S.2608: to Prevent Homelessness and to Provide a Comprehensive Aid Package for Homeless Individuals.
Description:
This Senate bill was written to prevent homelessness and to provide a comprehensive aid package for homeless individuals. It contains three major titles: Emergency Relief for the Homeless (Title I), Prevention of Homelessness (Title II), and Increased Low Income Housing (Title III). The bill includes several sections relating specifically to homeless individuals who have mental illnesses: grants for health and mental health services; HUD regulations to ensure individuals with mental illnesses have access to subsidized housing; amendments to the Social Security Act establishing mental illness as a presumptive disability, extending SSI benefits during a hospitalization period of three months or less, and calling for outreach and pre-release application for SSI benefits for individuals returning to the community. The bill also calls for food stamp applications to be combined with the pre-release SSI applications. In addition, the bill establishes funding for technical assistance to community groups establishing group homes for persons who have mental illnesses. [abstract]
Type of Resource:
Government Document
Publication Date:
1986
Location:
Washington