Safe at Last: Safe Options Support (SOS) Offers Options to Support the Homeless

• By: Barry Granek, LMHC Gerald Ramos, MPA, MSW Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC) Melissa Queliz, LMHC Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• January 22nd, 2024
• affordable housing, deinstitutionalization, homelessness, housing, mental health, mental illness, outreach, substance use, support services, transitional housing, Winter 2024 Issue
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Supporting the homeless population in NYC is a complex issue rooted in factors like the lack of affordable housing, mental illness, substance use, unemployment, and poor health conditions. Following the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill, New York City (NYC) has grappled with a significant...