We Are All Essential: Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Supportive Housing Agency

• By: Jim Mutton, LMSW Concern for Independent Living
• May 19th, 2020
• community, COVID-19, housing, intervention, summer 2020 issue
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In early March 2020, NYC was on the cusp of true panic mode related to the Coronavirus, with calls for mass isolation and social distancing, a rush to buy vast quantities of toilet paper and supplies of hand sanitizer and masks rapidly exhausted. Very little guidance was in the public domain...

Working with High Risk, High Need, High Utilizers in a Mixed Use Setting: One Agency’s Experience

• By: Jim Mutton, LMSW Concern for Independent Living
• April 1st, 2020
• mental health, recovery, substance use disorders, supportive housing, wellness
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In a post DSRIP era, where sources of value based funding are scarce and community based organizations are still struggling to find a foot in the door partnering with the managed care industry and hospital settings, I thought it would be worth highlighting a few successful initiatives Concern for...