Slide 1:

Improving Access to Mainstream Services for “Chronically” Homeless Persons, Including Individuals with Serious Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse Problems

THE ACTION PLAN

Jointly Sponsored by
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
and
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Slide 2:

Policy Initiative Framework(The Action Plan)

• The Vision (Your State Tomorrow)
• The Reality Assessment (Your State Today)
• Priorities/Goals (Gaps)
• Strategies with Potential (Tactical Plan)
• Action Steps (Work Assignments)

Slide 3:

The Vision for Improving Access to Mainstream Services for “Chronically” Homeless Persons (Your State Tomorrow)

• Provides a statement of purpose
• Presents a picture of your ideal future (independent of the current reality)
• Serves as a reference point for all future decisions
• Specifically addresses issue of improving access to mainstream services

Slide 4:

Sample Vision Statement (using oral health as an example)

We envision a State where every child enjoys optimal oral health; where prevention is emphasized and treatment is available, accessible, affordable, and timely; where parents are involved, providers are engaged, and insurers are responsible; where government is a guarantor of resources, quality, and patient protection; and where total well-being of the child is promoted.

Slide 5:

Kentucky’s Vision Statement

We envision statewide systems and policies that forge partnerships among state agencies allowing communities to create local solutions that ensure homeless families have access to mainstream services.

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The Reality Assessment of Access to Mainstream Services for “Chronically” Homeless Persons (Your State Today)

• Requires a review/inventory of:
  • Key problems issues in your State
  • Previous policy actions taken to address these issues
  • Current political environment
• Assesses your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats
• Helps to identify resources at your disposal
• Provides context for your efforts

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Team Priorities/Goals (Gaps)

• Areas where you will focus your energy and resources
• Likely to be the “gaps” between your vision and the current reality
• Form the basis for planning, policy-making and setting performance standards
• May be short-term and/or long-term

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Strategies with Potential(Tactical Plans)

• Broad range tactics to affect change
• Often require Statewide or cross-agency efforts
• Usually involve the combination of several courses of action
• Should be directly related to your priorities/goals

Slide 9:

Sample Priority/Goal and Strategies

Improve and Integrate Data:

• Integrate M.I.S.
• Coordinate information
• Develop assessment tools
• Standardize eligibility across programs
• Involve service providers in developing information policies
  

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Action Steps(Work Assignments)

• Specific activities undertaken based on your strategy(-ies)
• Require action from specific individuals or entities (differentiate between what is within your control and what is not)
• Considerations
  • Who is responsible for coordinating each action?
  • Who is responsible for completing action?
  • What resources are required?
  • What is the timeline?
  • Who will be affected?
  • How will success be measured?

Slide 11:

This slide titled "Visualizing the Action Plan," shows a hierarchical representation of the Action Plan. The five levels shown are:

• Level One:
  • Reality Assesment (Your State Today)
• Level Two:
  • Vision (Your State Tomorrow)
• Level Three:
  • Priority/Goal # 1
  • Priority/Goal # 2
  • Priority/Goal # 3
• Level Four:
  • Strategy 2.1
  • Strategy 2.2
• Level Five:
  • Under Strategy 2.1
    • Action 2.1.1
    • Action 2.1.2
    • Action 2.1.3
    • Action 2.1.4
  • Under Strategy 2.2
    • Action 2.2.1
    • Action 2.2.2
    • Action 2.2.3