Welcome to the Double Secret Project
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We believe in treating people like people, not billable hours. Radically transforming Los Angeles' mental health system and how services are provided to our community members experiencing homelessness. We are here for "whatever it takes" to build a better level of care for us all!
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Street BasedInstead of operating out of a clinic, our highly mobile team provides services directly on the streets where they are needed most. Reducing the barriers of access to health care while delivering ongoing customized and coordinated support to maximize stability long-term as people move into housing.
24/7 SupportRecognizing that crises do not always happen during regular business hours, our team has a 24/7 on-call number and staff to respond to emergencies. Coordinating incoming referrals from first responders and helping to ensure proper discharge planning from emergency room care.
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Truly Recovery OrientedOur services are centered on evidence-based practices to build upon a person's strengths and resilience. Integrating with the community to achieve improved health, wellness, and quality of life. Meeting people where they are on the recovery spectrum, we embody the platinum rule: "Treat people the way that they would like to be treated."
CustomizationLos Angeles' homelessness crisis is a century-old issue, and each person has unique needs. Our team bridges the gaps people often fall through by providing comprehensive support for life. We help people meet their evolving goals by updating recovery plans as people transition from the streets into housing and community.
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Los Angeles' County Homelessness By The Numbers:
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Unsheltered Homeless Individuals
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Affected by Mental Illness
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Other Significant Health Issue
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*Data from LAHSA's 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homelessness Count
(Over the next four years, the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession is projected to cause chronic homelessness to increase 86% in Los Angeles County.) |
All the Tools Our Communities Need to Succeed, a Fraction of the Cost
Our innovative Recovery-Oriented Documentation has the power to minimize costs while maximizing outcomes. Double Secret Project staff will be able to use data to track an individuals recovery while spending less time documenting services. Significantly reducing rates of staff burnout and turnover while allowing for more time to be spent providing street based support.
We intend to launch as a demo project to test our model of funding, documentation, and intensive integrated services against treatment as usual in MHSA funded Adult FSP programs. This program is expected return approximately 25% of its annual cost in the form of savings from reduced usage of emergency room care and periods of hospitalization and incarceration.
The Double Secret Project assists adults age 24 - 65+ who are experiencing homelessness with Tri-Morbidity, a diagnosed mental illness, problematic substance use, and chronic physical illness. We provide intensive outpatient services in a community setting to navigate complex systems and overcome the barriers in their daily life including: psychological and physical health care, substance use counseling, housing navigation and retention, legal aid, peer support, community integration, and supported employment.
Overall, the anticipated outcomes of the program are: increased quality of life for our unhoused community members; improved level of function and independence; greater levels of staff retention and job satisfaction; enhanced reports of family and community satisfaction with level of care; and, reduction in the cost of care within the existing system of emergency room utilization, hospitalization, and incarceration.
We intend to launch as a demo project to test our model of funding, documentation, and intensive integrated services against treatment as usual in MHSA funded Adult FSP programs. This program is expected return approximately 25% of its annual cost in the form of savings from reduced usage of emergency room care and periods of hospitalization and incarceration.
The Double Secret Project assists adults age 24 - 65+ who are experiencing homelessness with Tri-Morbidity, a diagnosed mental illness, problematic substance use, and chronic physical illness. We provide intensive outpatient services in a community setting to navigate complex systems and overcome the barriers in their daily life including: psychological and physical health care, substance use counseling, housing navigation and retention, legal aid, peer support, community integration, and supported employment.
Overall, the anticipated outcomes of the program are: increased quality of life for our unhoused community members; improved level of function and independence; greater levels of staff retention and job satisfaction; enhanced reports of family and community satisfaction with level of care; and, reduction in the cost of care within the existing system of emergency room utilization, hospitalization, and incarceration.