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12 of basic life skills. Ideas for addressing barriers included not thinking less of people who are not ready for help, developing peer leaders or mentors who can provide assistance in accessing services without judgment, trust building, and meeting people where they are at. • “To address the barriers, you can offer to be there when they want to change.” • “Trust-building has to be implemented because either these people have been through tough situations and have trauma, or they have tried to go through the system and there’s limited availability….Some people need to be taught basic life skills because they don’t understand or have experience with them.” • “I think if we can incorporate that peer work more in what we do, that would be beneficial. We need to meet where they are, with non-judgment, approaching them as individuals who are where they are.” • “Meet people where they’re at an in the trauma they brought with them.” Law Enforcement/Local Government: Participants discussed a variety of ways to address these barriers. One participant suggested using the behavioral health court as a model for getting people to access services. Another participant expressed that sometimes it takes several tries for someone to be willing to access services. The multiple steps people have to go through to access services is a barrier as well and there was a suggestion to have people available to walk people through the process with them. • “Maybe it’s that fifth time they say they will do it.” • “I think the limited availability of services is a big obstacle.” Community Members: Participant ideas for addressing barriers included people having on ongoing support system (a personal advocate to help them access services), increased availability and accessibility of mental health services for people who are unhoused, levels of support similar to what people with developmental disabilities receive, letting people know what resources are available, and education about how the system works. • “I feel like the challenge is being able to support them as they go along. You get them a house, and they can’t manage that on their own without support. So an ongoing support system for people who have these challenges would be good.” • “I see less around mental health and mental illness. That’s a big barrier….it’s traditional in that you come into their office. Not everyone who is unhoused is available to do that or they don’t sit well in a waiting room. So there is not a variety of approaches to make that available to folks who are unhoused.” • “I strongly support the idea of some of these people having a personal advocate.” • “I don’t think they know what’s available.” Central Washington University: Some participants felt that there is an unwillingness to provide services more than an unwillingness to participate. Other barriers brought up included lack of transportation, judgement and stigma, and lack of trust. Ideas to address barriers included letting people know what is and isn’t needed to access services (i.e., identification, social security number), ensuring services are discrete and welcoming, having someone to help guide people through processes, and asking people what their priorities are and what their barriers are. • “Not having a vehicle is a major, major issue…counting on the bus to come around the area wasn’t enough…” • “They want to blame the victim. It’s easier. It gets them off the hook.”