What we find with most funding streams is that they do not adequately support the realistic operational costs of supporting these units, so they don't allow for adequate staffing levels. They do not account for the specific mental health supports that need to be on site.
With regard to community mental health, the wait-lists are astronomical, so we need to have those supports built right into these programs and the operational funding allotted to these projects through things like Reaching Home. They do not meet the operational costs. For an organization, a non-profit, to come up with the remainder of those funds, especially in times like this, can be very difficult.
What I would encourage you all to think about when you're planning these funding models is to make sure that the operational dollars are sufficient to actually run the wraparound supports that are required. The capital dollars are not enough. We can have tons of beautiful buildings, but if the supports within those buildings do not meet the unique needs of the populations residing in them, it will not work, so that's what I would encourage you to look at.