Quality of Life

California full-service partnership program is cost effective

Published in Mental Health Weekly Digest, July 12th, 2010

Full-Service Partnerships (FSPs) are designed to do 'whatever it takes' to improve residential stability and mental health outcomes for homeless persons with serious mental illness. They are the cornerstone of California's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) - one of the largest mental health policy experiments in recent history.

Researchers, led by Todd Gilmer, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have found that FSPs, which are based on the Housing First model, are not only cost-effective, but improve the quality-of-life for many homeless clients with serious mental...

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Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2010-07-12)

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