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SSI/SSP Rates Effective January 1, 2022 The Non-Medical Out of Home Care (NMOHC) Payment Standard  and The NMOHC Payment Standard

Nonprofit Real Estate & Financial Management Resources

This Design Guide is intended to be a transformational document, reflecting the  important psychological impact environments have on patients and staff. In  addition to providing technical architectural and engineering specifications, this  Design Guide emphasizes principles and strategies for building state-of-the-art,  recovery-oriented environments for mental health settings in the Department of  Veterans Affairs (VA). As such, this Design Guide reflects a new vision and  philosophy for designing mental health facilities that is rooted in hope, healing,  and recovery. This vision and…

This report provides an overview of the supportive housing options available in California to older adults and individuals with disabilities. The settings discussed include:

Licensed facilities such as adult residential facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and residential care facilities for the elderly
Unlicensed housing options such as publicly subsidized rental properties and permanent supportive housing
In addition, this report summarizes ways managed care plans in other states have developed relationships with different housing partners to provide long-term…

The Terner Center for Housing Innovation has launched an in-depth research series that examines the array of costs associated with building housing—from construction costs to the costs of impact and service fees, regulation, and affordable housing requirements—and how they have changed over time. By analyzing these cost components—individually and as they accrue collectively throughout the development process—this series will provide a better understanding of how these elements affect housing development, and will identify public and private sector responses to reduce costs and bridge…

A peer respite is an alternative support for individuals who are in distress. A peer respite is a voluntary, short term overnight support that is in a home-like environment—usually a residence—with all trained peer workers. Peer support is the main service provided in a peer respite.

The ACLU strongly supports implementation of the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule because it is a vital part of the broader effort to promote community integration for people with disabilities. People with disabilities deserve the same rights to make choices, access the broader community and interact with the broader world as anyone else. The HCBS Settings Rule helps support that outcome.

Information on services, individuals, providers and partners, laws and regulations, data and statistics, forms and publications.

This document analyzes the factors that influenced total development costs for new construction projects that were awarded 9% tax credits through the LIHTC program between 2008 and 2019. It also includes interviews with developers and general contractors to better understand the mechanisms contributing to these cost increases.

"The Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions (CoE-IHS) developed this toolkit and list of resources  to support organizations in addressing racial inequities and the associated stigmas that lead to mental health and substance use treatment disparities."

The African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence is a new national Center funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Our academic home is the National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine.

This manual offers best practices to states, tribes and local communities on collaborative treatment approaches for pregnant women living with opioid use disorders

This site outlines the federal regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act for paid interns. 

CA under the Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement (DLSE) has certain rules in place for interns, similar to the US Dept of Labor laws.

The Behavioral Health Guide is a companion document to the Blueprint for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice. Together these documents provide concrete implementation strategies for the health and behavioral health community to improve the provision of services inclusive of all regardless of race, ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and other cultural characteristics.

"Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) peer services program has begun in 8 states. 
CCBHCs are a new provider type in Medicaid tasked with utilizing innovative and creative strategies to increase Americans’ access to behavioral health care services. Beginning in 2017, CCBHCs were established in eight states participating in the Excellence in Mental Health Act demonstration: Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Pennsylvania"

Launched in January 2014, the National Mentoring Resource Center is a comprehensive and reliable resource for mentoring tools, program, and training materials, as well as access to no-cost training and technical assistance. The National Mentoring Resource Center serves to provide youth mentoring practitioners with support in more deeply incorporating evidence-based practices to support positive youth outcomes.

Online journal focused on mentoring, offering articles, blogs, profiles, and more.

MENTOR is an advocate and resource for mentoring in the United States. It is a 501c nonprofit organization, with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. MENTOR’s mission is to fuel the quality and quantity of mentoring relationships for America’s young people and to close the mentoring gap for the one in three young people growing up without this critical support.

Page on the Catalyst website offering strategies for promoting an internship program particularly suited to college age recruitment

Sample Learning Contract used in the California State University, San Marcos providing a possible template for use in post-secondary setting.

Page on Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) website offering an overview of creating a mentor program

2-page PDF created by the University of Richmond (Richmond, VA) offering a bulleted list of orientation activities

Interactive webpage on the American Psychological Association website offering comprehensive guidance best suited for post-secondary level internships

Searchable webpage sponsored by the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Center providing extensive set of links to resources including Telesupervision & Teletraining and Training Director Resources