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Project 50: The Cost Effectiveness of the Permanent Supportive Housing Model in the Skid Row Section of Los Angeles County
County of Los Angeles Chief Executive Office Service Integration Branch
Year: 2012
The purpose of this report is to provide the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors with information on the cost effectiveness of Project 50, a program created by action of the Board and funded by the County’s Homeless Prevention Initiative … Continue reading
Homeless but Connected: The Role of Heterogeneous Social Network Ties and Social Networking Technology in the Mental Health Outcomes of Street-Living Youth
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
Cell Phone Use among Homeless Youth: Potential for New Health Interventions and Research
Journal of Urban Health
Year: 2011
Cell phone use has become nearly ubiquitous among adolescents in the United States. Despite the potential for cell phones to facilitate intervention, research, and care for homeless youth, no data exists to date on cell phone use among this population. … Continue reading
Social Networking Technology, Social Network Composition, and Reductions in Substance Use Among Homeless Adolescents
Prevention Science
Year: 2011
Peer-based prevention programs for homeless youth are complicated by the potential for reinforcing highrisk behaviors among participants. The goal of this study is to understand how homeless youth could be linked to positive peers in prevention programming by understanding where … Continue reading
Crisis Indicator: Triage Tool for Identifying Homeless Adults in Crisis
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2011
The triage tool, or crisis indicator, identifies homeless individuals in hospitals and jails who have continuing crises in their lives that create very high public costs. This redesigned tool is four times more accurate than the earlier screening tool released … Continue reading
The Contributions of School Desegregation to Housing Integration: Case Studies in Two Large Urban Areas
Urban Education
Year: 2010
This article examines a half century of housing and school segregation data in two large California school districts. Based on a review of both the methods and the substantive data available tracking the relationship between school and housing integration, the … Continue reading
Discrimination and Mental Health Problems Among Homeless Minority Young People
Public Health Reports
Year: 2010
Objective. We examined the associations among perceived discrimination, racial/ethnic identification, and emotional distress in newly homeless adolescents. Methods. We assessed a sample of newly homeless adolescents (n5254) in Los Angeles, California, with measures of perceived discrimination and racial/ ethnic identification. … Continue reading
Costs Associated with First-Time Homelessness for Families and Individuals
Prepared for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, and the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
Year: 2010
This study examines costs associated with the use of homeless and mainstream service delivery systems by families and individuals experiencing homelessness for the first time in six study communities. Assigning costs to public programs is a first step toward developing … Continue reading
A pilot of a tripartite prevention program for homeless young women in the transition to adulthood
Women's Health Issues
Year: 2009
Among young women who are impoverished and homeless, the transition to adulthood (ages 18 through 25) is associated with alcohol and drug (AOD) use, risky sexual activity, and increased risk of being victimized by intimate partner violence (IPV). During a past-6 … Continue reading
Adolescents Exiting Homelessness Over Two Years: The Risk Amplification and Abatement Model
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Year: 2009
The Risk Amplification and Abatement Model (RAAM), demonstrates that negative contact with socializing agents amplify risk, while positive contact abates risk for homeless adolescents. To test this model, the likelihood of exiting homelessness and returning to familial housing at 2 … Continue reading