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Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care is hosting community forums to learn more about what behavioral health programs and services are important to the American Indian community in Maricopa County.
Mercy Maricopa is the new Regional Behavioral Health Authority for Maricopa County.
We’re here to give you the support you need, when you need it. We want to help you on
your path of recovery and in living a healthy life. We are hosting community forums to
learn more about what behavioral health programs and services are important to the
American Indian community in Maricopa County.
We want to hear from you about the
programs and services important to your
health, well-being and recovery. Please
join us at one of our member forums to
share your goals, make your voice heard
and help us improve the system.
Thursday, May 29 | 4-6 p.m.
Native Health
4041 N. Central Ave., Building C, Phoenix
Wednesday, June 4 | 5-6:30 p.m.
Native American Service Center
4520 N. Central Ave., Phoenix
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A "chronically homeless" individual is defined to mean a homeless individual with a disability who lives either in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven, or in an emergency shelter or in an institutional care facility if the individual has been living in the facility for fewer than ninety (90) days and had been living in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or in an emergency shelter immediately before entering the institutional care facility. In order to meet the ‘‘chronically homeless’’ definition, the individual also must have been living as described above continuously for at least twelve (12) months or on at least four (4) separate occasions in the last three (3) years, where the combined occasions total a length of time of at least twelve (12) months. Each period separating the occasions must include at least seven (7) nights of living in a situation other than a place not meant for human habitation, in an emergency shelter or in a safe haven.
Federal nondiscrimination laws define a person with a disability to include any (1) individual with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) individual with a record of such impairment; or (3) individual who is regarded as having such an impairment. In general, a physical or mental impairment includes, but is not limited to, examples of conditions such as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), developmental disabilities, mental illness, drug addiction, and alcoholism.