Stable Housing: A Determinant of Our Behavioral Health

• By: Isaiah Kareem Rashaun Brian Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• January 1st, 2021
• homeless shelter, homelessness, housing, mental health, mental illness, physical health, social determinants of health, winter 2021 issue
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This article is part of a quarterly series giving voice to the perspectives of individuals with lived experiences as they share their opinions on a particular topic. The author is served by Services for the UnderServed (S:US), a New York City-based nonprofit that is committed to giving every New...

Our Realizations and Truths About Harm Reduction

• By: Nelly Ms. Arnell Michael Kareem Blake Marabelle Simone Douglas Ronald Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• April 1st, 2018
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Looking around the room in our focus group, we all realized two really interesting things about who we are and where we’ve been. Number one, that none of us were kids anymore, which is a nice way of saying that most of us already crossed the threshold of mid-life and were heading somewhere on the...