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 retain housing. They stay housed.”
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 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 […]
