Latino Policy & Politics Initiative
Year: 2019
Homelessness is a national concern and for many municipalities a local crisis. Los Angeles County has the largest number of unsheltered homeless individuals of any jurisdiction in the nation. In 2017, there were an estimated 55,048 individuals experiencing homelessness in … Continue reading
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Year: 2019
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-Veteran Administration Supportive Housing (VASH) program uses project- and tenant-based vouchers to provide permanent supportive housing for homeless Veterans. We compared Veteran characteristics, health service utilization, and neighborhood characteristics between HUD-VASH … Continue reading
Community Mental Health Journal
Year: 2020
Community integration—an individual’s embeddedness in his/her community—impacts mental and physical health. This study aimed to understand factors affecting community integration among Veterans in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. Semi-structured interviews and focus groups were … Continue reading
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2020
Latinx people experiencing homelessness, a rapidly growing population, accounted for 36% of the homeless population in the Los Angeles Continuum of Care in 2019. Due to a unique combination of challenges, including language barriers, culturally rooted stigmas, a lack of … Continue reading
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on public health around the world, and has been especially devastating for vulnerable populations, including persons experiencing homelessness. This research brief summarizes the findings of a research project led by Dr. Melissa … Continue reading
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2022
By examining the linkage between AltaMed Health Services’ Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) data, this research identifies an important gap in those flagged for risk of homelessness by a medical provider and those connected to … Continue reading
Community Mental Health Journal
Year: 2023
Improving health and healthcare for people experiencing homelessness (PEH) has become a national research priority. It is critical for research related to homelessness to be guided by input from PEH themselves. We are a group of researchers and individuals who … Continue reading
UCLA
Year: 2023
Between 2020 and 2022, the number of Latinx individuals experiencing sheltered or unsheltered homelessness rose nearly 8 percent nationally (HUD 2022). COVID-19 was likely a contributing factor. Latinx households disproportionately experienced negative economic and health impacts and challenges accessing emergency … Continue reading