A State Agency’s Role in Supporting Housing and Employment within Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery

• By: Esteban Ramos, MSW Brenda Harris-Collins Gregory James Angela M. Lockhart, MA, CRC Henry Kurcman Jeffrey Strauss, MS Maggie Taylor, PhD Sarah Gorry, MS NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
• January 22nd, 2024
• continuum of care, counseling, permanent supportive housing, recovery, social determinants of health, substance use disorder, vocational rehabilitation, Winter 2024 Issue
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Historically, the substance use disorder (SUD) treatment service delivery system has operated within an episode of care, with separate programs and unrelated options. There has been an evolution towards developing a continuum of care for substance use disorder treatment and recovery services. These...

Permanent Supportive Housing: The State of the Research

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• July 1st, 2018
• evidence-based practice, healthcare utilization, homelessness, housing stability, permanent supportive housing, predictive modeling, randomized controlled trials, social services research
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Researchers have a host of methods at their disposal with which to assess the efficacy of service interventions and to establish the foundations on which evidenced-based practices emerge. Some of these methods, such as the Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) (arguably the most potent of instruments...