Monday, August 3, 2009

NPR Talk of the Nation: Service Enriched Housing Saves $$ for Homeless.

Story is HERE; Site notes that AUDIO won't be available until 3 PM PST.

Dr. Jessie Gaeta co-founded the Home & Healthy for Good project. The program gets the chronically homeless in Massachusetts into permanent housing first, then focuses on medical treatment.Home & Healthy for Good is part of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance. The program has provided homes to nearly 400 chronically homeless individuals. In addition to lowering homeless rates, the program has saved the state Office of Medicaid thousands of dollars per person.

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