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Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education: A Trauma‐Informed Approach to Research, Policy, and Practice
ASHE Higher Education Report
Year: 2017
This monograph explores how homelessness intersects most social issues that marginalize individuals and negatively influence postsecondary completion, including poverty, foster care, and LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer/questioning, and others) discrimination. As becomes evident, students experiencing homelessness should be considered … Continue reading
Patterns of Multisystem Service Use and School Dropout Among Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth-Grade Students
The Journal of Early Adolescence
Year: 2017
Youth who receive services from public mental health, child welfare and delinquency, and homeless systems are often exposed to a number of overlapping child, family, school, and community risk factors. Minimal research, however, has focused on the extent to which … Continue reading
Gender Differences in Factors Associated with Unsheltered Status and Increased Risk of Premature Mortality among Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
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
Home For Good Funders Collaborative: Updated Lessons Learned from Five Years of Coordinated Funding
Abt Associates
Year: 2017
For many years, chronic homelessness has been a significant issue in Los Angeles County where, on any given night, there are nearly 46,874 people who experience homelessness, including 14,058 chronically homeless persons. While many community organizations, governmental agencies, and foundations … Continue reading
History and Takeaways from Los Angeles County’s Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool
Abt Associates
Year: 2017
In 2014, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) Housing For Health Division, in partnership with other governmental partners and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, launched a rental subsidy program for its most vulnerable patients called the Flexible … Continue reading
Differences in Health and Social Support between Homeless Men and Women Entering Permanent Supportive Housing
Womens Health Issues
Year: 2017
Background: Permanent supportive housing (PSH) is the leading intervention to end chronic homelessness. Little is known, however, about gender differences, including potential disparities in physical and mental health and social support, that might inform services available through PSH. METHODS: This study included … Continue reading
Life goals and gender differences among chronically homeless individuals entering permanent supportive housing
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless
Year: 2017
This research seeks to understand goals and the gender differences in goals among men and women who are transitioning into permanent supportive housing. Men and women experience homelessness differently. