Home & Healthy for Good Video
As part of its ongoing effort to study and promote Housing First models, MHSA created a short documentary about the Home & Healthy for Good pilot program. The video contains interviews with formerly homeless individuals -- now tenants in the Home & Healthy for Good program -- as well as experts in the fields of health care, government, social science and business.
"This video captures the essence of Housing First and explains the direct link between homelessness and poor health" said MHSA Executive Director Joe Finn. "It is our hope that its message will resonate with policymakers as well as taxpayers. We can no longer afford to simply treat people on the street and in shelter -- we must make permanent housing a priority."
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We are interested in hearing your feedback. Email your comments to edonohue@mhsa.net
Click here to learn more about Home & Healthy for Good.
MHSA would also like to thank those who helped make this documentary possible:
| Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP) | Friends of the Homeless | Pine Street Inn |
| MetroDesign | Housing Assistance Corporation | Productive Media |
| Omni Parker House hotel | Joe Jeanette | Shelter, Inc. |
| Bill Fisher, PhD | John Edwards | SMOC |
| Brenda Thornton | John Wagner | Stephen Tessier |
| Brent Soares | Lois Spencer | St. Francis House |
| Chet Garland | Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership | |
| Community Healthlink | Nicole Fitzgerald | |
| Ed Sanders-Bey | Peggy Hall | |
| Father Bill's Place | Peter Forman |
