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Los Angeles County’s Enterprise Linkages Project: An Example of the Use of Integrated Data Systems in Making Data-Driven Policy and Program Decisions
California Journal of Politics and Policy
Year: 2012
Governments at all levels are tasked with administering public programs that serve large numbers of people. The use of integrated data systems (IDS), which can be used to link administrative records from multiple public agencies into one database, offer a … Continue reading
Keeping the Lights On: How Government Funding Concerns Drive the Advocacy Agendas of Nonprofit Homeless Service Providers
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Year: 2012
Human service nonprofits have historically played an important role in advocating on behalf of the vulnerable populations that they serve. Growth in privatization has led many scholars and practitioners to wonder if increased dependence on government funds would compromise this … Continue reading
Collaboration, Public-Private Intermediary Organizations, and the Transformation of Advocacy in the Field of Homeless Services
Ameican Review of Public Administration
Year: 2012
Participation in collaborative advocacy organizations is one of the most common advocacy tactics pursued by nonprofit organizations. However, field-level dynamics and norms around collaboration may be changing with the growth of public-private intermediary organizations. Using a lens that brings together … Continue reading
Project 50: The Cost Effectiveness of the Permanent Supportive Housing Model in the Skid Row Section of Los Angeles County
County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office Service Integration Branch
Year: 2012
The purpose of this report is to provide the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors with information on the cost effectiveness of Project 50, a program created by action of the Board and funded by the County’s Homeless Prevention Initiative … Continue reading
Cell Phone Use among Homeless Youth: Potential for New Health Interventions and Research
Journal of Urban Health
Year: 2011
Cell phone use has become nearly ubiquitous among adolescents in the United States. Despite the potential for cell phones to facilitate intervention, research, and care for homeless youth, no data exists to date on cell phone use among this population. … Continue reading
Social Networking Technology, Social Network Composition, and Reductions in Substance Use Among Homeless Adolescents
Prevention Science
Year: 2011
Peer-based prevention programs for homeless youth are complicated by the potential for reinforcing highrisk behaviors among participants. The goal of this study is to understand how homeless youth could be linked to positive peers in prevention programming by understanding where … Continue reading
Combining creativity and control: Understanding individual motivation in large-scale collaborative creativity
Accounting, Organizations and Society
Year: 2011
Recent research has shown that management control systems (MCS) can improve performance in contexts characterized by high levels of task uncertainty. This seems to conflict with a second stream of research, which argues that MCSs risk undermining the intrinsic motivation … Continue reading
Discrimination and Mental Health Problems Among Homeless Minority Young People
Public Health Reports
Year: 2010
Objective. We examined the associations among perceived discrimination, racial/ethnic identification, and emotional distress in newly homeless adolescents. Methods. We assessed a sample of newly homeless adolescents (n5254) in Los Angeles, California, with measures of perceived discrimination and racial/ ethnic identification. … Continue reading
Cost Avoidance Yielded Through Participation In The Long Beach Homeless Veterans Initiative
County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office Service Integration Branch
Year: 2010
The Long Beach Homeless Veterans Initiative (LBHVI) is a program associated with Los Angeles County’s Homeless Prevention Initiative (HPI). The City of Long Beach has been under contract with the County for the LBHVI since July 2008. This LBHVI is … Continue reading
Costs Associated with First-Time Homelessness for Families and Individuals
Prepared for US Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
Year: 2010
This study examines costs associated with the use of homeless and mainstream service delivery systems by families and individuals experiencing homelessness for the first time in six study communities. Assigning costs to public programs is a first step toward developing … Continue reading