Purpose Dignity Action - PDA

Join us on September 27th to learn more about how CoLEAD changes neighborhoods and lives! CoLEAD provides non-congregate temporary lodging, intensive case management, and legal system coordination to help people with substance use disorder and unmet behavioral health needs stabilize and transition from life on the street to permanent supportive housing. Learn more at our Fourth Friday Webinar (via Zoom) September 27th from 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Register now!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: PDA Fourth Fridays Webinar Series: CoLEAD. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: PDA Fourth Fridays Webinar Series: CoLEAD. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Homelessness is hard on the body. Our own statistics show that the average age of death of a person experiencing homelessness is just over 51 years.

For people who use drugs, are criminal legal system involved, and living with behavioral health challenges, housing is necessary but it is not sufficient. In order to stay housed, people need (1) housing that fits their particular circumstances; and (2) support to keep that housing and continue the process of stabilization.

Through CoLEAD, people are moved from the street to temporary lodging, where stabilization can start. People receive a wide range of care coordination, including health care, legal system, and basic needs. Case managers work with clients on identifying and achieving goals. And a housing specialist works to get folks moved from temporary lodging to permanent housing that is the right fit for the client.

But the program does not stop there – CoLEAD provides AfterCare for a year to help people transition from temporary lodging to permanent housing, providing assistance with independent living skills, landlord/tenant relationships, and anything else that comes.

(Image from Board of Health Homelessness and Health Workgroup)