spdat community training. analysis of screening tools decrease in funding increased volume for...

SPDAT Community Training

Analysis of Screening Tools• Decrease in funding • Increased Volume for Services• Cut in Staffing• Inconsistent assessment by agencies to

determine service eligibility• Required by federal regulation -HEARTH

Act requires a coordinated assessment process to effectively assess and meet the needs of individuals & families.

What is the SPDAT?SPDAT Acronym for - Service Prioritization Decision Assistance Tool•Evidence based assessment that links people with the housing and supports that best meet their needs.•Provides an objective manner to triage and prioritize resources for those most vulnerable •Eliminates the “first come first serve” process. •Improves the intake process so existing resources are best aligned to meet the most appropriate housing need.•Standardizes intake s0 no matter where a client enters the system, there is a common process and access to resources.

April 18, 20233

SPDAT HISTORYMore than a decade in the making, the first

version was released in 2010.Content and language was developed by service

users, front-line staff, team leaders, professionals, academics, and published literature.

Considerable testing has gone into each version.Tested against other tools.Feedback received by service users, frontline

staff, team leaders, and communities; shadowing to see tool in practice

Version 2 released in 2011 and Version 3 in 2013.F-SPDAT Version 1 released in 2012

Purpose of the SPDAT ToolSPDAT uses the best available evidence to examine the

components of a person or family’s life that are most likely to result in housing instability. SPDAT helps:

Understand the depth of these issuesIdentifies which household is most likely to benefit

from which type of housing Identifies which household should be prioritized

upon their acuity Identifies what the case manager should spend time

working on that are most likely going to affect maintaining housing stability.

What will the SPDAT do?Help prioritize who gets served next and why.Helps agencies allocate their time.Measure changes in acuity over time.Helps provide a structured framework for case management delivery.

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General Housing Help

Rapid Re-Housing

PSH/Housing First

SPDAT

Organizing in Domains

WellnessWellnessWellnessWellness

Socialization Socialization & Daily & Daily

FunctionsFunctions

Socialization Socialization & Daily & Daily

FunctionsFunctions

RisksRisksRisksRisks

History of History of HousingHousing

History of History of HousingHousing

WellnessWellness

Mental Mental Health & Health &

Wellness and Wellness and Cognitive Cognitive

FunctioningFunctioning

Mental Mental Health & Health &

Wellness and Wellness and Cognitive Cognitive

FunctioningFunctioning

Physical Physical Health & Health & WellnessWellness

Physical Physical Health & Health & WellnessWellness

Substance Substance UseUse

Substance Substance UseUse

MedicationMedicationMedicationMedicationExperience Experience of Abuse/ of Abuse/ TraumaTrauma

Experience Experience of Abuse/ of Abuse/ TraumaTrauma

RisksRisks

Harm to Self Harm to Self or Othersor Others

Harm to Self Harm to Self or Othersor Others

Involvement in High Risk/

Exploitive Situations

Involvement in High Risk/

Exploitive Situations

Managing Managing TenancyTenancy

Managing Managing TenancyTenancy

Legal Legal IssuesIssuesLegal Legal IssuesIssues

Interactions with

Emergency Services

Interactions with

Emergency Services

Socialization & Daily FunctionsSocialization & Daily Functions

Social Social Relations Relations

and and NetworksNetworks

Social Social Relations Relations

and and NetworksNetworks

Meaningful Daily

Activities

Meaningful Daily

Activities

Personal Personal Administration Administration

& Money & Money ManagementManagement

Personal Personal Administration Administration

& Money & Money ManagementManagement

Self-Care & Self-Care & Daily Living Daily Living

SkillsSkills

Self-Care & Self-Care & Daily Living Daily Living

SkillsSkills

History of HousingHistory of Housing

History of History of Housing & Housing &

HomelessnesHomelessnesss

History of History of Housing & Housing &

HomelessnesHomelessnesss

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