San Diego’s #homeless hospital patients often end up back on the street despite a state mandate to prioritize post-discharge placements. The limited beds available are assigned by mid-morning, but hospital discharges happen all day.
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We have university solutions informed by science that need to be implemented. Because a mental health crisis often leads to the loss of a job and home, free and accessible mental healthcare is essential to solving homelessness.
Homelessness will not be solved without bold initiatives for mental health care. We must commit to building up to 1000-bed mental health hospitals near our major metropolitan centers that will serve all Americans who need help. Sepi Gilani US Senate https://t.co/FopUly5RPN
Homelessness will not be solved without bold initiatives for mental health care. We must commit to building up to 1000-bed mental health hospitals near our major metropolitan centers that will serve all Americans who need help. Sepi Gilani US Senate https://t.co/npesZ07qvE
Preventing homelessness can cost as little as $500. Reaching help is not easy when one's life is falling apart. Easy access to federal help is essential. #Homelessness#Healthcare#Education#Vote#GilaniUSSenate https://t.co/npesZ07qvE
HUD just released the 2023 Point-in-Time Count, an annual snapshot of the number of people in shelters, temporary housing, and in unsheltered settings on a single night in January.
The report found a 12% increase of the number of people experiencing homelessness from 2022.
"My husband Dustin and I are educated, hardworking, tax-paying people... We were a working-class family with stocked kitchen cupboards and SeaWorld passes... We never expected to be homeless. Few people do." Natalie Raschke, @LivedAdvisers https://t.co/9N0D8d14Yc
By the numbers: HUD and our community partners are projected to serve 330,000 people in 2023, a 15% increase from 2022.
Additionally, HUD has worked with Public Housing Authorities across the country to help more than 94,000 households exit or avoid homelessness this year.