The state has repeatedly emphasized its commitment to not building more residential treatment programs.  Existing residential programs are in crisis: underfunded and unable to retain professional staff.  If a patient from OSH is lucky, they will wait MONTHS to be placed, once deemed ready for discharge (civil population).  The state is not allocating sufficient monies to community mental health for it to be little more than a sick joke.  Gigantic caseloads, burnout and insufficient resources.  The majority of OSH patients discharge to Multnomah County eventually, and the crumbling Residential system simply cannot support them.  Further, persistent rumors of more supportive and supported housing abound, but never seem to be adequately realized.  So, with USDOJ pressure to evacuate state hospitals in Oregon, the street-homeless population continues to climb.  Want deinstitutionalization?  Provide ample funding and oversight of evidence-based community alternatives.