Tuesday, September 27, 2016

MPH Nutrition - Massachusettes

UMASS - Amherst

Department of Nutrition
213 Chenoweth Lab
School of Public Health and Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst
100 Holdsworth Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9282
Phone: 413-545-0740 voice
Fax: 413-545-1074 fax
The Department of Nutrition offers the only fully accredited and 100% fully online Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in Nutrition degree program of its kind. The program is designed for health and nutrition professionals, including those with doctoral or medical degrees, registered dietitians, health and nutrition educators, and those in other related fields.
The program provides nutrition and health practitioners and those with advanced degrees the opportunity to continue their careers, while earning a Master's Degree of Public Health in Nutrition that emphasizes a broad background in public health and advanced training in public health nutrition. Our fully online degree program allows you to gain knowledge and skills in nutrition and public health while maximizing flexibility in where and when you study.
For more information on the program, visit the School of Public Health and Health Sciences’ Online Programs website.
**Note: This program is not designed to prepare students for a Registered Dietitian (R.D.) internship nor is it for those with no health or nutrition experience.**

Department Head - Richard J. Wood
Graduate Program Director - Elena T. Carbone
Undergraduate Program Director  Claire Norton
Dietetic Internship Director  - Judy Dowd
Undergraduate Academic Advisor - Nicole Goldstein
Online MPH Nutrition Program Director  - Patricia (Patsy) Beffa-Negrini
Academic Director, Continuing Education Programs-Lori J Peterson
Honors Program Director-Alayne Ronnenberg

STUDENT NUTRITION BLOG
Students' Practicum and Project Learning Experiences

 The blog showcases our current students’ experiences as they work on their required practicums and projects.
The nation’s first fully online MPH in Nutrition Program!
We are accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health.

The Department of Nutrition, the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, and UMass Online at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst initiated a fully online Master of Public Health in Nutrition program in the Fall Semester of 2008.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez


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Nicholas J. Gonzalez, MD PC
Linda L. Isaacs, MD
36A East 36th Street
Suite 204
New York, N.Y. 10016
Phone: 212-213-3337
Fax: 212-213-3414
Email policy

http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/index.htm; http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/media.htm

http://www.canceractive.com/cancer-active-page-link.aspx?n=469

http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/books.htm; http://www.dr-gonzalez.com/research.htm

Dr. Gonzalez and Dr. Isaacs

Nicholas J. Gonzalez, M.D., graduated from Brown University, Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude, with a degree in English Literature. He subsequently worked as a journalist, first at Time Inc., before pursuing premedical studies at Columbia. He then received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in 1983. During a postgraduate immunology fellowship under Dr. Robert A. Good, considered the father of modern immunology, he completed a research study evaluating an aggressive nutritional therapy in the treatment of advanced cancer. Since 1987, Dr. Gonzalez has been in private practice in New York City, treating patients diagnosed with cancer and other serious degenerative illnesses. His nutritional research has received substantial financial support from Procter & Gamble and Nestle. Results from a pilot study published in 1999 described the most positive data in the medical literature for pancreatic cancer.
Linda L. Isaacs, M.D., received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky, graduating with High Distinction with a major in biochemistry. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She subsequently received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 1985. She completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center at New York University Medical School, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. She has been working with Dr Gonzalez in his research efforts since 1985. Her website is atlindaisaacsmd.com.

The Gonzalez Protocol: A Natural Approach to Healing


  • Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez provides individualized nutritional regimens for many types of cancer, as well as other illnesses such as Lyme, allergies, autoimmune disorders and chronic fatigue
  • Over 30 years of research and clinical experience
  • Private practice in New York City since 1987 with his colleague Dr. Linda Isaacs

Most popular:

  • Our Treatment Program: learn about the actual therapy
  • Becoming a Patient: what's involved with becoming a patient
  • Case Reports: case studies of patients who have responded to our treatment with different types of cancers
  • Introductory Lecture: a one-hour recording in which Dr. Gonzalez discusses eight patients diagnosed with advanced poor-prognosis cancer who experienced regression of disease and long-term survival on The Gonzalez Protocol. Available for $4.95; click to order.

