NKCDC is incorporating trauma-informed practices into its work
Matt Tice has some insight into the problem as the director of clinical services at Pathways to Housing PA, a nonprofit that also works in Kensington and is dedicated to helping people who have experienced homelessness for years and have mental health or substance use disorders. He said housing instability can majorly impact mental health.
“They don’t have a safe place to lay their head, they don’t have a place to put medications for the night, they don’t know if they’re going to be attacked at any point because they’re constantly vulnerable,” Tice said. “It means that they’re regularly on guard, they’re always needing to be in survival mode, and it’s really hard to come back from that.”
