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Chapter 9: Integrated Health Care • Improve and Strengthen the delivery of services through new Multidisciplinary Health Teams Building on existing models underway, establish at least three Multidisciplinary Health Teams for underserved parts of the county. Specific locations will be determined in the planning process based on geographic needs. Each team will include a mental health clinician, AOD specialist, health coordinator, nurse practitioner, and peer (homeless or formerly homeless) outreach worker, providing care to homeless people in an integrated, "whole person" way. Ties with non-profit health, mental health, and - substance abuse providers linked to County service providers will be established to provide a broader range of services to clients than the teams themselves can provide. The teams will be able to provide services and follow-up for varied lengths of time, - based on ability to link and transition clients appropriately to other services. The teams will move from site to site on a rotating basis, although specific teams may be based at particular sites. Action Steps Within three months of Plan adoption, identify strategic staff from each health department, the City of Berkeley, non-profit agencies and labor unions to function as an implementation planning team on all recommendations related to multidisciplinary planning and the development of inter-departmental protocols. Begin identifying individuals who are frequent users of acute and emergency _ services in each disability category and a means to calculate interdepartmental service use by these individuals and invite at least ten consumers to participate in planning who represent this population with special needs. _.. Within 15 months of Plan implementation, identify staff for a minimum of three teams for underserved parts of the county. Prior to team implementation at 18 months, multidisciplinary teams will have --- identified and established initial linkages with local providers in the following areas: • Disability symptom management education and support - • Harm reduction education and support • Pre-natal and ob-gyn services • AOD treatment and intervention • Community integration and education • Peer support and community building • Vocational services _ • Psychiatric treatment services and/or mental health counseling • Dental care _ • Podiatry care Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 - 116