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Covering Mental Health:
A Resource Guide for Reporters and Editors

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HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH

National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness, Policy Research Associates, 262 Delaware Ave., Delmar, N.Y. 12054 * (800) 444-7415, fax (518) 439-7612, Web site: http://www.prainc.com/nrc, E-mail: nrc@prainc.com. Deborah Dennis, director.

Funded by the Center for Mental Health Services, this group has a database of more than 6,000 articles. It prepares annotated bibliographies, conducts specialized database searches and can provide experts.

Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH),Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., 323 Boston Post Road, Sudbury, Mass. 01776 * (978) 443-0055, fax (5978) 443-4722. Richard Becker, director and Jon Grand, senior program associate; E-mail: ahpadmin@ahpinc.com.

Assists about 400 programs throughout the country that receive federal funds for PATH programs to provide outreach and mental health services to homeless people.

ACCESS, Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Supports, Center for Mental Health Services, Rockville, Md. 20857 * Francis Randolph, director.

A federal program to help communities integrate services for homeless people who are mentally ill. Contact: Office of External Liaison, (301) 443-2792; fax (301) 443-5163.

Dr. Fred Osher, director, Division of Community Psychiatry, University of Maryland Department of Psychiatry, Baltimore, Md. 21201 * (410) 328-3414, fax (410) 328-3311, E-mail: fosher@umpsy.ab.umd. edu. Has written extensively on this subject.