Casa Santa Clara Project - Program Description

The Casa Santa Clara Project is a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant-funded project to expand and strengthen substance abuse and mental health treatment services to homeless individuals released from Arizona Department of Corrections, Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Arizona jails. This project combines two evidence-based practices, Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) and Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET). The project will deliver gender-specific, culturally competent and trauma sensitive services to more than 575 clients over five years.

The Goals of this Project are to:

1) Build motivation for and engage program participants in substance abuse and mental health treatment services through the use of Motivational Enhancement Therapy;

2) Eliminate reinforcement for substance use and enhance positive reinforcement for sobriety using the Community Reinforcement Approach;

3) Lessen the impact of trauma and facilitate trauma recovery among program participants by enhancing trauma awareness.

4) Create a consortium of homeless providers, behavioral health services, and primary care providers, promoting cross training, inter-agency communication, seamless systems of integrated services provision to the homeless ex-offender population.

Key Partners:

Old Pueblo Community Foundation: A transitional housing provider.
Compass Health Care: An ADHS licensed & CARF accredited comprehensive behavioral health care provider.
Applied Behavioral Health Policy at Arizona State University: A university-based research and training center that includes a SAMHSA-funded Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC). The Chief Investigator is Dr. Michael S. Shafer, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean.

Client Services:
• Assessment and Intake
• Group Counseling (two 90 minute sessions per week)
• Individual and Family Counseling
• Transitional Housing
• Case Management Services
• Referral Services for Housing, Employment, etc.
• Job Training and Employment Services

Contact and Referral Information:

For Program Information Contact:
Nick Jones at phone: 520.546.0122 ext. 205 or email: nickjones@helptucson.org

For Client Referrals Contact:
Leah Jones at phone: 520.546.0122 ext. 214 or email: leahjones@helptucson.org

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