Search Research Catalogue
Social network change after moving into permanent supportive housing: Who stays and who goes?
Network Science
Year: 2018
Social networks influence health/mental health outcomes among persons experiencing homelessness. Moving into permanent supportive housing (PSH), an effective solution to chronic homelessness, may quickly disrupt social relationships created on the streets, particularly among persons who have experienced chronic homelessness. Understanding … Continue reading
Escape Routes: Meta-Analysis of Homelessness in L.A.
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2018
Information from 26 datasets with records of Los Angeles County’s homeless residents was used for a first-of-its-kind meta-analysis that identifies interventions for reducing chronic homelessness. Almost 600,000 Los Angeles County residents are in poverty and spend 90 percent or more … Continue reading
Predictive and/or Protective Factors for Homelessness
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2018
The pathways into homelessness have been described through anecdotal stories but are seldom explored using public agency data for a large population over an extended time. This study aims to help overcome that deficit and provide a more definitive portrait … Continue reading
Homelessness Interventions: Costs versus Benefits
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2018
HPRI Literature Review prepared for the City of Los Angeles on what Homelessness Interventions Demonstrate Benefits that Outweigh the Costs?
Aging in Place With Permanent Supportive Housing
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2018
Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is effective at ending chronic homelessness. PSH should also be designed to accommodate and address accelerated aging experienced by homeless adults in order to help them age in place once they are housed.
Homelessness and housing insecurity in higher education: A trauma-informed approach to research, policy, and practice
ASHE Higher Education Report
Year: 2017
This monograph explores how homelessness intersects most social issues that marginalize individuals and negatively influence postsecondary completion, including poverty, foster care, and LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer/questioning, and others) discrimination. As becomes evident, students experiencing homelessness should be considered … Continue reading
The 2016 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress, Part 2
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Year: 2017
In 2001, the U.S. Congress required that HUD fund communities to implement information systems to track the use of homelessness services, with the understanding that ending homelessness requires knowledge about the size of the problem and the way in which … Continue reading
Patterns of Multisystem Service Use and School Dropout Among Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth-Grade Students
The Journal of Early Adolescence
Year: 2017
Youth who receive services from public mental health, child welfare and delinquency, and homeless systems are often exposed to a number of overlapping child, family, school, and community risk factors. Minimal research, however, has focused on the extent to which … Continue reading
Gender Differences in Factors Associated with Unsheltered Status and Increased Risk of Premature Mortality among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
Womens Health Issues
Year: 2017
Among individuals experiencing homelessness, unsheltered status is associated with poor health and access to care and an increased risk for premature death. Insufficient research has explored gender differences in these outcomes; the objective of this study was to address this … Continue reading
Home For Good Funders Collaborative: Updated Lessons Learned from Five Years of Coordinated Funding
Abt Associates
Year: 2017
For many years, chronic homelessness has been a significant issue in Los Angeles County where, on any given night, there are nearly 46,874 people who experience homelessness, including 14,058 chronically homeless persons. While many community organizations, governmental agencies, and foundations … Continue reading