This week, Crisis Coach and Interventionist Scott H. Silverman was on Fox 5 San Diego Morning News t to discuss Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order to clear homeless encampments in San Diego. Scott estimates that about 30% of unhoused people can re-join the workforce and pay for housing with basic support programs like training, transitional housing,…
Scott H. Silverman, who has been involved in San Diego’s homeless struggle for many years, recently appeared on KUSI’s Good Morning San Diego to discuss San Diego’s recently announced policy of ticketing the homeless. While the policy of giving people who aren’t realistically able to appear in court a ticket is inhumane on its face,…
This week, Crisis Coach Scott H. Silverman was on KUSI discussing solutions to Homelessness in San Diego. Scott has been involved in homeless issues since the late 1980s, and shared several ideas on potential solutions. To help the unhoused population, Scott discussed the importance of individualized treatment, or “meeting people where they are.” An example…
Confidential Recovery CEO Scott H Silverman recently appeared on KUSI Good Morning San Diego to discuss the long-standing and ever worsening homeless problem in San Diego and what might be done about it. In his words, “housing first” might not be the immediate best answer, because just giving someone housing doesn’t address the underlying issues that…
Scott H. Silverman who has been working on homelessness, substance abuse, and mental health issues since the 1980s recently visited KUSI San Diego’s “Good Morning San Diego” segment to discuss the rampant homelessness that is plaguing our state and nation. Scott pointed out that that 70%+ of unhoused people are under the influence of drugs,…
As I mentioned in an April interview with California Insider, almost half of the homeless people in the United States can be found in California. As of 2020, 70% of those people were unsheltered. With so much money dedicated to the problem, why is it still a problem? Chances are, you’ve heard about the tent…