• Every two years, Alameda County's EveryOne Home sets out to conduct a point-in-time homeless count in the county. The group and volunteers go out into the community and provide survey questionnaires to those who are living outdoors. The data collected from the survey is used to help the county better serve the homeless.
• From funny to brutally honest, Buzzfeed  young adult books about mental health that are a perfect gift idea.
• The , or the 21st Century Cures Act. According to NAMI, HR 34 contains a number of provisions designed to improve access to needed care and foster recovery, which could prevent consequences from lack of mental health care such as homelessness, hospitalizations, suicides, and unnecessary incarceration.