Homeless / Housing for Adults with Serious Mental Illness

Policy

CA Council for Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health - Housing Policy Brief - January 2020

Interim Report from the Governor's Council of Regional Homeless Advisors - January 13, 2020

Programs

Permanent Supportive Housing Evidence-Based Practices, SAMHSA
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Implementing Housing First in Permanent Supportive Housing A Fact Sheet from USICH with assistance from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
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The Right Place:  An Overview of Supportive Housing Options for Seniors and People with Disabilities​ (2013) California Healthcare Foundation
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MHSA Housing Program Overview and Lessons Learned (2008-2016) 

​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.

Rural Supportive Housing Training Materials - 
CA Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions

Hope for the Homeless Report: Effective Programs that Promote Real Change (2015, California Mental Health Planning Council (CAMHPC)

BOARD & CARE ​(ARF) ISSUE 

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COVID-19 Advocacy:  MediCal Waiver Request for Vulnerable Populations in Board and Care Homes, 4/20

1. Board and Care Crisis Fact Sheet: Loss of Board and Care Facilities is at Crisis Level: Undermines CA Counties' Efforts to Support Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities at Risk of Homelessness - Steinberg Institute, L.A. County and CBHDA.
2. CALBHB/C ARF "Board & Care" Issue Brief   ADA Version
3. PowerPoint (1/10/20)  PDF   Notes
4. ​ARF Issue Paper - CA BH Planning Council, 3/18
5. ​Precarious state of Board and Care Facilities, ​Los Angeles County Mental Health Commission, 1/18
6. Housing Issue Brief, Ventura County May 2020
7. Legislation: AB50 Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver (Placed on Suspense, 7/19)
8. Articles: SF Chronicle 4/19 LA Times 12/19 & 11/19

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News

Governor's Council of Regional Homeless Advisors

• Interim Report, January 2020
• Comprehensive Crisis Response Strategy to Address CA's Homeless Crisis, January 2020

2020-21 State Budget Proposal Investments to Tackle Homelessness:  Key elements of Governor Newsom’s homelessness & mental health budget proposal

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
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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

The Rise of Homelessness in 1980's (KCET, 2017)

Did the Emptying of Mental Hospitals Contribute to Homelessness? (2016) KQED News, The California Report
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​Micropad housing in San Francisco (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 2016)

No Place Like Home

• 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" - Proposed Program Framework - Department of Housing & Community Development
• 2017 -   Readers Guide CA Behavioral Health Directors Association (CBHDA)
• ​2017 - No Place Like Home Advisory Committee & March 23, 2017 Meeting Materials
• 2018 - New Legislative Action

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