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“Following a theology of grace we beleive that we are loved into healing, not loved because we are healed. Theology of land and housing.”
― Kevin Nye, Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness

“We need to become comfortable with the idea that there is no correlation between the amount of faith someone has and their mental health.”
― Kevin Nye, Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness

“In this sense, we can all start with this question for ourselves and our local church communities: Are we safe for people with mental health struggles? Do our relationships and programs provide low-barrier and consistent care for people? If your church has a program for unhoused folks, do you expel or ban people who exhibit erratic behavior? Knowing that these behaviors may not be willful, how can your program adjust to offer safety for all while also including those who require greater care and intention? If your programs are frequented by people with mental illness, are there any partnerships you can form with local nonprofits that work with this population? Is your Sunday service a place that would welcome and hold space for someone with unregulated mental illness? If not, what would need to change?”
― Kevin Nye, Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness

“Research psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey offers a thorough examination of the historical breakdown of mental health care in America in his book American Psychosis.”
― Kevin Nye, Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness

“The church can be a positive force for mental health among the most vulnerable, never giving up on people as they navigate a lifetime of care management, with all its ups and downs. Grace calls the church to this most holy, sacred work: to care for the most vulnerable and sick for as long as it takes.”
― Kevin Nye, Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness

“As the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has identified, people with anosognosia are at a heightened risk for homelessness and arrest.9 Without awareness of their mental illness and an understanding of how to live with it, people are unable to regulate their behavior or the expectations of social settings, including programs intending to help. But much of the problem is also systemic: our social safety nets meant to serve those with severe mental illness are often designed in ways that render them functionally inaccessible.”
― Kevin Nye, Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness

“housing, trauma-informed care, authentic relationships, and safe community. All these are innate human needs that, when met, contribute positively to mental health.”
― Kevin Nye, Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness

“I have often felt the disciples’ dismay when it comes to people with particularly acute mental illness; I feel lost and out of my depth.”
― Kevin Nye, Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness

“Housing First”
― Kevin Nye, Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness