RAND Corporation
Year: 2020
Homelessness is a pervasive public health problem in the United States—affecting more than half a million individuals on any given night. Recently, state Medicaid expansion and movement away from fee-for-service payment models have fostered an increased interest in supportive housing … Continue reading
Abt Associates
Year: 2022
In collaboration with the United Way’s Home For Good Funders Collaborative, the University of Southern California’s Homeless Policy Research Institute contracted with Abt Associates and VIVA Consulting to conduct an evaluation analyzing the Los Angeles community’s efforts for funding new, … Continue reading
Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research
Year: 2021
Many Hispanic households in the United States face poor housing conditions, high rent burdens, overcrowding, and—in some communities—high rates of homelessness. At the same time, awareness is growing that Hispanics are often underrepresented in housing and homelessness assistance programs relative … Continue reading
Clinical Social Work Journal
Year: 2021
A growing body of evidence connects traumatic stress and homelessness, which illustrates the importance of trauma and-resiliency-informed care (TIC) to appropriately serve persons experiencing homelessness (PEH). This paper reviews the literature on traumatic stress, including the biology of trauma as … Continue reading
California Policy Lab
Year: 2021
In Los Angeles County, Black people represent 9% of the general population yet comprise 40% of the homeless population. In its 2018 groundbreaking report, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Ad Hoc Committee on Black People with Lived Experience of Homelessness … Continue reading
Justice Quarterly
Year: 2020
Abstract Compared to their non-homeless peers, chronically homeless adults are much more likely to have a history of incarceration. In turn, homelessness is associated with increased morbidity, lack of access to adequate healthcare services, and decreased life expectancy. This study … Continue reading
Housing and Society
Year: 2021
State Medicaid expansion, coupled with financial incentives from alternative payment models, have fostered an increase in housing programs supported and implemented by hospitals and health systems. Permanent supportive housing (PSH) can improve patients’ health, quality of life (QOL) and wellbeing, … Continue reading
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unparalleled acceleration of efforts to house homeless individuals in California, particularly those that are medically vulnerable due to their age or underlying health conditions (FEMA, 2020). These efforts have occurred at the state, … Continue reading
Abt Associates
Year: 2021
In collaboration with United Way and with philanthropic support from several funding members of the Home For Good Funders Collaborative, the University of Southern California’s Homeless Policy Research Institute contracted with Abt Associates and VIVA Consulting to conduct an evaluation … Continue reading
American Journal of Community Psychology
Year: 2020
Supportive housing has been widely used among persons experiencing chronic homelessness and/or mental health conditions. While it has been demonstrated to be effective in addressing homelessness among populations with complex needs, community integration remains a challenge. Community integration is the … Continue reading