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Post by djAdvocate on May 13, 2015 10:08:29 GMT -5
Exactly. I don't think we should say we won't do anything because we can't figure out how to fix 100% of this problem. Fixing even 85% of the problem is far better than doing nothing, and this solution seems to be cost effective. using "less than 100% solved" as an excuse for not solving 85% of the problem seems suspicious to me.
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Post by fairlycrazy23 on May 14, 2015 7:40:02 GMT -5
It doesn't say it reduces homelessness by 85%, it says that 85% of the people they help (and track) don't go back to being homeless. Which is still very good. They don't put numbers on how much they reduce but do describe it as:
The results have been staggering. Late last month, Utah, the latest laboratory for Tsemberis’s’s models, reported it has nearly eradicated chronic homelessness. Phoenix, an earlier test case, eliminated chronic homelessness among veterans. Then New Orleans did the same.
This seems like a good and cost effective thing to do, just needs to be tracked to make sure it isn't abused and continues to be effective.
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Post by happyhoix on May 14, 2015 8:28:25 GMT -5
Hmm, I googled it and there is actually a HUD definition of 'chronic homelessness' - a person who spends over a year being homeless, or a person who has at least 4 episodes of homelessness over the past 3 years. (Although it doesn't define how long one of these 'episodes' should be.'
Apparently, while this population makes up only a small percentage of the overall homeless population, they consume over half the services for the homeless, so I can see how it would be a big cost savings, if cities could figure out how to deal with this subset of the homeless.
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Post by fairlycrazy23 on May 18, 2015 9:17:57 GMT -5
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Post by djAdvocate on May 18, 2015 10:42:59 GMT -5
precisely what i thought when i read that last week.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2015 10:53:23 GMT -5
The program isn't Housing Only... It's Housing FIRST.
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