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Supportive housing cuts costs of caring for the chronically homeless.
IN THE LATE 1990S, SEATTLE LEADers recognized the city had a problem. Homeless people with severe alcoholism consumed a tremendous share of public dollars, cycling in and out of emergency departments and the criminal justice system. The city’s political, business, and hospital leaders joined forces with social service and substance abuse treatment agencies to adopt a new strategy not only to cu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Drug Policy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0955-3959
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.05.012