Austin Travis County Integral Care Annual Report Fiscal Year 2015 | Page 10

Through the Healthy Community
Collaborative project, almost 3,000
individuals have been assessed, over
500 individuals received assistance
through rapid-rehousing services
to secure or maintain permanent
housing

and

167

individuals

obtained permanent housing.

Healthy Community Collaborative:
Improving Health Outcomes for All
The

Healthy

Community

Collaborative

collaborative, including Caritas, Front Steps,

(HCC) brings individuals, organizations and

Salvation Army, Goodwill, and Mobile Loaves

community members together to improve

and Fishes, provide access to an array of

housing access and quality of care for

permanent housing options and wraparound

individuals experiencing homelessness and

support services. Integrated medical care

living with mental illness or co-occurring

and intensive case management services

disorders. Integral Care, in partnership with

were the most frequently received services,

ECHO (Ending Community Homelessness

especially for individuals in permanent

Coalition), implemented a comprehensive

housing, emphasizing the importance of

centralized intake system, called Coordinated

whole health integrative care. Peer services

Assessment,

individual’s

and supported employment were also key

vulnerability and establish a single prioritized

components provided by Integral Care. Going

housing access list, ensuring that individuals

forward into the next fiscal year, Integral Care

with the greatest need are able to access the

plans to expand the collaborative project to

next available housing unit and are linked

bridge the gap between the criminal justice

to supportive services. Partners within the

system and mental health/housing services.

to

assess

an

167 individuals have obtained permanent housing
through the Healthy Community Collaborative.
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