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  • In southeast Kansas, housing is treated as health care, and people are getting off the streets

    May 19, 2025 |

    Kansas Reflector |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburg, Kansas

    The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas and its subsidiary Building Health act as safety nets for uninsured people experiencing homelessness by expanding the definition of healthcare to also include housing, serving about 85,000 people a year. By providing wraparound care and services from help finding housing to legal assistance and education, the groups’ combined efforts helped shrink the rate of uninsured, unhoused people from 16% in 2020 to about 12% now.

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  • Crisis Mode

    January 12, 2023 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson's Crisis Response Center and Mental Health Support Team are designed to provide immediate help to people in mental health crises rather than routing them through the criminal legal system. The system, which serves nearly 15,000 people annually, is now being used as a model for efforts in other areas, such as Lane County, Oregon.

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