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Michele Steeb appeared on NTD Newsroom to discuss the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's new Treatment First Toolkit. On August 12, HUD released "Best Practices Toolkit: Addressing Homelessness and Addiction through 'Treatment First.'"
The Toolkit addresses the insufficiencies of Housing First to address the problems faced by a large population of the homeless who suffer from an addiction:
"A 'Treatment First' model prioritizes coordinated and accountability-driven engagement in evidence-based treatment and recovery support services, to ensure access to the comprehensive and coordinated care necessary for homeless individuals with addiction to achieve and sustain self-sufficiency."
"It's a policy change many of us who have spent time on the frontlines serving the homeless have been arguing for," Steeb said.
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Michele Steeb appeared on NTD Newsroom to discuss the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's new Treatment First Toolkit. On August 12, HUD released "Best Practices Toolkit: Addressing Homelessness and Addiction through 'Treatment First.'"
The Toolkit addresses the insufficiencies of Housing First to address the problems faced by a large population of the homeless who suffer from an addiction:
"A 'Treatment First' model prioritizes coordinated and accountability-driven engagement in evidence-based treatment and recovery support services, to ensure access to the comprehensive and coordinated care necessary for homeless individuals with addiction to achieve and sustain self-sufficiency."
"It's a policy change many of us who have spent time on the frontlines serving the homeless have been arguing for," Steeb said.
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Discovery Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan, public policy think tank promoting thoughtful analysis and effective action on local, regional, national and international issues.
The mission of Discovery Institute is to advance a culture of purpose, creativity and innovation.
The Institute is home to an inter-disciplinary community of scholars and policy advocates dedicated to the reinvigoration of traditional Western principles and institutions and the worldview from which they issued. Discovery Institute has a special concern for the role that science and technology play in our culture and how they can advance free markets, illuminate public policy and support the theistic foundations of the West. For more information about the mission and program of Discovery Institute visit: discovery.org/about
Follow Discovery Institute:
X: @DiscoveryInst1
https://x.com/DiscoveryInst1
Facebook: facebook.com/thediscoveryinstitute
Follow Fix Homelessness:
fixhomelessness.org
X: @DiscoveryCWP
https://x.com/DiscoveryCWP
Facebook: facebook.com/discoverycwp