Our Treatment Program

Although our published research deals with pancreatic cancer, in our office we treat patients with all types of cancers. We also treat patients with a variety of other problems, ranging from chronic fatigue syndrome to multiple sclerosis. Each treatment protocol is individualized for each patient, regardless of the underlying problem.
The regimen can be broken down into the following basic components: diet, supplements (with pancreas product for cancer patients) and detoxification routines such as coffee enemas.
Diet: The prescribed diets are quite variable, and can range from nearly vegetarian to diets requiring red meat 2-3 times a day. Each patient receives individualized dietary recommendations. All the diets, however, require that the patient consume primarily organic foods, make and drink fresh vegetable juice, and avoid synthetic and refined foods such as white flour and white sugar. (A more detailed explanation of the rationale behind the diets can be found in theinterview from Clinical Pearls News, or in an article from TotalHealth Magazine).
Supplements: Like the diets, the supplement protocols are individualized for each patient, depending on their health problems and biochemical makeup. The prescribed supplements include a variety of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, anti-oxidants, animal glandular concentrates and other food concentrates.
Pancreas Product (For Cancer Patients): The main anti-cancer supplement is a specially manufactured pancreas product (containing naturally occurring enzymes) made from pig pancreas. Click here to read more about the rationale for this. Cancer patients on this regimen take up to 45 grams of pancreas product a day, taken orally and spread throughout the day.
The pancreas product we use was developed by us specifically for use in this program
Overall, cancer patients will consume 130-175 capsules a day, including nutrients as well as pancreas product. Non-cancer patients might consume in the range of 80-100 capsules a day, the exact number depending on their health status and medical problems.
Detoxification: On this therapy, patients – whatever their underlying problem – routinely develop a variety of symptoms, most commonly described as “flu-like,” such as muscle aches and pains or malaise. We hypothesize these symptoms result from the body's repair processes which release all manner of waste material. “Detoxification” refers to procedures such as the coffee enema, which are believed to enhance liver function and in turn, the processing and excretion of metabolic wastes. The coffee enemas are done twice daily, and patients most commonly report symptomatic relief. (A more detailed discussion can be found in an article by Dr. Isaacs; click here to review.)
Our patients must comply with all three areas of the treatment for the greatest chance of success.
Would you like to apply? Find out how to Submit Your Information.
Would you like to hear Dr. Gonzalez explain the treatment? Listen to Audio Recordings or order a Lecture CD or DVD.
Would you like to read a book by Dr. Gonzalez? Click here to see what's available.
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http://gerson.org/gerpress/the-gerson-therapy/
The Gerson® Therapy is a natural treatment that activates the body’s extraordinary ability to heal itself through an organic, plant-based diet, raw juices, coffee enemas and natural supplements.
With its whole-body approach to healing, the Gerson Therapy naturally reactivates your body’s magnificent ability to heal itself – with no damaging side effects. This a powerful, natural treatment boosts the body’s own immune system to heal cancer, arthritis, heart disease, allergies, and many other degenerative diseases. Dr. Max Gerson developed the Gerson Therapy in the 1930s, initially as a treatment for his own debilitating migraines, and eventually as a treatment for degenerative diseases such as skin tuberculosis, diabetes and, most famously, cancer.
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Dr. Joel Fuhrman

Dr. Fuhrman 

Medical Associates
Specializing in Nutritional Medicine
& Lifestyle Counseling and Coaching


 
4 Walter E. Foran Blvd, Suite 409
Flemington, NJ 08822

Medical Office: (908) 237-0200
Fax: (908) 237-0210
Email: mdoffice@drfuhrman.com
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
http://www.drfuhrman.com/

Recipes: http://www.drfuhrman.com/library/recipes.aspx 

About Dr. Fuhrman
Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is a family physician,New York Times best-selling author and nutritional researcher who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods. Dr. Fuhrman is an internationally recognized expert on nutrition and natural healing, and has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows including The Dr. Oz Show,The Today Show, Good Morning America, and Live with Kelly and Michael. Dr. Fuhrman’s own hugely successful PBS television shows, 3 Steps to Incredible Health and Dr. Fuhrman’s Immunity Solutionbring nutritional science to homes all across America.
Dr. Fuhrman’s #1 New York Times best-selling book, Eat to Live, originally published in 2003 (Little Brown) has sold over 1,000,000 copies and has been published in multiple foreign language editions. In October 2012, Super Immunity (HarperOne) reached the New York Times best seller’s list and in January 2013, The End of Diabetes (HarperOne) became his third New York Times best seller. Dr. Fuhrman’s most recent books, The Eat to Live Cookbook (Harper One) reached #1 on the New York Times best sellers list during its debut week in October 2013 and The End of Dieting (HarperOne), released in March 2014, was #2 on the list for its debut. In addition, Dr. Fuhrman has written several other popular books on nutritional science which include: Eat for Health (Gift of Health Press), Disease Proof Your Child (St. Martin's Griffin), Fasting and Eating for Health (St. Martin's Griffin) and the Dr. Fuhrman's Nutritarian Handbook and ANDI Food Scoring Guide (Gift of Health Press).
Dr. Fuhrman has worked on several scientific journal publications including:
The response to Dr. Fuhrman’s message on how to live a life free from illness has been dramatic and continues to grow. He has spoken publicly to corporations, professional organizations, private colleges and public schools.
Dr. Fuhrman is the father of Nutritarian eating. His health (longevity) equation H = N/C, (healthy life expectancy is proportional to lifetime intake of micronutrient diversity and quantity per calorie) has interested scientists the world over. As an advocate of diets rich in a vast array of plant micronutrients per calorie, his ANDI scoring system (featured in Whole Foods Market), has directed millions of consumers to eat an anti-cancer diet-style.
Dr. Fuhrman’s discoveries in differentiating the physiology and biochemistry of true hunger from addictive hunger (which he calls toxic hunger) is essential for understanding and resolving both health and weight concerns, and an essential element to solve our nation’s obesity and health crisis.
Dr. Fuhrman is the Research Director of the Nutritional Research Foundation and a member of the Dr. Oz Show Medical Advisory Board. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (1988) and has received the St. Joseph's Family Practice Resident's Teaching Award for his contribution to the education of residents.
As a former world-class figure skater, Dr. Fuhrman placed second in the United States National Pairs Championships in 1973 and third in the 1976 World Professional Pairs Skating Championship in Jaca, Spain. View his 1973 2nd place U.S. National Pairs performance. Today, he is an active participant in multiple sports and is a health and fitness enthusiast. His dedication to sports medicine, foot and body alignment, injury prevention, human performance and longevity speaks to these lifelong interests. Along with his nutritional expertise, Dr. Fuhrman has been involved professionally with sports medical committees, advised professional and Olympic athletes, and has lectured to athletic trainers and world-class athletes for maximizing performance and preventing injury.
Dr. Fuhrman's Medical Associates
Dr. Fuhrman established a unique practice that specializes in treating a variety of medical problems with lifestyle changes and nutrition. The doctors at Dr. Fuhrman's Medical Associates have experience with the variety and complexity of problems that can present in a family medicine office. They also have experience and have demonstrated success helping patients achieve overall health and wellness rather than merely trying to manage the symptoms of their diseases.
Dr. Jay Benson, D.O., is the patient care director at Dr. Fuhrman's Medical Associates. He has developed a core competency in the early detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases via state-of-the-art, noninvasive, painless testing methods that are free of radiation and more accurate than angiograms and other traditional tests at predicting future heart attack or stroke. The earlier cardiovascular disease can be detected, the easier it can be reversed. The doctors at Dr. Fuhrman's Medical Associates not only utilize an effective nutritional protocol on patients with cardiovascular disease but they document it's effectiveness using these same testing methods to track improvements over time.
In addition to treating cardiovascular disease, thousands of patients treated at Dr. Fuhrman's Medical Associates have made remarkable recoveries from other chronic diseases, including:

