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Addressing Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Framework for Regional Data Sharing

This Framework articulates the value and importance of regional data sharing as a way to ensure that the nine Bay Area counties are collaborating effectively to address the systemic issues that face so many of our most vulnerable and disenfranchised residents. A regional approach to homelessness is visionary, practical, and essential to solving homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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No Bars to Home: Meeting the Housing Needs of People Impacted by the Criminal Legal System

This report highlights essential elements and key takeaways of successful housing programs supporting people impacted by the criminal legal system, with a particular focus on people who were formerly incarcerated.

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How to Share Data - Practical Guide for Health and Homelessness System of Care

This practical guide is intended to serve as a tool for communities at any stage of engagement in cross-sector data sharing between health and homeless systems of care. It is designed to help communities ready to start such efforts for the first time, as well as those that have room to grow their data sharing efforts.

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Fair Housing Protections for People with Serious Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorder, and Co-Occurring Disorders

People experiencing or at risk of homelessness with mental illness or substance use disorder (SUD) often have a difficult time obtaining housing and may face discrimination because of their conditions. There are federal laws that protect people from this type of discrimination and ensure equal access and opportunity to enjoy housing that suits their needs.

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Breaking Down Silos: How to Share Data to Improve the Health of People Experiencing Homelessness

Purposeful collaborations between the health care and homeless systems of care address the important relationship between health care and housing. This report focuses on the various ways in which the two sectors in California are sharing data with each other to better coordinate and support mutual clients within their communities.

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