Helping Homeless, Mentally Ill Should Be the Norm

Published March 17, 2014

Helping homeless, mentally ill should be the norm
According to the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty's 2013 study, 66 percent of homeless people have problems with mental illness, alcohol or drug abuse. Additionally, one in 20 Americans lived with a serious mental illness, such as …
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Spending by major non-profit helping Vancouver's homeless, addicts under …
Besides operating housing facilities for about 1,200 residents, it administers assistance programs that include helping those with mental health issues and drug addictions. It has some 300 full-time staff and a budget in 2012 of more than $ 28 million …
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Sanjay Gupta MD: Olympic hopeful to homeless drug addict — CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with Joe Putignano, author of “Acrobaddict,” about how he overcame his heroin addiction.

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