Francine Arienti has 30 years of experience providing direct service, technical assistance (TA) and training, evaluation, and policy support to address the housing, services, and support needs of people with behavioral health conditions and people who experience homelessness or housing instability. As TAC’s Human Services Director, she works with TAC’s Executive Director and Senior Consultants to coordinate project development and management for all of TAC’s human services work.
Ms. Arienti regularly manages and provides direct TA and consulting support for large federal and state-funded projects. Currently, she directs TAC’s design and delivery of TA to states participating in the HUD-HHS Housing and Services Partnership Accelerator. She has also provided TA and subject matter expertise on state Medicaid and housing agency partnerships and on the implementation of Medicaid-funded housing-related services under federal TA initiatives sponsored by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and in Washington State. She previously directed TAC’s work to evaluate and improve the quality of care of Massachusetts’ Medicaid-funded children’s behavioral health services, as well as TAC’s role in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) national evaluation of its homeless grant portfolio, assessing fidelity to evidence-based practices for people with mental and substance use disorders who were experiencing homelessness. Ms. Arienti has coauthored numerous publications on evidence-based and best practice services for people with behavioral health and/or housing-related needs.
Recent Publications
Mobile Crisis Teams: A State Planning Guide for Medicaid-Funded Crisis Response
Effective Behavioral Health Crisis Care for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
