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Solutions start here. MHSA ANNUAL MEETING 2011. Thank you for being part of the MHSA mission: ending homelessness.

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  1. Solutions start here. MHSA ANNUAL MEETING 2011

  2. Thank you for being part of the MHSA mission: ending homelessness.

  3. This year, our partnerships—both new and old—combined with our commitment to measurable outcomeshave helped us advance closer than ever to ending homelessness in Massachusetts.

  4. MHSA and our partners have continued to Educate Advocate Innovate Collaborate to advance the MHSA mission.

  5. Educate

  6. Through initiatives including theFaces of Homelessness Speakers’ Bureau, the MHSA Young Professionals Group, and Social Action Massachusetts,

  7. MHSA and our partners have continued to spread the word that homelessness is a problem with a solution: housing.

  8. Advocate

  9. In 2011, the cap was lifted on the Community Support Program for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness (CSPECH) thanks to advocacy by MHSA and our partner The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts.

  10. The Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP) estimates CSPECH has already created a net Medicaid savings of more than $3 million.

  11. Innovate

  12. MHSA continued to work with our 12 partner agencies on our statewide Housing First initiativeHome & Healthy for Good (HHG). HHG continues to save both lives and taxpayer dollars.

  13. But permanent supportive housing is not only cost-effective—it is a proven, lasting solution to homelessness.

  14. 92% of participants in MHSA’s Post Detox/Pre Recovery program remained housed in the program seven months after program entry.

  15. 90% of participants in the Post Detox/Pre Recovery program were engaged in education, training, job search or community service at the end of the fiscal year.

  16. 100% of the participants in MHSA’s Journey to Success program remained permanently housedone year after they entered the program.

  17. Boston has seen a 25% decrease in the number of chronically homeless individuals between 2005 and 2010, despite a struggling economy, thanks to Mayor Menino’s emphasis on permanent supportive housing.

  18. Collaborate

  19. This year MHSA was thrilled to receive $100,000 from the Citizens Bank Foundationto target chronic homelessness in Boston and Springfield. These funds have gone directly to support the work of two of our member agencies:

  20. The Boston Public Health Commission’s (BPHC) High Utilizers of Emergency Services (HUES) to Homeprogram

  21. and the Mental Health Association’s Regional Engagement and Assessment for the Chronic Homeless (REACH) IIprogram in Springfield.

  22. In September 2010, MHSA and our partners gathered in Worcester for Homecoming 2010: Honoring Achievements in Ending Chronic Homelessness.

  23. And more recently, MHSA and our supporters gathered in Boston in May 2011 for Home for Good: Solutions Start Hereto honor outstanding work to initiate solutions to homelessness.

  24. MHSA’s work to end homelessness would not be possible without our partnerships with you.

  25. Thank you.

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