title: Creating a Regional Model to Coordinate and Prioritize Access to Permanent Supportive Housing.
abstract: Demand for supportive housing outstrips availability in metropolitan regions around the country. Individuals who are homeless with serious mental illnesses, substance abuse, and other debilitating health conditions are often heavy users of publicly financed services and institutions, such as jails, emergency departments, psychiatric and medical hospitals, and sobering and detoxification services. King County, in collaboration with community partners, has developed a regional system for coordinating and prioritizing access to this limited resource based on utilization of publicly financed services/institutions and/or vulnerability. In this paper, the model, key implementation steps, preliminary results, and lessons learned are described.
authors: King County Department of Community and Human Services, Behavioral Health and Recovery Division, 401 -5th Ave Suite 400, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA. Laurie.sylla@Kingcounty.gov.
authors: Laurie
authors: L
authors: Sylla
authors: King County Department of Community and Human Services, Behavioral Health and Recovery Division, 401 -5th Ave Suite 400, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
authors: René
authors: R
authors: Franzen
authors: King County Department of Community and Human Services, Behavioral Health and Recovery Division, 401 -5th Ave Suite 400, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
authors: Debra
authors: D
authors: Srebnik
authors: King County Department of Community and Human Services, Behavioral Health and Recovery Division, 401 -5th Ave Suite 400, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
authors: Marla
authors: M
authors: Hoffman
authors: King County Department of Community and Human Services, Behavioral Health and Recovery Division, 401 -5th Ave Suite 400, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
authors: Amnon
authors: A
authors: Shoenfeld
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D017149:Private Sector; D016730:Program Development; D011638:Public Housing; D011640:Public Policy; D017150:Public Sector; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012946:Social Welfare; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D014861:Washington
keywords: Chronic Homelessness; King County; Public Sector Service; Service Utilization; Supportive Housing