Homeless / Housing for Adults with Serious Mental Illness

Programs

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

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

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) 

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
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BOARD & CARE ​(ARF) ISSUE 

Wooden house on grassy hill, in front of mountain range and blue sky with clouds

1. Adult Residential Facility "Board & Care" Issue Brief   ADA Version
2. PowerPoint (1/10/20)  PDF   Notes
3. Steinberg Institute & CBHDA Board & Care Ask Jan. 2020
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. Legislation: AB50 Medi-Cal Assisted Living Waiver (Placed on Suspense, 7/19)
7. Articles: LA Times 12/19, LA Times 11/19

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News

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

​Micropad housing in San Francisco (San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 2016)

Rural Supportive Housing
Training Materials
CA Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions

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)
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"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