Solutions start here.

MHSA ANNUAL MEETING 2011

Thank you for being part of the MHSA mission: ending homelessness.

This year, our partnerships—both new and old—combined with our

commitment to measurable outcomes have helped us advance

closer than ever to ending homelessness in Massachusetts.

MHSA and our partners have continued to

EducateAdvocateInnovate

Collaborateto advance the MHSA mission.

Educate

Through initiatives including

the Faces of Homelessness Speakers’ Bureau,

the MHSA Young Professionals Group,

and Social Action Massachusetts,

MHSA and our partners have continued to spread the word

that homelessness is a problem with a solution:

housing.

Advocate

In 2011, the cap was lifted on the Community Support Program for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness (CSPECH) thanks to

advocacy by MHSA and our partner The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP)

estimates CSPECH has already created a net Medicaid savings

of more than $3 million.

Innovate

MHSA continued to work with our 12 partner agencies on our statewide

Housing First initiative Home & Healthy for Good (HHG).

HHG continues to save both lives and taxpayer dollars.

But permanent supportive housing is not only

cost-effective—it is a proven, lasting solution to

homelessness.

92% of participants in MHSA’s Post Detox/Pre Recovery

program remained housed in the program seven months after

program entry.

90% of participants in the Post Detox/Pre Recovery program were engaged in education, training, job search or community service at the

end of the fiscal year.

100% of the participants in MHSA’s Journey to Success

program remained permanently housed one year after they

entered the program.

Boston has seen a25% decrease in the number of chronically homeless individuals between 2005 and 2010, despite a struggling economy, thanks to

Mayor Menino’s emphasis on permanent supportive housing.

Collaborate

This year MHSA was thrilled to receive $100,000 from the Citizens Bank

Foundation to target chronic homelessness in Boston and Springfield.

These funds have gone directly to support the work of two of our member agencies:

The Boston Public Health Commission’s (BPHC) High Utilizers of Emergency Services (HUES) to Home program

and the Mental Health Association’s Regional Engagement and Assessment for the Chronic Homeless (REACH) II program

in Springfield.

In September 2010, MHSA and our partners gathered in Worcester for Homecoming 2010:

Honoring Achievements in Ending Chronic Homelessness.

And more recently, MHSA and our supporters gathered in Boston in May 2011 for Home for Good: Solutions Start Here to honor outstanding work to

initiate solutions to homelessness.

MHSA’s work to end homelessness would not be

possible without our partnerships with you.

Thank you.