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Housing first strategies could be used with the homeless

By Hicbd
Tue Nov 13 2012 4:40 pm

Homeless individuals could receive permanent housing along with support programs rather than temporary shelters. Permanent supportive housing is more cost effective than the homeless using services such as emergency rooms, addiction treatment, psychiatric care, and jails.

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http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Channel/Housing-First-447.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_first
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/a-plan-to-make-homelessness-history/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/03/its-a-miracle-helsinkis-radical-solution-to-homelessness

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Prisons Homelessness Homeless Shelters / Housing

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