as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
End of life
assistance focused on caregiving and emotionally supportive
services rather than aggressive treatment.
The goal of
"housing first" is to immediately house people who are homeless.
Housing comes first no matter what is going on in one's life, and
the housing is flexible and independent so that people get housed
easily and stay housed. Housing first can be contrasted with a
continuum of housing "readiness," which typically subordinates
access to permanent housing to other requirements. While not every
community has what it needs to deliver housing first, such as an
adequate housing stock, every community has what it takes to move
toward this approach.
A program of the U.S. Department of
Labor, Veterans Employment and Training Service targeting homeless
veterans to help them access and succeed in meaningful employment
within the labor force and to stimulate the development of
effective service delivery systems that will address the complex
problems facing homeless veterans.
Members of any community who, without any outside intervention, are
guiding or directing a group towards the accomplishment of common
goals or who have the skills and capacity to do so.
A concept
that was developed in the vocational rehabilitation system to
empower people with disabilities. Informed choice refers to a
person's ability to understand and use programs successfully,
because the programs and services are designed to enable consumers
to navigate them competently and without fear of reprisal.
Individuals with disabilities need to know how to find, evaluate
and use information, which will better inform their decision making
process. Service delivery systems should facilitate---not stifle or
direct---this decision-making process.
Job
opportunities within an organization those are available to the
users of its services.
Efforts to engage
people living in shelters for the purposes of connecting them to
services and in particular, housing.
The process for
determining or assessing eligibility of applicants for
services.
The action
taken to address a situation or problem.
Creating or
connecting to job opportunities.
Long-term chronic alcohol user usually suffering
from related medical conditions.
See Activities
of daily living skills (ADLS).
Income provided
through employment that is at an adequate level to afford
necessities such as housing, food, and medical services.
This
term includes all people who have been homeless for long periods of
time, as evidenced by repeated (three or more times) or extended (a
year or more) stays in the streets, emergency shelters, or other
temporary settings, sometimes cycling between homelessness and
hospitals, jails, or prisons. This definition intentionally
includes a larger group of people than the federal government's
definition, such as families and youth. The federal government (and
as a result, many states, cities, and service providers) frequently
uses the term "chronically homeless," defined as "an unaccompanied
homeless individual with a disabling condition who has either been
continuously homeless for a year or more, or has had at least four
episodes of homelessness in the past three years" (Notice of
Funding Availability for the Collaborative Initiative to Help End
Chronic Homelessness/Federal Register, Vol. 68, No. 17/Monday,
January 27, 2003, 4019). This definition excludes homeless families
and partnered homeless people as well as those who do not have a
documented disability. We believe that anyone who has been homeless
for the long-term may be well served by the services and housing
offered by permanent supportive housing providers.
Housing
provided in a low-demand environment emphasizes ease of entry and
ongoing access to services with minimal requirements. The focus is
on helping tenants retain their housing, rather than layering the
housing within various program participation requirements. The
application and admission processes, admission criteria, and
conditions of tenancy are limited in their demands of tenants and
potential tenants. This term is usually closely related to
"voluntary services" and "harm reduction."
: Named after authors Representative Stewart B. McKinney
of Connecticut and Bruce F. Vento of Minnesota, this 1987 federal
legislation established programs and funding to serve homeless
people.
The Medicaid
Program provides medical benefits to low-income and disabled people
who have no medical insurance. Although the Federal Government
establishes general guidelines for the program, the Medicaid
program requirements are actually established by each state.
Eligibility for Medicaid and the actual services offered vary from
state to state depending on the state's federally approved Medicaid
Plan. The Medicaid program is funded through state and federal
funds. States have different Federal matching rates which are based
on a formula that takes into account the number of people in that
state living at or below the Federal poverty level. States are
required to provide eligibility to certain types of individuals and
may include other groups. The mandatory eligible groups include:
very low income families and children who are eligible for the
state's welfare (TANF) benefits; Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
recipients or in states using more restrictive criteria,
individuals who are aged (65+), blind, or disabled.
Federally
approved expansion of the Medicaid program giving states the option
to permit employees with disabilities to purchase health-care
coverage through the Medicaid program. Income requirements and
sliding-scale premiums are determined by participating states.
A federal program
that provides health insurance to people age 65 and over, those who
have permanent kidney failure, and certain people with
disabilities.
Designates the
coexistence of mental illness and chemical use/addiction.
A cluster of
mental disorders characterized by depression, anxiety, and/or
mania.
Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered
counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients
to explore and resolve ambivalence. Compared with nondirective
counseling, it is more focused and goal-directed. The examination
and resolution of ambivalence is its central purpose, and the
counselor is intentionally directive in pursuing this goal. http://www.motivationalinterview.org/clinical/whatismi.html
Peer
support.
does not require an employer-employee relationship and includes
work experiences or in-house paid training such as those positions
working in a nonprofit agency or for-profit company (in which
appropriate approvals exist) that are less than minimum wage or
that are transitional paying less than minimum wage; stipend work
at less than minimum wage (such as those provided for under HUD
regulations in supportive housing); and time limited placements
designed to provide experience for the purposes of self-discovery
about a type of occupation rather than an ongoing source of earned
income; volunteer jobs and internships linked to training that are
designed as part of such training and are time limited.
non-competitive employment may be full-time (35 hrs/week or more) -
or part-time (less than 35 hrs/wk). The following are
noncompetitive employment features:
- temporary work designed for learning about vocational
choices
- may be paid less than minimum wage, stipend or volunteer
(internship)
- may be integrated or segregated settings
- may or may not include an employer - employee relationship
- work is an hour or more per week
Refers to a
process and set of activities aimed at identifying and engaging
people to connect them with the services they need. It our context
this means outreach to people living without permanent homes to
connect them with a range of services and assistance to help them
end their homelessness
In the
world of supportive housing, the term "permanent" typically refers
to affordable rental housing in which the tenants have the legal
right to remain in the unit as long as they wish, as defined by the
terms of a renewable lease agreement. Tenants enjoy all of the
rights and responsibilities of typical rental housing, so long as
they abide by the (reasonable) conditions of their lease.
A
key provision of the ADA, which requires that alterations in the
work environment (including scheduling and physical modifications)
be made by employers (with more than 15 employees) who are aware of
the limitations of a qualified individual with a disability, thus
enabling the employee to perform his or her job functions.
A treatment
approach that involves assessing a person's skills and needs, and
teaching skills to reduce a person's disability and maximize a
person's functioning in the community.
A return to use
drugs and/or alcohol after a period of abstinence. It may take the
form of an isolated incident of use or repeated use. Also known as
picking up.
A
variety of supports and tools, including group and individual work
intended to assist individuals who have made a commitment to
abstinence.
Documents signed by residents that allow staff to
share confidential information (e.g., mental health and substance
use treatment, HIV information) with other service providers as
necessary.
The process by
which a newly developed property fills vacant units.
Refers
to instances when a person's SSI, SSD, or public assistance check
is payable to someone other than the recipient (e.g., a family
member, an agency).
: SH are housing
projects must meet the following criteria: (1) Have no limit on
length of stay; (2) serve hard-to-reach homeless persons who have
severe mental illness, are on the streets, and have been unable or
unwilling to participate in supportive services; (3) provide
24-hour residence for an unspecified duration; (4) provide private
or semiprivate accommodations; and (5) have overnight occupancy
limited to 25 persons. Safe Havens can be considered permanent
housing when tenants hold lease agreements with the
owner/sponsor.
Dwelling units in apartments or homes spread throughout a
neighborhood or community that are designated for specific
populations, usually accompanied by supportive services.
The sharing
of personal information about oneself with others.
An individual
helps himself/herself or peers to acquire the skills needed to
achieve personal goals.
The use of
unprescribed or misuse of prescribed substances to alleviate
symptoms of mental illness, physical pain, and other
discomforts.
: A
homeless assistance program under the McKinney - Vento Act for
people with disabilities. To be eligible to participate in a
Shelter Plus Care funded project, a person must be both homeless
and disabled. Persons with disabilities are those who have a
disability that:
- Is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite
duration;
- Substantially impedes his or her ability to live independently;
and
- Is such a nature that the disability could be improved by more
suitable housing conditions.
The disability may be a physical, mental, or emotional
impairment, including impairment due solely to alcohol or drug
abuse. The S+C Program specifically targets several disabilities.
These targeted disabilities are: Serious mental illness; Chronic
alcohol and/or other drug abuse; AIDS or related diseases; The
disability may also be developmental. A severe, chronic
developmental disability is characterized as: Being caused by
mental or physical impairment; Manifested before the person is 22
years old; Likely to continue indefinitely; Reflecting a need for a
combination and sequence of special, inter-disciplinary, or generic
care, treatment, or other services that are of lifelong or extended
duration and are individually planned and coordinated; and
Resulting in substantial functional limitations in at least three
of the following areas: Self-care, receptive and expressive
language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for
independent living, and economic self-sufficiency.
A type of building that offers residents a single,
furnished room, usually with shared bathroom and kitchen
facilities.
A
housing program in which all living units are located in a single
building or complex.
Housing that emphasizes abstinence and prohibits
alcohol and the use of illegal psychoactive substances.
A for-profit business that benefits a nonprofit or
other mission-driven organization.
SSDI provides benefits to disabled or
blind individuals who are "insured" by workers` contributions to
the Social Security trust fund. These contributions are the Federal
Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) social security tax paid on
their earnings or those of their spouses or parents.
