NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
San Francisco Program, Homeless Release Project, 1999
• Program: Housing, case management, medication monitoring, substance-abuse treatment,
mental health treatment, peer support post-release, with continued contact throughout subsequent
arrests and hospitalizations.
• Agencies involved: Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in cooperation with the San
Francisco Sheriffs Department.
• Clients: Discharged from jail and diverted from trial (analogous to NYC-DMH's LINK
programs) All homeless; the majority with mental health and substance abuse diagnoses, as well
as medical problems. 41 clients studied and compared to 41 non-clients with similar
characteristics.
• Results: 41 clients were studied for one year after entering the Homeless Release Project.
They were compared to 41 homeless people who did not receive services, and who had similar
legal, mental health and substance-abuse characteristics.
Arrested Arraigned Felony
on new charges Arraignments
Received Services 26 18 8
(41)
No Services 33 29 24
(41)
Percent differences 21% 38% 67%
fewer arrested fewer arraigned fewer arraigned
on felony charges
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