Community Mental Health Journal
Year: 2011
Although social integration tends to have positive effects on the mental health of housed adolescents, the role of homeless adolescents’ social networks is more ambiguous. Social network data were collected from 136 homeless adolescents in Hollywood, California to examine how … Continue reading
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
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Year: 2016
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
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Year: 2016
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (AHAR) in two parts. Part 1 provides Point-in-Time (PIT) estimates, offering a snapshot of homelessness—both sheltered and unsheltered— on a single night. The one-night … Continue reading
Public Health
Year: 2019
This study examines rates of lifetime adult homelessness among foreign-born adults in the United States and how they differ from native-born adults.
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2019
This literature review explores research on the characteristics and unique needs of older adults experiencing homelessness and highlights potential interventions and strategies for addressing those needs, including permanent supportive housing.
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2019
This literature review examines research on the effectiveness and impact of outreach programs, different strategies for successful outreach, and Los Angeles County’s specific approach to coordinated homeless outreach efforts.
Homelessness Policy Research Institute
Year: 2019
This white paper reviews the limitations of current PIT counts, introduces the multiple-list method that combines PIT and HMIS data, briefly reviews possible extensions of these methods to provide communities with more frequent estimates of the dynamics of their homeless … Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Office of Community Planning and Development
Year: 2019-2020
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) Part 1 provides national estimates of homelessness in the United States. This report furthers our understanding of homelessness in our country by looking at the … Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Office of Community Planning and Development
Year: 2012
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) releases the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (AHAR) in two parts. Part 1 provides Point-in-Time (PIT) estimates, offering a snapshot of homelessness—both sheltered and unsheltered— on a single night. The one-night … Continue reading