Teaming Up to End Homelessness

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/whe-one-fix-leads-to-another

Tina Rosenberg

The New York Times

12 September 2012

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There are about 67,000 homeless veterans in the United States today, and at least a third are chronically homeless. The 100,000 Homes Campaign, which aims to get 100,000 chronically homeless or otherwise particularly vulnerable people into housing, supercharged the housing process this summer using Rapid Results — a strategy that helps communities jump-start projects by breaking off a 100-day chunk, setting wildly ambitious goals and using any (legal) means necessary to achieve them.

Success in the City of Brotherly Love / The city that knows how - Philly Philadelphia / Effort stems tide of homelessness -- can S.F. learn from it?

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Success-in-the-City-of-Brotherly-Love-The-city-2749789.php

Kevin Fagan

SFGate

13 June 2004

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Philadelphia reduced chronic homelessness by coordinating outreach through a centralized office and providing immediate access to housing and services such as counseling and drug rehabilitation. San Francisco is studying the model.

A Plan to Make Homelessness History

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/a-plan-to-make-homelessness-history

David Bornstein

The New York Times

20 December 2010

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By partnering with cities across America, the 100,000 Homes campaign is going directly to the streets to end homelessness - and it’s working. With roughly 700,000 people in the United States experiencing homelessness, this organization seeks to address that using a tiered system that considers individual health needs as well.

New Orleans ends veteran homelessness

http://nationswell.com/new-orleans-ends-veteran-homelessness

Chris Peak

NationSwell

20 January 2015

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New Orleans implemented an extraordinary 10-year plan that engaged unprecedented cross-sector collaboration between government, non-profit, and private entities to provide housing and housing services to the city's homeless veterans. The city's success in providing homes for every single veteran formerly on their streets motivated cities across the nation to tackle the crises using similar means, leading to a 1/3 decline veteran homelessness since 2010.

New Phoenix team tackles recidivism of those with mental illness

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/01/27/new-team-tackles-recidivism-mentally/22386237

Megan Cassidy

The Arizona Republic

27 January 2015

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Assertive community treatment teams working through outreach-centered programs in Maricopa County have become an industry standard for treating those with persistent and severe mental illnesses who have recently been incarcerated. They provide a long-term approach, aiming to halt a cycle of incarceration and hospitalization by focusing on underlying issues such as what caused the police interaction and incarceration.

Houston's solution to mental health system problems offers a case study for Milwaukee

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/houstons-solution-to-mental-health-system-problems-offers-a-case-study-for-milwaukee-b9928490z1-210715811.html

Meg Kissinger

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

8 June 2013

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In Houston, TX, many individuals with mental illnesses cycled in and out of emergency care while arrested or incarcerated. Houston’s police department has decreased the number of incarcerated who have mental illness by opening a division to mental health called the Chronic Consumer Stabilization Unit. Now Milwaukee seeks to replicate Houston’s results.

In This World Cup, the Goal Is a Better Life

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/09/in-this-world-cup-the-goal-is-a-better-life

Tina Rosenberg

The New York Times

9 October 2014

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The Homeless World Cup is the premier soccer tournament for homeless players. Programs around the world use soccer as a means of building a sense of community, sublimating negative energies, and encouraging personal growth.

Solving San Francisco's crisis of homelessness requires a sweeping, costly plan for housing and treatment - and political unity that has been missing for two decades

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/SHAME-OF-THE-CITY-A-WAY-OUT-Solving-San-2525635.php#page-1

Kevin Fagan

SFGate

4 December 2003

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To combat rampant homelessness, cities like New York are investing in supportive housing and comprehensive, consistent services for the homeless population. Although San Francisco has smaller-scale supportive housing programs. political will and regular funding are necessary to grow those initiatives and make a large impact on homelessness in the city.

Solving the Homelessness Problem, with Housing

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/lifestyle/3983820-181/solving-the-homelessness-problem-with

Angela Hart

The Press Democrat

25 June 2015

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In a county in California, federal agencies are implementing a model known as Housing First which gets homeless people safe, secure housing before tackling root causes of homelessness.

Reaching into a void: For mayor's team of street crusaders, getting the chronically homeless into housing requires patience as they battle their addictions -- and persistence if they relapse

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Reaching-into-a-void-For-mayor-s-team-of-street-2631402.php#photo-2114001

Kevin Fagan

SFGate

6 December 2004

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San Francisco's Care Not Cash program began in 2004 in response to the city's homelessness crisis. One facet of the program is an outreach team, whose members regularly visit homeless people on the street to connect them to resources such as housing and drug rehabilitation.