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‘It’s not an easy life’ – The collision of homelessness and mental illness

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Mental health | The invisible crisis

‘It’s not an easy life’ – The collision of homelessness and mental illness

• Peter Salter
• Jun 24, 2018
• Jun 24, 2018 Updated May 5, 2020
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Peter Salter

He was sleeping in the streets and collecting so-called homeless misdemeanors, the types of tickets you shouldn’t get if you have your own place.

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Bridget Thompson, housing coordinator for Region V Systems.

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Denise Packard, a past chair of the Lincoln Homeless Coalition, visits with James Crawford during the 2017 Homelessness Point in Time count. Packard now maintains the city's Coordinated Entry list, a prioritized registry of Lincoln's homeless.

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