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By Donna Gordon Blankinship
Seattle, Washington (AP)
An innovative program that takes homeless alcoholics off the street and gives them a place to live without requiring them to stop drinking is saving taxpayers more than $4 million a year in emergency social and health programs, according to a study released during late March.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, endorses the “housing first” approach that calls for putting homeless people in permanent homes with supportive services instead of requiring them to stop drinking and taking drugs to earn their shelter.
Seattle, Washington (AP)
An innovative program that takes homeless alcoholics off the street and gives them a place to live without requiring them to stop drinking is saving taxpayers more than $4 million a year in emergency social and health programs, according to a study released during late March.
The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, endorses the “housing first” approach that calls for putting homeless people in permanent homes with supportive services instead of requiring them to stop drinking and taking drugs to earn their shelter.
