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but they are quickly replaced by others, Chronic homelessness can <br />be prevented by making mainstream poverty programs mare <br />accountable for the outcomes experienced by their most vulnerable <br />clients and wards, Chronic homelessness can be ended by working <br />to prevent people from becoming homeless, by closing the front <br />door. <br />- Discharge Planning should be improved- People who become <br />homeless are almost always clients of public systems of care and <br />assistance. These include the mental health system, the public <br />health system, the welfare system, and the veterans system, as well <br />as the criminal justice and child protective service systems (including <br />foster care). <br />- The flow of incentives should favor helping the people with the <br />mosf complex problems- As in many other social areas, <br />investment in prevention holds the promise of saving money on <br />expensive systems of remedial care, Support should be extended to <br />low-income families who are "at risk", preventing children from <br />ending up in foster care, providing critical services and treatment for <br />those with substance abuse problems and mental illness, <br />Step 3.Opan the Back Door <br />- An adequate supply of appropriate housing should be <br />developed and subsidized- Where chronic homeless people <br />faced with a shortage of affordable housing, new development <br />should be facilitated and accelerated. Where there is no housing, an <br />26 <br />