Copa Health & Central Arizona Shelter Services Selected To Provide Services At A New Arizona Transitional Housing Facility For Homeless Individuals With SMI

On April 21, 2022, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) awarded a contract to Copa Health and Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) for a new transitional housing facility for people with serious mental illness (SMI) who are experiencing homelessness. The facility, to be built in downtown Phoenix on the Arizona State Hospital campus, will have space for up to 70 residents and an on-site health care clinic open to the public. Copa Health and CASS will provide the housing and health care services. The transitional housing facility will connect residents to essential services that deliver whole health . . .