TY - JOUR
T1 - iTEAM
T2 - Outcomes of an affirming system of care serving lgbtq youth experiencing homelessness
AU - Powell, Claudia
AU - Ellasante, Ian
AU - Korchmaros, Josephine D.
AU - Haverly, Katie
AU - Stevens, Sally
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Alliance for Strong Families and Communities.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The iTEAM (My Treatment Empowerment for Adolescents on the Move) project used a comprehensive lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) affirming system-of-care approach to provide intensive case management, substance abuse and mental health treatment, linkages to housing, and other supportive services to LGBTQ and straight-allied (A) youth experiencing homelessness. The iTEAM project aimed to decrease substance use, improve mental health status, increase housing access and stability, improve life skills, increase linkages to other needed services, and reduce HIV risk behaviors. This study examines outcomes of 210 iTEAM participants who completed baseline and 6-month postbaseline self-report assessments. At follow-up, substance use remained low and mental health had improved. Engagement in employment increased, as did housing stability. These findings suggest that the iTEAM system-of-care model might be effective for working with LGBTQ and A youth experiencing homelessness.
AB - The iTEAM (My Treatment Empowerment for Adolescents on the Move) project used a comprehensive lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) affirming system-of-care approach to provide intensive case management, substance abuse and mental health treatment, linkages to housing, and other supportive services to LGBTQ and straight-allied (A) youth experiencing homelessness. The iTEAM project aimed to decrease substance use, improve mental health status, increase housing access and stability, improve life skills, increase linkages to other needed services, and reduce HIV risk behaviors. This study examines outcomes of 210 iTEAM participants who completed baseline and 6-month postbaseline self-report assessments. At follow-up, substance use remained low and mental health had improved. Engagement in employment increased, as did housing stability. These findings suggest that the iTEAM system-of-care model might be effective for working with LGBTQ and A youth experiencing homelessness.
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U2 - 10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.24
DO - 10.1606/1044-3894.2016.97.24
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85021144148
SN - 1044-3894
VL - 97
SP - 181
EP - 190
JO - Families in Society
JF - Families in Society
IS - 3
ER -