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2025 National Guidelines for a Behavioral Health Coordinated System of Crisis Care

Mental health service stakeholders can use this framework to assess and strengthen behavioral health crisis systems using established national guidelines.

Brief/Report

January 2025

NYC’s Overdose Prevention Centers: Data from the First Year of Supervised Consumption Services

Overdose prevention centers in New York City are shown to avert overdose-related injury and death, reduce public drug use, and connect individuals to wraparound services.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2024

Budget Impact Tool for Implementing Contingency Management for Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorders and Serious Mental Illness

Data from an ongoing clinical trial is used to estimate the cost of implementing a contingency management program and develop a customizable budget impact tool.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2024

Facilitating Exit From Encampments: Combining Low-Barrier Transitional Housing with Stabilizing Treatment for Substance Related Problems

Transitional housing, combined with co-located substance use disorder care, facilitates access to permanent housing and increases engagement in substance use treatment.

Peer-Reviewed Article

October 2023

Three Decades of Research in Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Syringe Services Program Participants: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Syringe Services Programs can function as entry points to substance use disorder treatment and provide onsite medications for opioid use disorder.

Peer-Reviewed Article

June 2023

Cocreating Evidence-Informed Health Equity Policy with Community

A county health department, in collaboration with community-based organizations, conducts community listening sessions to identify priorities for health equity policies.

Case Example

June 2023

Building Trust: Leadership Reflections on Community Empowerment and Engagement in a Large Urban Initiative

Leaders of community-based partnerships that offer trauma-informed programming highlight strategies for building trust with communities.

Peer-Reviewed Article

June 2023

Crisis Response Model Preferences of Mental Health Care Clients With Prior Misdemeanor Arrests and of Their Family and Friends

A nonpolice response model was the first choice for mental health crisis response among people with serious mental illness and their family members.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2023

“They Just Helped Save My Life:” Client Perspectives on the Los Angeles County Full Service Partnership (FSP) Program for Serious Mental Illness

Clients enrolled in an adapted assertive community treatment model in California identify material resources and relational supports as key program benefits.

Peer-Reviewed Article

February 2023

Addiction Care

Curates recent evidence behind newer approaches to addiction care for people who have complex needs, as well as practical strategies to support effective implementation of these programs for people with substance use disorder.

Collection

December 2022

Behavioral Health Service Use Post‐Jail Release and Reduced Risk of Return to Jail

Individuals with behavioral health diagnoses who are released from jails are less likely to return to jail if they receive behavioral health services after release.

Peer-Reviewed Article

September 2022

Just in Reach Pay for Success: Impact Evaluation and Cost Analysis of a Permanent Supportive Housing Program

A jail screening and post-release permanent supportive housing program is associated with fewer inpatient visits, more mental health outpatient visits, and overall cost savings.

Brief/Report

August 2022

A Community Response Approach to Mental Health and Substance Use Crises Reduced Crime

A mobile crisis response program in Denver reduced reports of low-level criminal offenses.

Peer-Reviewed Article

June 2022

Medical Respite Care Tool Kit

Resources to help organizations plan and implement medical respite care programs, including program development guides, case examples, and implementation tools.

Website/Resource Center

April 2022

Integration of a Community-Based Harm Reduction Program Into a Safety Net Hospital: A Qualitative Study

This study identifies facilitators and barriers of hospital- and community-based harm reduction collaboration efforts and highlights hospital-based opportunities to better serve people who use drugs.

Peer-Reviewed Article

April 2022

Planning a Reentry Program: A Toolkit for Tribal Communities

Guidance on developing a reentry program to support Native Americans who are reentering communities from jail or prisons.

Implementation Tool

October 2021

Action Points: Four Steps to Expand Access to Housing for People in the Justice System with Behavioral Health Needs

Actionable guidance for expanding housing options and improving justice- and health-related needs for people with criminal legal system involvement with behavioral health needs.

Implementation Tool

October 2021

From the Hospital to the Streets: Bringing Care to the Unsheltered Homeless in Los Angeles

A street medicine program increased post-hospitalization follow-up care for unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles.

Case Example

September 2021

Examining Implementation of the Los Angeles County Office of Diversion and Reentry Supportive Housing Program

Implementation insights from a permanent supportive housing diversion program in Los Angeles for people in the criminal legal system with serious mental illness point to the value of cross-sector, cross-agency partnerships.

Brief/Report

September 2021

Improving Health Care through Housing First

A randomized controlled trial found Denver’s Housing First program led to positive impacts on health and utilization for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness and frequent periods of incarceration.

Brief/Report

July 2021

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2025 National Guidelines for a Behavioral Health Coordinated System of Crisis Care

NYC’s Overdose Prevention Centers: Data from the First Year of Supervised Consumption Services

Budget Impact Tool for Implementing Contingency Management for Co-Occurring Alcohol Use Disorders and Serious Mental Illness

Facilitating Exit From Encampments: Combining Low-Barrier Transitional Housing with Stabilizing Treatment for Substance Related Problems

Three Decades of Research in Substance Use Disorder Treatment for Syringe Services Program Participants: A Scoping Review of the Literature

Cocreating Evidence-Informed Health Equity Policy with Community

Building Trust: Leadership Reflections on Community Empowerment and Engagement in a Large Urban Initiative

Crisis Response Model Preferences of Mental Health Care Clients With Prior Misdemeanor Arrests and of Their Family and Friends

“They Just Helped Save My Life:” Client Perspectives on the Los Angeles County Full Service Partnership (FSP) Program for Serious Mental Illness

Addiction Care

Behavioral Health Service Use Post‐Jail Release and Reduced Risk of Return to Jail

Just in Reach Pay for Success: Impact Evaluation and Cost Analysis of a Permanent Supportive Housing Program

A Community Response Approach to Mental Health and Substance Use Crises Reduced Crime

Medical Respite Care Tool Kit

Integration of a Community-Based Harm Reduction Program Into a Safety Net Hospital: A Qualitative Study

Planning a Reentry Program: A Toolkit for Tribal Communities

Action Points: Four Steps to Expand Access to Housing for People in the Justice System with Behavioral Health Needs

From the Hospital to the Streets: Bringing Care to the Unsheltered Homeless in Los Angeles

Examining Implementation of the Los Angeles County Office of Diversion and Reentry Supportive Housing Program

Improving Health Care through Housing First