Homeless / Housing for Adults with Mental Illness
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Programs
SB840 OUTREACH AND TREATMENT PROGRAM - One-time funding application, CA DHCS, 7/18 14 Forward - Yuba County (YouTube) - Temporary Housing Solution, enveloping individuals in services, as a step toward permanent housing. 14 Forward PDF . Housing for Health - LA County - Permanent supportive housing, recuperative care, and specialized primary care to homeless people with complex physical and behavioral health conditions. Reports
Permanent Supportive Housing Evidence-Based Practices, SAMHSA Implementing Housing First in Permanent Supportive Housing A Fact Sheet from USICH with assistance from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration The Right Place: An Overview of Supportive Housing Options for Seniors and People with Disabilities (2013) California Healthcare Foundation MHSA Housing Program Overview and Lessons Learned (2008-2016) Hope for the Homeless Report: Effective Programs that Promote Real Change (2015, California Mental Health Planning Council (CAMHPC) The Rise of Homelessness in 1980's (KCET, 2017) Did the Emptying of Mental Hospitals Contribute to Homelessness? (2016) KQED News, The California Report |
BOARD & CARE (ARF) ISSUE
News
SB 744 Would Keep Supportive Housing Projects From Getting Bogged Down (SIGNED INTO LAW 9/19/19) Steinberg Institute California Mayors call for more state leadership on homelessness crisis, LA Times, November 2018 Home Care Agencies Often Wrongly Deny Medicare Help To The Chronically Ill, Kaiser Health News, January, 2018 City in Canada has almost eliminated homelessness (L.A. Times, March 2017) Converted Hotel (104 room): Santa Rosa's Palms Complex Sees Signs of Success in First Year, 2017: The Press Democrat Micropad housing in San Francisco (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 2016) |
No Place Like Home
New Legislative Action on No Place Like Home, 2018 2016: A major new California Initiative, “No Place Like Home”, changes W&I Code regarding the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), directing $2 Billion state-wide for housing chronically homeless adults with mental illness. - No Place Like Home Readers Guide, November 2017, November 2016, CA Behavioral Health Directors Association (CBHDA) "No Place Like Home" - Proposed Program Framework - (December 2016) Department of Housing & Community Development No Place Like Home Advisory Committee & March 23, 2017 Meeting Materials |
