When you're in and out of psychiatric wards, said Gayle Scarbrough, its hard to maintain a place to live. Suffering from schizoaffective disorder and a drug addiction that only made her hallucinations more terrifying, Ms. scarbrough slept in parks,under bridges, in shelters,anywhere she could. "my family's kind of messed up,so they couldn't provide any support," she explained. "As for freinds, a person can only take so much when I"m having mental issues and drug problems. I did'nt really have anywhere to go." Then Ms. Scarbrough heard about an innovative program called Project Coming Home at Contra Costa County Health Services in nearby Martinez Ca. Project Coming Home is 1 of 11 sites across the nation participating in a unique collaberation among the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) with participation by SAMHSA and the Health Resources and Services Administration(HRSA) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) Launched in 2003, the 3-year Collaberative Initiative To Help End Chronic Homelessness is designed to bring a comprehensive approach to bearon the problem.Each Federal Agency is tackeling a different piece of the puzzel. Within HSS

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