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Reducing and Preventing Homelessness: A Review of the Evidence and Charting a Research Agenda
National Bureau of Economic Research
Year: 2019
Homelessness may be both a cause of and one of the more extreme outcomes of poverty. Governments at all levels have a variety of tools to combat homelessness, and these strategies have changed dramatically over the past quarter century. In … Continue reading
How Structural Variations in Collaborative Governance Networks Influence Advocacy Involvement and Outcomes
Public Administration Review
Year: 2019
Collaborative governance is intended to solve complex problems and promote democratic outcomes by connecting ground-level stakeholders with government. In order for these goals to be met, however, participants must have meaningful influence and opportunities for voice. Using national survey data … Continue reading
Child Abuse Victimization, Depression, and Substance Use Among Homeless Women: Application of General Strain Theory
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Year: 2019
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the association between child abuse and substance use among homeless women based on a framework of General Strain Theory, which emphasizes the strong relationship between deviant behaviors and personally experienced strain. … Continue reading
Changes in Physical Assault Among Adults Moving Into Permanent Supportive Housing
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Year: 2019
People experiencing homelessness experience high rates of physical assault. While this high risk for victimization is well established, there is no research that examines whether victimization rates change over time as persons transition into permanent supportive housing (PSH). Data are … Continue reading
Los Angeles housing models and neighbourhoods’ role in supportive housing residents’ social integration
Housing Studies
Year: 2019
Social integration is an indicator of programmatic success in supportive housing, yet is an ongoing challenge for residents. This study examines varying supportive housing models’ (i.e. congregate, single-site, scatter-site) and neighborhoods’ (i.e. Skid Row, Downtown Los Angeles [DTLA], Other) differential … Continue reading
The Role of Mental Health and Substance Use in Homeless Adults’ Tobacco Use and Cessation Attempts
Journal of Dual Diagnosis
Year: 2019
Although tobacco use is prevalent among adults experiencing homelessness, research deficits exist regarding the mental health, substance use, and demographic correlates of tobacco use behaviors in this population. This study examined whether correlates of tobacco use among housed adults identified … Continue reading
Mental health change in the transition to permanent supportive housing: The role of housing and social networks
Journal of Community Psychology
Year: 2019
Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) may improve homeless adults’ mental health via housing stabilization and/or improved relational factors, however, the role of housing and social networks on PSH residents’ mental health change is minimally understood.
Changes in Physical Health After Supported Housing: Results from the Collaborative Initiative to End Chronic Homelessness
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Year: 2019
The permanent supported housing model is known to improve housing outcomes, but there has been sparse research on the effects of supported housing on physical health. Various organizations including the National Academy of Sciences have called for research in this … Continue reading
Early Intervention to Prevent Persistent Homelessness: Predictive Models for Identifying Unemployed Workers and Young Adults who become Persistently Homeless
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2019
Thousands of persistently homeless Americans are turning sidewalks of U.S. cities into camps for internally displaced persons. In major west coast metropolitan areas, the number of long-term homeless needing housing far exceeds the available housing supply, making it difficult to … Continue reading
Rapid Re-Employment Offers an Escape From Cardboard City. Homelessness is an Income Problem as Well as a Housing Problem
Los Angeles Times
Year: 2019
More taxpayer dollars are being spent on homeless housing and services, yet homelessness in Los Angeles County increased 12% last year and chronic homelessness is up 17%. Society needs to do better. Homelessness is an income problem as well as … Continue reading