The intense rhetoric about homelessness continues to dominate California’s debates on behavioral health, drug use, and public safety. Yet many of the narratives about people who are unhoused revolve around unfounded assumptions, misleading claims, and faulty research about substance use, which are often used to bolster efforts to expand criminalization of homelessness. In this Health Not Harm webinar we spotlight Margot Kushel, director of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, and Cynthia Castillo, Senior California Program and Policy Analyst at the National Alliance to End Homelessness, to provide an evidence-based assessment of the complex relationship between homelessness and behavioral health and how health-centered approaches can ensure that all Californians have access to low-barrier, high-quality care. Join us as we unpack the data behind California’s homelessness crisis and investigate the most effective ways to address it.

Watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncjS1x8cP3I