by Susan Campbell, communications director at Partnership for Strong Communities, and Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness board member.

“We have learned, in many efforts across the nation, that dedicating the resources to end the homelessness of those who are long homeless and living with disabilities is not only the right thing to do—it is also the smart thing to do, from the perspective of public policy,” says  Lisa Tepper Bates, executive director of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH). “These neighbors are very likely to cycle in and out of our expensive public systems hospitals and emergency systems, costing more in public dollars in those areas than it would cost to house and support each one of them.”

via New Haven’s 100-Day Homeless Challenge Makes Deep Impact – Connecticut Today – November 2014.