[Via Chicago]

Originally Posted by emathias

I don't know specifically what Chicago plans to spend on, but the national trend is toward "Housing First," which gets people housed so that they have the stability for other treatments to work.

this was a good examination of how difficult that is to implement without additional support structures along the way (mental health support being a big one)

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/right-to-fail/