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Author(s): Martha R. Burt, Jacquelyn Anderson, Corporation for Supportive Housing
Publication Date: 2005
One of the main purposes of the Mental Health Services Act is to reduce homelessness among people with serious mental illness, either by housing consumers who have been living on the streets or in shelters or by preventing homelessness among those leaving hospitals, jails, and prisons. Creative housing strategies are becoming a critical component of these new programs. To inform the implementation of MHSA, this report describes some of the housin...
Author(s): Martha R. Burt
Publication Date: 2006
In 2004, the Hilton Foundation awarded the Corporation for Supportive Housing a five-year grant of $8 million to promote changes in city, county, and state systems that would reduce homelessness in Los Angeles County, especially among people with serious mental illness. CSH uses these resources to bring people together, facilitate planning and implementation, provide expert advice, and help span the boundaries of different systems that have long...