• Allergies• Autoimmune Disease• Diabetes
• Asthma• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome• Migraines
• Acne• Depression• Others

Patients with diabetes that come to the Center are able to reduce their use of medication or even eliminate their dependence on them completely. Patients with high blood pressure are able to see their blood pressure readings normalize typically over just a few weeks time. Most patients notice a dramatic change in their cholesterol levels after having a consult and following the dietary protocol. Unique treatment protocols for specific diseases, which stem from the many years of research, are prescribed and are based on the relationship between food and disease. By taking an evidence-based approach to the treatment of disease and applying the years of research to focused lifestyle changes, patients are able to recover from diseases that had been difficult to treat beforehand.
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Chef Ann Foundation





http://www.chefannfoundation.org/

The Chef Ann Foundation (CAF) is a registered, tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, governed by a dedicated Board of Directors who share our mission. Our diverse board supports the growth of our foundation by offering guidance in key areas. Click on each name below to read more about these accomplished individuals.

 http://www.chefannfoundation.org/about-us/the-team/

I envision a time, soon, when being a chef working to feed children fresh, delicious, and nourishing food will no longer be considered renegade.” – Chef Ann Cooper

Why do we want kids eating more fresh fruits and veggies? Take a look at the current state of our children’s health:
  1. Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years.
  2. Most children currently do not meet minimum intake requirements for fruits and vegetables as specified by Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
  3. Children and adolescents who are obese are likely to be obese as adults, increasing their risk of health problems such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, several types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.
These startling facts demand a healthy change for our country, which is why we are rolling up our sleeves and getting to work! Fresh fruits and vegetables are key to children's healthy eating. They make their bodies feel better and their minds work better.
Skoop is donating 3% of every purchase to the Chef Ann Foundation to fund Mission Nutrition grants to get more vegetables and fruits in front of school age children. Education is key for change to take hold, which is why Mission Nutrition schools will create planned lunchroom activities to showcase and taste fresh vegetables and fruits. That way, kids can taste the goodness and learn about the goodness that healthy foods provide their bodies.
Join our campaign to get more kids eating fresh fruits and veggies!
To buy Skoop and to learn more about their superfood blends visit the Skoop site.

Chef Ann Cooper is an internationally recognized author, chef, educator, public speaker, and advocate of healthy food for all children. In a nation where kids are born with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents due to diet-related disease, Chef Ann has been a constant champion of school food reform as an important avenue through which to improve childhood nutrition. In 2009, Chef Ann founded the Food Family Farming Foundation (now the Chef Ann Foundation), a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to helping schools take action so that every child has daily access to fresh, healthy food. CAF programs include Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools, Mission Nutrition, Parent Advocacy Initiative, Healthy Breakfast for Kids, as well as The Lunch Box, an online resource that provides free step-by-step guides, tools, and recipes to help schools improve their food programs. Also known as the “Renegade Lunch Lady,“ Chef Ann serves as Director of Food Services for Boulder Valley School District in Boulder, Colorado, and is Partner of Lunch Lessons, LLC, a consultancy for school districts going through large-scale food change. She also writes a monthly blog for U.S. News & World Report and performs regular Speaking Engagements throughout the country. Visit our Multimedia Content page to view some of Ann’s notable lectures, including her four TED Talks.
A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Ann has over 30 years of experience as a chef, including more than 15 years in school food programs. Her books Bitter Harvest and Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children have made her a leading advocate for safe, sustainable food. 

