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Location, Location, Location: Perceptions of Safety and Security Among Formerly Homeless Persons Transitioned to Permanent Supportive Housing
Journal of the Society for Social Work & Research
Year: 2016
Objective: Low perceived safety and security might have adverse health consequences, especially for chronically homeless individuals who are at high risk of victimization on the street. Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is an effective strategy to address chronic homelessness and improve … Continue reading
How Would Terminating USICH Affect Efforts to End Homelessness?
Urban Institute
Year: 2016
To understand the US Interagency Council on Homelessness’s (USICH’s) role in the nation’s efforts to end homelessness and potential effects of the agency’s impending termination in 2017, we interviewed more than 50 federal, national, state, and local stakeholders across the … Continue reading
How the Federal Government is Working to End Homelessness
Urban Institute
Year: 2016
Veteran homelessness has fallen 47 percent since 2010. Though no one agency or organization can take full credit for this progress, many stakeholders we interviewed said that the US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) played a critical role in helping … Continue reading
A computer-assisted motivational social network intervention to reduce alcohol, drug and HIV risk behaviors among housing first residents
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Year: 2016
Background: Individuals transitioning from homelessness to housing face challenges to reducing alcohol, drug and HIV risk behaviors. To aid in this transition, this study developed and will test a computer-assisted intervention that delivers personalized social network feedback by an intervention … Continue reading
Evaluation of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Chronic Homeless Initiative Phase I Final Report
Abt Associates
Year: 2016
In 2011, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation partnered with Abt Associates Inc. to conduct an evaluation of the Hilton Foundation’s Chronic Homelessness Initiative, with the goal of answering the overarching question: Is the Chronic Homelessness Initiative an effective strategy to … Continue reading
Homelessness, Unsheltered Status, and Risk Factors for Mortality: Findings From the 100,000 Homes Campaign
Public Health Reports
Year: 2016
People who live in unsheltered situations, such as the streets, often have poorer health, less access to health care, and an increased risk of premature mortality as compared with their sheltered counterparts. The objectives of this study were to (1) … Continue reading
Posthumously Assessing a Homeless Population: Services Use and Characteristics
Psychiatric Services
Year: 2016
Objective: Data on services use, characteristics, and geographic distribution of homeless individuals who died in Philadelphia from 2009 to 2011 provided perspective on assessments of the homeless population that rely on conventional counts and surveys. Methods: Data from the City … Continue reading
Developing a Global Framework for Conceptualising and Measuring Homelessness
Habitat International
Year: 2016
Homelessness has long been recognised as a global phenomenon, affecting poorer populations in both the developed and developing worlds. However, acute housing need has often struggled to achieve the same level of priority at an international level as the satisfaction … Continue reading
The Potential of Linked Administrative Data for Advancing Homelessness Research and Policy
European Journal of Homelessness
Year: 2016
Administrative data enable planners, researchers and programme evaluators to examine service use on a population basis, longitudinally. The potential for linking administrative data across multiple systems further allows for a more comprehensive view of various subpopulations, their patterns of service … Continue reading
L.A. County Spends $1 Billion on Services for Single, Homeless Adults
The Chronicle of Social Change
Year: 2016
Researchers found that just six Los Angeles County agencies spent nearly $1 billion in 2015 on services for single adults experiencing homelessness, according to a report released in January 2016. Despite this staggering figure, the number of individuals experiencing homelessness … Continue reading