Hope Street’s Advocacy Vision
Hope Street Works Toward:
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The reduction of people experiencing homelessness. Hope Street Coalition supports outcome-driven approaches and programs that reduce unsheltered homelessness.
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The removal of treatment barriers. Hope Street Coalition seeks the removal of barriers to treatment for mental illness and addiction – the two biggest drivers of street suffering.
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The creation of housing that heals. Hope Street Coalition supports the increase of clinically intensive residential care facilities to provide long-term stability and wellness. Hope Street discourages the use of housing and non-clinical services as substitutes for therapeutic interventions.
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Better alignment between populations with interventions tied to housing that produce outcomes and healing.
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The primacy of self-sufficiency through employment and the care and treatment of those unable to achieve self-sufficiency, such that their lives improve.