Interested in learning more about the relationship between mental health and homelessness? Wondering what options are available to someone trying to survive on the streets while living with mental illness? Looking for data on the cost of permanent supportive housing compared to the alternatives? Check out two new inspiring and informative videos from Plymouth. For a one-page overview of the mental health system and Plymouth’s remarkable role, read or download our newest infographic.

Hear from Plymouth Residents. The first video focuses on three truly remarkable Plymouth residents. Through their eyes, you learn how Plymouth’s permanent supportive housing offers safety, stability and hope to men and women living with mental illness, many of whom had suffered on the streets for many years. Compelling data and expert insights portray the challenges in our mental health system and highlight Plymouth’s life-changing, cost-saving outcomes.  Click here to be inspired by the stories of Plymouth residents.

Hear from Charlie Gibson. The second video will make you wish you were back in school (but only if this fellow could teach all of your classes). There’s a reason award-winning journalist Charles Gibson is famous, trusted, and beloved around the world. In his keynote address at Plymouth’s 2014 Key to Hope luncheon, Charlie put the issue of homelessness into a national context. He connects decades of change in our public health care system to changes in rates of chronic homelessness and to changes in the way “the public mental health system” is defined in the US. He also compares the cost of various alternatives for caring for people with persistent mental illness. Charlie’s remarks are witty and engaging, and they’re buttressed with solid data that will both startle and inspire you.  Click here to watch Charlie at work.

 and to read Patti Payne’s terrific Puget Sound Business Journal coverage of Plymouth’s 2014 Key to Hope luncheon, click here.

Charlie Gibson’s remarks were, in the words of one guest, “riveting.”