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Recommendations: <br />^ Adequate discharge management planning, <br />o Improve emergency assistance services, <br />^ Provision of adequate facilities for the treatment of mentally ill <br />persons, those with chronic health problems, and substance <br />abusers, <br />o Prevent children from ending up in foster care, and <br />^ Prevent homelessness among youth. <br />Action Steps: <br />^ Identify the current practices used in discharging inmates, <br />patients, and clients and assess the post-discharge needs of <br />the individual (public institutions, and public systems of care <br />including Jail, Police, hospitals, shelters, and foster care etc., <br />and HIP in year one and re-evaluate every five years), <br />^ Development of Discharge Plan and review of the plan with the <br />individual (public institutions, public systems of care, and HIP <br />within two years and an ongoing effort), <br />^ A notice to the planned housing service provider to confirm the <br />accommodation for the discharged individual (landlords, <br />shelters, public institutions, and public systems of care within <br />two years and an ongoing effort), <br />^ Monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of Post- <br />Discharge Plan, coordinating with various public service <br />providers to follow up services, treatment and care (various <br />48 <br />