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The Untenable System of Mental Health Care and Homelessness
Without a coherent system of mental health care, homeless people with mental illness are swept out of view, either incarcerated, ignored, or passed through the revolving door from social service agency to jail to psychiatric hospital, then back to an agency again. As of 2019, Florida spends nearly a quarter of its funds for state mental health treatment facilities, around $135 million, on just 1,500 beds, serving about 2,500 people.