This. . . or Jails & Hospitals

Whole-person care for low income & homeless overcoming addiction, mental & physical health crises.

Whole-person care for the poor (and the most

expensive)• Innovative whole-person

care for very low-income, often homeless people with severe addiction, physical and mental health problems

• Model 75-bed “Super Center” is a unique and innovative combination of:• Detox (10 beds)• Sobering (10 beds)• In-patient (30 beds) & Out-

patient alcohol & other drug treatment program

• Recuperative Care (25 beds)

• This comprehensive center does not exist anywhere else in the country – costly alternatives: jails & hospitals

• Benefits of ONE PLACE & ONE TEAM will be both highly cost-effective and whole person-effective

• Model can be replicated in many communities

• Interfaith’s whole-person care “Super Center” ready to launch with Alliance Healthcare Foundation $1MM

Mental health? Addiction? Homeless?

The Status Quo: County Jails• Average cost to jail an individual

for one year: $48,000• Average cost to jail an individual

with mental illness: $125,000

The Other Status Quo: Hospital Emergency Departments• Average homeless person incurs $18,500 in hospital

expenses each year• 8,000+ homeless in San Diego County

Since insurance and MediCal do not cover healthcare in jails, taxpayers through the County of San Diego pay 100% of the expenses

Annual Hospital Expenses: $148 million

A complex journey for anyoneGood NewsThere is a strong system of care for privately insured or wealthy personsBad NewsFor the poor who are uninsured or utilize MediCal, it’s overly complicated, often inaccessible, ineffective, and extremely expensive for tax payers

Challenging current state of “whole person care” for the poor:

Detox & sobering: Nearly inaccessible… two to three month wait!!Alcohol and other drug treatment programs: Require detox & sobrietyRecuperative care: Interfaith’s current 32-bed program is at max capacitySocial & employment services: Critical to long-term self-sufficiency, usually located separate and apart from detox, sobering and treatment programs

Missed opportunitiesMark’s Story• Homeless off and on for 20 years• Long history of substance abuse & mental

health• Hospitalized at VA for a mental health crisis• Discharged into Interfaith’s Recuperative

Care Program• After 75 days in the program, he was clean

& sober• Was about to move into his own home...• …received a serious medical diagnosis which

sent him into a tailspin & he relapsed• Unable to stay in the program, he ended up

back in the hospital, and then the streetsSad example of our currently fragmented

system of care

Veronica’s Story• Heroin user, gave birth to a baby girl at

Palomar• Baby girl was taken by Child Protective

Services• Discharged to Interfaith’s Recuperative Care

program• Was in the program for two weeks, before

relapsing• Had to be exited from the program and was

picked up by her husband, who was also using

• Unfortunately, this was not the first child taken from Veronica and place into protective care

Smart, innovative, effective modelProposed 75-bed “Super Center” is a unique and innovation combination of:

• Detox (10 beds)• Sobering (10 beds)• In-patient (30 beds) & out-patient

alcohol and other drug treatment program

• Recuperative care (25 beds)• Wrap-around social and employment

servicesPartnership with:

• Law enforcement• VA & Hospitals• County of San Diego (Health & Human

Services, Behavioral Health Services, County Jails)

• Alcohol & other drug treatment providers• Community clinics (federally qualified

healthcare centers)

No wrong door

Scale…then Replicate125 people served per year in current Recuperative Care and Treatment programs

1,250

Innovative “one team, one place” model of whole-person care will begin in North San Diego County, and can then

be replicated in other communities

will be served under new “one team, one

place” model

One Place One Team

Whole-person care for low income & homeless overcoming addiction, mental & physical health crises

InnovativeWill Save $ MillionsProven EffectiveReady to Launch……with Your Support