To raise further awareness about the value of healthy food systems, Chef Ann has held several advisory positions:
Chef Ann has also been honored by the National Resources Defense Council, awarded an honorary doctorate from SUNY Cobleskill for her work on sustainable agriculture, and received IACP’s 2012 Humanitarian of the Year award.  Named one of the “Influential 20” by Food Service Director Magazine and one of the top 15 Crusaders for Health in the Food Industry by Greatist.com, Ann has also received the Women Chefs and Restaurateurs’ Community Service Award and a Special Inspirational Award from the Susan B. Komen Foundation.

http://www.thelunchbox.org/

The menu cycles are comprised of six-week lunch and one- and two-week breakfast cycles depending on the age group. You can download information including: USDA certification worksheets for each cycle week, nutrient analysis by day, and cycle and menu cost information (based on Boulder’s current pricing).
Breakfast is offered as a regular two-week cafeteria service model for K-5, and one-week cycles for K-8, 6-8, and 9-12 age groups as well as a two-week classroom model for K-5. The breakfast menus in Boulder are based on ready-to-eat foods, some of which Boulder has worked closely with local companies to develop, like their burritos, muffins, and bagels. In Boulder, this type of breakfast menu is most compatible with their demographic and labor model.
We do have a handful of scratch cooked breakfast items in our Recipes database that you may want to incorporate into your menu cycles. Lunch, like breakfast is offered for all age groups. The cycles are six-week cycles and are based on Boulder’s current menu cycles with the exception of some custom prepared foods that are not available nationwide.
K-5, K-8, 6-8, 9-12
http://www.thelunchbox.org/recipes-menus/recipes/
Salad bars
http://www.thelunchbox.org/programs/salad-bars/
Salad bar layout
http://www.thelunchbox.org/programs/salad-bars/operations/?tab=the-salad-bar-layout
Item cost case study
http://www.thelunchbox.org/programs/salad-bars/salad-bar-procurement/?tab=salad-bar-item-cost-case-study
Salad bar procurement
http://www.thelunchbox.org/programs/salad-bars/salad-bar-procurement/?tab=forecasting-produce-purchases-for-rfps
Breakfast for kids
http://www.chefannfoundation.org/programs/healthy-breakfast-for-kids

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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Street Medicine Team - USF, Tampa Bay, FL



      • Tampa Bay Street Medicine Team
      March 12, 2015
    Roberto Roldan, Times Correspondent


