Critical Time Intervention-Intensive Housing Support Program, 2010-2013
The Ruah CTI-IHSP program enrolled 121 people with severe mental illness and at risk for homelessness when they were discharged from mental health inpatient units in Perth. This was the first time that an agency’s electronic medical records were used for generating fidelity ratings.
FINDINGS:
- Of the 45 clients with Department of Housing data, 73% remained in stable housing for at least 12 months after discharge. Given that many clients had been struggling for years with unstable housing, this was an extremely successful result. (Lette 2012)
- The fidelity score from an audit of the practices of the IHSP team during the last half of 2011 was 4.6=ideally implemented. (Lette 2012)
Lette, H. (2012) Fidelity Audit of Intensive Housing Support Program.
Lette, H. (2014) The Ruah Intensive Housing Support Program: Adapting evidence based practice. Parity, 37-39.