: SSI is cash assistance payments to aged,
blind and disabled people (including children under age 18) who
have limited income and resources. The Federal government funds SSI
from general tax revenues.
(1) An organization
that pays for or plans and carries out a project or activity; (2)
An individual in recovery from alcoholism who mentors another
person in recovery, usually through the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
program.(3) HUD Project Sponsor. The primary organization
responsible for carrying out the proposed project activities. A
project sponsor does not submit an HUD 424, unless it is also the
applicant
A model of
understanding change in human behavior, especially as it relates to
substance use. Related interventions are based upon the
individual's state of awareness and desire to change behavior at a
given point in time. It includes five stages: Precontemplation,
contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance and relapse.
Individuals
who have a vested interest in the outcomes or the process of a
particular endeavor.
Misperception that
results in bias towards an individual or group.
: Substantial Gainful
Activity is a term SSA uses to determine the extent of a workers
earning capacity. The SGA amount for 2005 for individuals with
disabilities other than blindness is $830. These amounts are
established by law and are adjusted each year based on the national
average wage.
SE is an employment intervention in which a person receives
assistance to choose a job in an integrated setting that matches
their skills/interests and where ongoing support, on or off the
job-site, is provided by a job coach from an agency with expertise
in providing vocational services to people with complex needs.
Combines
and links permanent, affordable housing with flexible, voluntary
support services designed to help the tenants stay housed and build
the necessary skills to live as independently as possible. The
housing may be apartments scattered throughout a community;
clustered in an apartment complex or apartments in a single
building in which the tenancy is people with disabilities, or may
be integrated with nondisabled people with mixed income.
A homeless assistance program under the McKinney -
Vento Act.
Minimum
requirements to be a tenant in good standing, such as payment of
rent, following house rules, maintaining a healthy and safe living
unit, and meeting other lease requirements.
Whenever possible,
CSH uses the term "tenant" (rather than consumer, resident, client,
or participant) to refer to the people who live in supportive
housing projects. This emphasizes the importance of permanent
housing in ending homelessness and recognizes that in many
programs, tenants may or may not also be voluntary customers of
support services provided. This is not meant to minimize the great
amount of time and energy some programs spend with people before
they are actually tenants. It is, however, intended to underscore
that tenants of supportive housing should have the same rights and
responsibilities of tenants of other lease-based, permanent
housing.
Highly structured, residential treatment programs for substance
users.
Temporary employment focused on helping individuals to develop the
skills to achieve permanent, competitive employment.
Housing meant to help homeless people access permanent housing,
usually within two years.
People, places,
and things associated with precipitating an untoward event such as
violence or drug use.
Term used
to describe individuals who are diagnosed with three different
disorders, typically a combination of mental health, substance use,
and HIV/AIDS diagnoses.
An
alcohol and substance use recovery model characterized by its
peer-run approach, anonymous meetings, peer sponsorship, and a
series of twelve steps that members must work through as part of
the recovery process. Examples of such programs are Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA), and Cocaine Anonymous
(CA).
Evaluation to assist consumers to identify skills, goals/interests,
areas of expertise, and needed skills development.
The term
"supportive" in supportive housing refers to voluntary, flexible
services designed primarily to help tenants maintain housing.
Voluntary services are those that are available to but not demanded
of tenants, such as service coordination/case management, physical
and mental health, substance use management and recovery support,
job training, literacy and education, youth and children's
programs, and money management.
A housing model
that utilizes the harm reduction approach to service provision. See
harm reduction.
The period of
time following cessation of the use of some drugs and alcohol,
characterized by symptoms that may cause discomfort, severe pain,
and in some instances death.
:
A WIB is an appointed body, certified by the Governor to set
policy, guide implementation, and provide oversight to the local
workforce development system, as authorized by Public Law 105-220,
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The WIB is also a forum for
planning workforce development strategies. The Board attempts to
anticipate economic and business trends, develop community linkages
and partnerships, and provide a focus on system outcomes.
Special
rules make it possible for people with disabilities to work and
continue to receive certain federal or state benefits. People
receiving Social Security Disability Insurance payments or
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can work and still receive
monthly payments and Medicare or Medicaid. Social Security calls
these rules "work incentives." There are different work incentive
and different rules under the Social Security Administration. The
US Department of Housing and Urban Development also encourages
eligible tenants with disabilities living in HUD assisted housing
to work by disallowing earned income in calculating monthly rents
for certain programs (see Earned Income Disregard).
From the Corporation of Supportive
Housing's
Glossary of Affordable Housing Financing and Development
Terms and
Glossary of Terms for Employment and Supportive Housing
Providers, Indianapolis, IN's Blueprint
to End Homelessness, and New York, NY's
Uniting for Solutions Beyond Shelter.
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