TAMPA — The group gathers in a lot on the corner of Franklin and Estelle streets in downtown Tampa every other Friday.
Against the backdrop of an empty parking lot and a building covered in a graffiti mural, the University of South Florida medical students and faculty prepare bags stocked with over-the-counter medication, socks, thermometers and hygiene products.
Their patients — members of Tampa's homeless community — begin to form in groups on the sidewalk adjacent to the lot, waiting patiently for checkups.
"We saw that there's this group who are out of the public eye, kind of tucked away, who share a disproportionate rate of morbidity and mortality," third-year medical student Michael Manasterski said.
"Mainstream medicine has had a hard time reaching these folks mainly because they have a difficulty maintaining appointments, because they are underinsured or have difficulty getting to regular doctor visits."
Manasterski is one of the founding members of Tampa Bay Street Medicine, a group of USF Morsani College of Medicine students and health professionals who are helping to bridge a growing health care gap.
Tampa has one of the highest rates of homelessness in the region, but it is also considered a hub for health care resources — something Tampa's roughly 2,200 homeless men, women and children desperately need.
With the help of faculty and physician advisers from the college, the teams have gone out more than 20 times since May, hoping to create a sustainable program that provides much-needed medical care to the homeless.
• • •
The concept of street medicine began in the United States with Dr. Jim Withers in Pittsburgh, Pa.
In 1992, Withers began dressing up as a homeless person and took to the streets of Pittsburgh to deliver medical checkups with the aid of a former homeless man.
Over time, other groups started similar programs in their cities, resulting in the founding of the Street Medicine Institute, the philosophical and informational head of more than 80 street medicine groups across the country.
Some of the founding members of Tampa Bay Street Medicine attended the International Street Medicine Symposium in November to discuss best practices in street-medicine initiatives and to get a glimpse of how the programs work in other countries.
Eric Monaco, a third-year medical student at USF who began working with the group when it first began its street runs, pointed out some of the tenets set forth by the Street Medicine Institute before a recent outing.
The most important: "Go to the people."
Monaco said the medical checkups and hygiene education that Tampa Bay Street Medicine delivers to a typically overlooked population is really where the value is made clear.
"It's basically like preventative care," he said. "We try to reach them and teach them health care practices before they end up at Tampa General Hospital on death's door and TGH throws all of their expensive medical resources at them, because that's what they have to do as an ER."
• • •
In addition to preventative care and education, the group prides itself on conversation.
The upperclassman and faculty volunteers are generally the ones checking the physical conditions of the patients and looking for warnings signs of disease while first- and second-year medical students engage the patient and attempt to take their medical history.
In the process, students bond with patients, talking about their lives, their passions and life on the streets.
Dr. Waldo Guerrero, an assistant professor of neurology and street medicine faculty adviser, said he encourages meaningful conversation between the homeless and students.
"It's always surprising to me the kind of conversations students have," Guerrero said. "They become so immersed in their conversations with the population they are attempting to serve."
What shocks many of the students is how the stereotypes of homelessness seem to break down, once they engage patients in conversations free from judgment.
"We all have an image of what we expect, but I run into people out there who are educated, they've held down jobs and had decent careers," Manasterski said.
"It's surprising how quickly someone's life can go from normal, middle-class existence to being a twist of fate away from not having anyone to turn to."
• • •
The Tampa Bay Street Medicine organization has been able to sustain itself solely through a $5,000 grant it received from the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
The group has plans to conduct research to put numbers to the impact it has in keeping the homeless population out of Tampa's emergency rooms. The students are also looking into the viability of partnering with other students and faculty from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences to provide some mental health services.
To do that, however, may require seeking additional funding from the university or the community, Manasterski said.
For now, they remain open to taking on more student and faculty volunteers to reach as many of Tampa's homeless population as they can.
"We want students to get experience with folks on the streets, and get excited about helping the homeless community in innovative ways," Manasterski said.
Contact Roberto Roldan at hillsnews@tampabay.com.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/usfs-tampa-bay-street-medicine-team-connects-with-needy-homeless/2221086
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Homelessness - Orlando FL


Rethink Homelessness
March 2015
http://www.clickorlando.com/station/lets-rethink-homelessness/31564562

 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-united-way-struggling-middle-class-20150109-story.html
November 2011
Mark Schlueb

Caseworkers looking for chronically homeless people need look no further than the ER.
Florida Hospital will pledge $6 million to help solve homelessness in the Central Florida. That will be matched by $4 million from Orlando and $700,000 by Orange County. (Video by FOX35)

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/health/os-homeless-housing-money-20141111-story.html
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Homelessness articles

National Alliance Homelessness

For many city officials, community leaders, and even direct service providers, it often seems that placing homeless people in shelters is the most inexpensive way to meet the basic needs of people experiencing homelessness; some may even believe that shelters are an ideal solution.
Research, however, has shown something surprisingly different.
The cost of homelessness can be quite high. Hospitalization, medical treatment, incarceration, police intervention, and emergency shelter expenses can add up quickly, making homelessness surprisingly expensive for municipalities and taxpayers.

Cost Studies
Studies have shown that – in practice, and not just in theory – providing people experiencing chronic homelessness with permanent supportive housing saves taxpayers money.
Permanent supportive housing refers to permanent housing coupled with supportive services.
  • A study followed the progress of the Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) in Seattle, WA. All the residents at thisHousing First-styled residence had severe alcohol problems and varying medical and mental health conditions. When taking into account all costs – including housing costs – the participants in the 1811 Eastlake program cost $2,449 less per person per month than those who were in conventional city shelters, as described in the article from the Journal of American Medical Association.
  • A cost study of rural homelessness from Portland, ME found significant cost reductions when providing permanent supportive housing as opposed to serving the people while they remain homeless. The study specifically noted a 57 percent reduction in the cost of mental health services over a six-month period, partly due to a 79 percent drop in the cost of psychiatric hospitalization.
  • A study from Los Angeles, CA – home to ten percent of the entire homeless population – found that placing four chronically homeless people into permanent supportive housing saved the city more than $80,000 per year.
For more information on the cost savings of permanent supportive housing, view our policy brief on chronic homelessness or visit our interactive tool on the subject.
While seemingly counterintuitive, these examples clearly demonstrate that a housing-based approach to homelessness is not only more cost-effective than a shelter-based approach, but more effective in the long term. By focusing our resources on ending homelessness, we can make real progress toward eradicating the social problem while helping the country's most vulnerable residents.

