CTI GPD-CM
This manual describes CTI for VA’s Grant and Per Diem's Case Management (GPD-CM) Grantees. Prior to entering the GPD-CM program, Veterans were often engaged in VA’s Grant Per Diem (GPD) programs or Contract Residential Services (CRS) in the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program. Veterans in the GPD-CM program receive a variety of financial subsidies for housing, including short term (6 months) subsidies from the VA’s Rapid Rehousing Program, Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF), or longer term housing on GPD campuses. A portion of Veterans in this program are permanently housed without financial subsidies.
Additionally, at some VA facilities with limited case management resources, CTI GPD- CM provides an uninterrupted continuum of care for Veterans engaged in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program, which provides financial subsidies and supportive services using a Housing First approach. These Veterans will ultimately be transitioned to traditional and long-term HUD-VASH case management. This is referred to as the “HUD-VASH GPD Collaborative Case Management Program.” The majority of Veterans in HUD-VASH already have case management and are not enrolled in the CTI GPD-CM program.
Grant Per Diem (GPD) programs provide up to 24 months of housing and supportive services, with the goal of facilitating residential stability, increased skills and income, and greater self-determination for successful independent living. The Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCVC) program Contract Residential Services (CRS) provides short term (approximately 6 months) of residential services and treatment for Veterans who need immediate housing placement as they for wait for permanent housing and/or additional care and services.
Although most Veterans in the GPD case management (“aftercare”) program come from GPD, HCHV, or are in the HUD-VASH GPD Collaborative Case Management Program, some come from community shelters, transitional housing, or a variety of other settings; all have experienced homelessness and are transitioning to permanent housing.
Additionally, at some VA facilities with limited case management resources, CTI GPD- CM provides an uninterrupted continuum of care for Veterans engaged in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program, which provides financial subsidies and supportive services using a Housing First approach. These Veterans will ultimately be transitioned to traditional and long-term HUD-VASH case management. This is referred to as the “HUD-VASH GPD Collaborative Case Management Program.” The majority of Veterans in HUD-VASH already have case management and are not enrolled in the CTI GPD-CM program.
Grant Per Diem (GPD) programs provide up to 24 months of housing and supportive services, with the goal of facilitating residential stability, increased skills and income, and greater self-determination for successful independent living. The Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCVC) program Contract Residential Services (CRS) provides short term (approximately 6 months) of residential services and treatment for Veterans who need immediate housing placement as they for wait for permanent housing and/or additional care and services.
Although most Veterans in the GPD case management (“aftercare”) program come from GPD, HCHV, or are in the HUD-VASH GPD Collaborative Case Management Program, some come from community shelters, transitional housing, or a variety of other settings; all have experienced homelessness and are transitioning to permanent housing.
Language Used to Describe CTI
Although some Veterans served by CTI GPD-CM receive long-term subsidies for housing 5 CTI IN VA GPD-CM placements through HUD-VASH or other programs, some receive short-term subsidies for housing. Hence, an adaptation of CTI for Rapid Rehousing, which was designed for temporary financial subsidies, is the foundation of the model described here.
The title “case manager” or “housing case manager” is used here to identify the worker who serves Veterans in their originating transitional housing programs. The title “CTI worker” will be used in this manual to identify the individual who subsequently provides CTI services to the Veteran following housing placement, in an agency who receives a GPD-CM grant, with the understanding that the title can be adapted based on the preference of each service setting.
The title “case manager” or “housing case manager” is used here to identify the worker who serves Veterans in their originating transitional housing programs. The title “CTI worker” will be used in this manual to identify the individual who subsequently provides CTI services to the Veteran following housing placement, in an agency who receives a GPD-CM grant, with the understanding that the title can be adapted based on the preference of each service setting.