Homeless / Housing for Adults with Serious Mental Illness

Programs/Resources/Policy

UCSF Benioff Housing and Homelessness Initiative

Transitional Rent Concept Paper, Key Elements of Proposed Service Design in the Medi-Cal Managed Care Delivery System, CA Department of Health Care Services, 2024

Advocacy Letter - Definition of Homelessness, 2024

Paul's Place in Davis - A multi-level, integrated approach, offering an array of services, including shelter beds, kitchen, dining, offices and transitional and supportive housing.

Supporting Statewide Expansion of Medical Respite in California: short-term and unlicensed residential care and supports for people with health care needs who are experiencing homelessness, CA Health Care Foundation, 2022

$1.1 billion in new funding for mental and behavioral health programs as part of $14 billion homelessness package, CA HomeKey Initiative, January 31, 2022

New state funding for local partners to get Californians experiencing homelessness the help they need, Governor Newsom January 2022 

Reducing Homelessness for People with Behavioral Health Needs Leaving Prisons and Jails, CCJBH, 2021

A Place of Hope and Healing Takes Shape in Alameda, CA Health Care Foundation, 2021

Homelessness Response 101 - Information for health care providers about how homeless assistance works at the local level, with particular focus on two critical components: Continuums of Care and Coordinated Entry. Homebase, July 2021

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/RCFE) Issue

"Board & Care" Issue Brief

1. CALBHB/C ARF "Board & Care" Issue Brief (PDF)  Publisher  HTML
2. ARCF ​Draft Bill (previously SB 1082, 2024)
3. 1915 C Waiver  Summary Request;  Checkboxes on Page 2 and Page 3 of Application; 
4. Closure Reports:  Quarterly Closure Report April 2023   Annual Closure Report 2021
5. Board-and-care home operators fear they may get overlooked for Prop. 1, L.A. Times Article, August, 2024
6. Residential Care Facilities & Independent Living Homes: Santa Clara Behavioral Health Board Recommendations and Department Responses August Memo to the Executive Office
7. "Board and care homes could make a dent in homelessness but remain underfunded, study finds", Los Angeles Times, August 2023 Link to Study
8. No Time to Waste: An Imminent Housing Crisis for People with Serious Mental Illness Living in Adult Residential Facilities, Heart Forward, CORO Southern CA, October 2021
9. 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.
10. The Promise and Perils of Assisted Living for Medi-Cal Enrollees, CHCF Blog July 19, 2023
11. PowerPoint (1/10/20)/PDF/Notes
12. ​ARF Issue Paper - CA BH Planning Council, 3/18
13. ​Precarious state of Board and Care Facilities, ​Los Angeles County Mental Health Commission, 1/18
14. Housing Issue Brief, Ventura County May 2020
15. Legislation: AB50 Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver (Placed on Suspense, 7/19)
16. Articles: SF Chronicle 4/19 LA Times 12/19 & 11/19

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Articles/Reports

Public Housing and Serious Mental Illness (2024)

5 challenges in expanding California’s permanent supportive housing — and potential solutions,  Cal Matters, January 2022

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

​Governor's Council of Regional Homeless Advisors

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

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

Overlooked mental health “catastrophe:” Vanishing board-and-care-homes leave residents with few options, CalMatters, 2020

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, CNN Business 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 - No Place Like Home Advisory Committee & March 23, 2017 Meeting Materials
• 2018 - New Legislative Action

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