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HOW CAN WE ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS IN NEVADA COUNTY?
The issue of homelessness is a complex one…our view is to pursue a holistic approach which includes housing, healthy food, self-governance, re-skilling and community support.
In 2005, the State of Utah set out to fix a problem that’s often thought of as unfixable: chronic homelessness. The state had almost two thousand chronically homeless people. Most of them had mental-health or substance-abuse issues, or both. At the time, the standard approach was to try to make homeless people “housing ready”: first, you got people into shelters or halfway houses and put them into treatment; only when they made progress could they get a chance at permanent housing. Utah, though, embraced a different strategy, called Housing First: it started by just giving the homeless homes.
Source: www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/home-free.
Our solution is also a ‘Housing First’ approach:
Housing is treatment:
HOMELESS FAQS
Community Concerns of the Homeless are- Un-permitted & unsafe camping
- Fire dangers & environmental degradation
- Multiple public health concerns, such as lack of adequate sewage/bathrooms
- Animals needing care
- High cost of Emergency Room & Hospital visits
- Effect on beauty of historical district
- Behaviors that alienate local business owners and tourists.
Challenges and Barriers for the Homeless include:- Risk of illness or death, by being unsheltered
- Low to zero income, lack of employment, & limited job opportunities which can’t afford any type of housing
- No access to basic hygiene facilities
- No transportation to access support systems
- Substance misuse/overuse and behavioral health struggles
- Multiple unaddressed physical and dental health needs.
- Un-permitted & unsafe camping
- Fire dangers & environmental degradation
- Multiple public health concerns, such as lack of adequate sewage/bathrooms
- Animals needing care
- High cost of Emergency Room & Hospital visits
- Effect on beauty of historical district
- Behaviors that alienate local business owners and tourists.
Challenges and Barriers for the Homeless include:- Risk of illness or death, by being unsheltered
- Low to zero income, lack of employment, & limited job opportunities which can’t afford any type of housing
- No access to basic hygiene facilities
- No transportation to access support systems
- Substance misuse/overuse and behavioral health struggles
- Multiple unaddressed physical and dental health needs.