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Summary Of Mr. Zazzarino's Lecture On Supportive Housing
I found Mr. Zazzarino’s lecture on Supportive Housing: Community Support Services to be very interesting and informative. Within his first 15 minutes of the lecture, he explained the former discharge process that had been historically utilized and which unfortunately is still used here in Northeast Pennsylvania. He further explained how when individuals were ready for discharge they would have to enter or re-enter a 24-hour group home setting. Part of my job is to attend discharge meetings and there have been numerous occasions where an individual requests to be placed into their own apartment in the community, but they are denied or persuaded to enter into a group home. Normally, they are denied this opportunity for two reasons: 1) the

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