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<br />Service Provider Mean ` <br />Da s Used Per Diem <br />' 1999$ Cost ' <br />2 Yrs Cost Per' <br />Year <br />Dept. of Homeless Services 137 $68 $9,316 $4,658 <br />Ofrice Mental Heallh 57.3 $437 $25,040 $12,520 <br />Health and Hosp Corp. 16.5 $755 $12,458 $6,229 <br />Medicaid-Inpatient 35.3 $657 $23,192 $11,596 <br />Medicaid-Outpatient 62.2 $84 $5,225 $2,612 <br />Veterans Administration 78 $467 $3,643 $1,821 <br />Dept. of Corrections (State) 9.3 $79 $735 $367 <br />De t. of Cortections Ci 10 $129 $1,290 $645 <br />Total ` $8D,898 $40,449 <br />Source: "The Impact of Supportive Housing for Homeless People with Severe Mental <br />Illness on the Utilization of the Public Health, Corrections, and Emergency Shelter <br />Systems: The New York•New York Initiative", Dennis P Cuihane, Stephen <br />Metraux, and Trevor Hadley, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, <br />University of Pennsylvania, May 2001 <br />Table 5: Cost of Services Used by the Chronically <br />Homeless Population Prior to Housing Placement <br />According to the research, the savings from service use reductions and <br />the costs of creating supportive housing showed a significant savings. <br />The service reductions resulting from supportive housing were reported <br />tD save the public $12,145 annually for each individual placed. <br />22 <br />