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• Blamed and Ashamed: The Treatment Experience of Youth with Co-occuring Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders and Their Families (KEN02-0129)
  Book/Monograph
  This report presents the findings of a two-year project intended to document and summarize the experiences of youths and the families of youths with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems.
  
  
• Community Integration for Older Adults with Mental Illnesses: Overcoming Barriers and Seizing Opportunities (SMA05-4018)
  Report
  This report is the third in a series of reports prepared by the National and Statewide Coalitions to Promote Community-Based Care under Olmstead project, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is designed to help State and local Olmstead coalitions understand the barriers that older adults face and learn about the innovative solutions being adopted and adapted across the country.
  
  
• Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Program (KEN95-0022)
  Fact Sheet
  This short fact sheet provides information on community mental health services block grants available through CMHS, telling what they are, what funds can be used for, and how to request an application.
  
  
• Community Support Programs Branch (KEN95-0018)
  Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet describes the Community Support Programs Branch’s work with States, communities, and mental health consumers and their families to identify effective approaches to service delivery for adults with serious mental illness and provide funding to improve the effectiveness of mental health systems of care. 2003. 2 pp.
  
  
• Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families (description of CMHS program in 45 States) (CA-0013)
  Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides profiles of actual children and their families who have benefited from family-oriented systems of care offered through the Center for Mental Health Services’ Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Families. 1997. 2 pp.
  
  
• Co-Occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders: a guide for mental health planning + advisory councils (NMH03-0146)
  Booklet
  This guide on co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders reviews the latest policy issues, prevalence data, and services research in an easy to understand format. The purpose of the guide is to help state mental health planning and advisory council members and other stakeholders assess the programs and services in their state plans for people who have co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.
  
  
• Evidence-Based Assertive Community Treatment: A Guide for Mental Health Planning and Advisory Councils (KEN01-0084)
  Booklet
  This toolkit provides an introduction to evidence-based Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) programs. It will help State mental health planning and advisory council members and others assess the community-based programs and services offered in their State plans for people with serious and persistent mental illness.
  
  
• Filing an ADA Employment Discrimination Charge: Making it Work For You (SMA00-3471)
  Booklet
  This guidebook provides information about the ADA employment discrimination administrative charge process. It provides case examples and explains when, where, and how to file a charge. 33 pp.
  
  
• Finding Mental Health Services: Where To Go for Help (Fast Fact2)
  Card
  This fact card provides a list of resources for finding mental health services. 2001.
  
  
• First National Conference: The Journey of Native American People with Serious Mental Illness (CS 00-0003)
  Summary
  This report describes the first national conference on Native American people with serious mental illness. Describes meeting of State, tribal, and Federal mental health officials; providers; families; and consumers to tackle mental health delivery issues for Native Americans and to overcome barriers for developing coordinated, efficient, and culturally relevant systems of care. 1993. 12 pp.
  
  
• How States Can Use SAMHSA Block Grants (SMA04-3871)
  Report
  The Mental Health (MH) Block Grant provides funds to States to create comprehensive, community-based systems of mental health care. This report highlights efforts of many States to use Federal Block Grant funds for mental health and substance abuse services, administered by the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to provide more effective care for people who are homeless.
  
  
• Information Center Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 2 (SMA01-3512)
  Article
  This is a bulletin containing updates on what is occurring at the National Mental Health Information Center.
  
  
• Journal of Primary Prevention-Special Issue Homelessness and Mental Illness Perspectives on Prevention Vol 28 Numbers 3&4 (JPP-07)
  Journal
  Homelessness is a growing social problem. Individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders are at particularly high risk, experiencing homelessness more often and for longer periods than other subgroups. The individual and societal costs of homelessness are profound adn demand targeted and informed strategies for preventing and ending homelessness. This special issue of The Journal of Primary Prevention describes the most promising and innovative prevention strategies being used to reduce the risk of homelessness, facilitate transition into the community, and stabilize formerly homeless people to reduce the risk of homelessness, facilitate transition into the community, and stabilize formerly homeless people in permanent housing. The articles in this issue outline a range of strategies at the systems, services, and individual levels, targeted across the life span. The issue offers the beginning of a conceptual approach that can shape a comprehensive homelessness prevention framework and galvanize ongoing change. The development of this special issue was done through the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)- funded National Resource and Training Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness (contract # 270-03-4005) which is operated by The CDM Group, Inc. in partnership with the National Center on Family Homelessness and the CMHS-funded Homeless Resource Center (contract # HHSS280200600029C) which is operated by The Institute on Homelessness and Trauma.
  
  
• Mental Health HIV Services Collaborative (MHHSC) Program (KEN02-0132)
  Article
  Twenty-one community-based organizations received five-year grants to expand their current service capacity to reach and provide coordinated mental health and other health and support services to members of these groups experiencing HIV/AIDS, and to evaluate the effectiveness of these services.
  
  
• Mental Illness Is Not a Full-Time Job, 1996 (SMA96-3102)
  Pamphlet
  Like all workers, people with severe mental illnesses can benefit greatly from the security and self-sufficiency that come with stable and fulfilling employment.
  
  
• People with Psychiatric Disabilities, Employment, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (Cs00-0011)
  Report
  This is a report of the proceedings of a two-day roundtable discussion on "People with Psychiatric Disabilities, Employment and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Turning Policy into Practice" held in January 1995.
  
  
• Pocket Guide to Mental Health Resources 2003 (SMA01-3509)
  Booklet
  This is a directory of national toll-free help lines, State mental health agencies, State protection and advocacy agencies, and mental health resources by topic. 2003. The version of this document which is available for viewing on-line is the updated, 2003, version.
  
  
• Supported Employment: a guide for mental health planning + advisory councils (NMH03-0147)
  Booklet
  This guide on supported employment programs for persons with severe mental illnesses reviews the evidence base for employment programs, including the findings from the CMHS/SAMHSA Employment Intervention Demonstration Program, in an easy to understand format. The purpose of the guide is to help state mental health planning and advisory council members and other stakeholders assess the supported employment policies, programs, and services in their state plans for persons with severe mental illnesses.
  
  
• Technical Assistance, Research and Training Centers and Clearinghouses. (KEN95-0010)
  Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet provides a list of Research, Training, and Technical Assistance Centers supported by the Center for Mental Health Services. Services may include technical assistance, information and referrals, on-site consultation, training, library services, publications, annotated bibliographies, and other resources. Many services are available free of charge, but in some cases, charges may apply.
  
  

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