Hospitalization and Medical Treatment
People experiencing homelessness are more likely to access the most costly health care services.
  • According to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine, homeless people spent an average of four days longer per hospital visit than comparable non-homeless people. This extra cost, approximately $2,414 per hospitalization, is attributable to homelessness.
  • A study of hospital admissions of homeless people in Hawaii revealed that 1,751 adults were responsible for 564 hospitalizations and $4 million in admission costs. Their rate of psychiatric hospitalization was over 100 times higher than their non-homeless cohort. The researchers conducting the study estimate that the excess cost for treating these homeless individuals was $3.5 million or about $2,000 per person.
Homelessness both causes and results from serious health care issues, including addiction, psychological disorders, HIV/AIDS, and a host of order ailments that require long-term, consistent care. Homelessness inhibits this care, as housing instability often detracts from regular medical attention, access to treatment, and recuperation. This inability to treat medical problems can aggravate these problems, making them both more dangerous and more costly.
As an example, physician and health care expert Michael Siegel found that the average cost to cure an alcohol-related illness is approximately $10,660. Another study found that the average cost to California hospitals of treating a substance abuser is about $8,360 for those in treatment, and $14,740 for those who are not.
Prisons and Jails
People who are homeless spend more time in jail or prison, which is tremendously costly to the state and locality. Often, time served is a result of laws specifically targeting the homeless population, including regulations against loitering, sleeping in cars, and begging.
  • According to a University of Texas two-year survey of homeless individuals, each person cost the taxpayers $14,480 per year, primarily for overnight jail.
  • A typical cost of a prison bed in a state or federal prison is $20,000 per year.
Emergency Shelter
Emergency shelter is a costly alternative to permanent housing. While it is sometimes necessary for short-term crises, too often it serves as long-term housing. The cost of an emergency shelter bed funded by HUD's Emergency Shelter Grants program is approximately $8,067 more than the average annual cost of a federal housing subsidy (Section 8 Housing Certificate). A HUD study found that the cost of providing emergency shelter to families is generally as much or more than the cost of placing them in transitional or permanent housing.
http://www.endhomelessness.org/pages/cost_of_homelessness

February 2014

The following is a script from "100,000 Homes" which aired on Feb. 9, 2014. Anderson Cooper is the correspondent. Andy Court, producer.
Giving apartments to homeless people who've been on the streets for years before they've received treatment for drug or alcohol problems or mental illness may not sound like a wise idea. But that's what's being done in cities across America in an approach that targets those who've been homeless the longest and are believed to be at greatest risk of dying, especially with all of this cold weather.
They're people who once might have been viewed as unreachable.  But cities and counties affiliated with a movement known as the 100,000 Homes Campaign have so far managed to get 80,000 of them off the streets. Local governments and non-profit groups do most of the work. The money comes mostly from existing federal programs and private donations, and there's evidence that this approach saves taxpayers money. 
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-homes-housing-homeless-saves-money/


U.S. Could End Homelessness With Money Used To Buy Christmas Decorations [INFOGRAPHIC]

December 2012

Bonnie Kavousi

Imagine a world without homelessness -- or tinsel.
It would cost about $20 billion for the government to effectively eliminate homelessness in the United States, a Housing and Urban Development official told the New York Times on Monday.
That's just slightly less money than Americans spend on Christmas decorations, according to an analysis from ThinkProgress. Nearly 634,000 people were homelesslast year, according to HUD. 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/11/homelessness-christmas-decorations_n_2276536.html
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