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6.0. - Page 91 of 179 Describe mainstream services, such as health, mental health, and employment services to the extent those services are use to complement services targeted to homeless persons San Mateo County's mainstream services are used to complement service targeted to homeless people in a number of ways: • Behavioral Health Services: San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) has several mobile teams that conduct intensive outreach to homeless people with mental health and substance abuse issues on the street, in the shelters, and at the psychiatric ER. These teams engage with homeless people and help them access treatment and/or housing. BHRS funds in-patient alcohol and drug treatment programs located throughout the County, which serve a large number of homeless individuals with substance abuse issues.BHRS also provides a wide range of permanent supportive housing options for homeless people, particularly chronically homeless single adults. They fund the majority of the case management services for individuals and families living CoC-funded permanent supportive housing units (S+C vouchers operated by the Housing Authority), have contracts in place to pay for short-term stays in shelters for those who are not immediately placed into permanent housing, and use state MHSA funds to provide rental subsidies for mental health clients and develop new permanent supportive housing units. BHRS also provides funding for the Spring Street emergency shelter and Spring Street transitional housing program which are dedicated to serving people with mental illness who are experiencing homelessness. BHRS also coordinates with the Department of Housing to ensure that clients access mainstream housing resources for which they may be eligible. • Health Services: San Mateo County Health Services funds a mobile health van that provides primary health care to homeless people living in emergency shelters. The San Mateo County Medical Center (the county's main public hospital) coordinates with the CoC to link health services to emergency shelter and permanent supportive housing. The Medical Center has purchased beds in emergency shelters and utilizes both private and publicly funded board and care homes and other facilities to ensure that appropriate placement alternatives are available for homeless people. • Employment Services: Homeless service providers link homeless people to mainstream employment and training services. They also provide supplemental resources to help participants overcome barriers to employment, such as mental health support, children's services, life skills education, transportation assistance, etc. To assist people experiencing homelessness to access employment and mainstream benefits, the Human Services Agency funds eight Core Service Agencies to provide safety net services. The Cores' specialized staff assist clients with accessing mainstream public benefits (TANF, SNAP, GA, Disability, etc.) and a CoC-funded program has specialized staff to assist with SSI applications. HSA is also the home of the County's Employment Services Division providing homeless people with connections to employment services and a new locally funded vocational rehabilitation program for homeless people. CoC-funded programs, along with other providers, attended a training in the spring focused on increasing client income and mainstream benefits. CoC-funded projects also received Consolidated Plan REDWOOD CITY 85 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018) 447