Why the homeless man who graduated from Harvard is still on the streets

This is Tara’s story… You may have passed Tara on the street and not thought anything about it. She’s 64, tanned, and well-spoken. Her father was in the aeronautics business in the States but she grew up in France and Greece, and still speaks French. Here’s what you can’t see: Tara has bipolar disorder and…

Green Door is certified by the Department of  Mental Health and provides assessment, psychiatric services, medications, case management by community support workers and counseling. Specifically, Green Door provides: Psychiatric Services Medication Management and Health Education Individual and Group counseling Community support and case management assistance 24-hour support in times of emergencies Help for clients with substance abuse problems…

Mental Health Clinical Services Green Door is a certified Core Service Agency (CSA) under the District of Columbia’s Department of Mental Health and provides a variety of mental health services for our members. The term “Core Service Agency” means that we are responsible for helping our members get all their basic (or core) needs met….

See what we have to say about the housing first model in this original Now What. Treating the symptoms instead of the causes isn’t getting us anywhere, so now what? The housing first model is a step forward. “What housing first has really shown is that given the opportunity, the vast, vast majority of folks…

Green Door Behavioral Health is an early proponent of the Housing First/LINK movement, which recognizes that our clients’ lives fall into place more easily when they have a safe place to call home. Other aspects of their care, from medication management and decreased substance use to education and employment, are more easily achieved when housing…

Green Door provides comprehensive programs tailored to the individual needs of people with a mental illness. Most of Green Door’s programs may be used by mental health consumers individually as they need or want them. Community Support Services: Green Door is certified by the Department of Mental Health as a Core Service Agency (CSA) and…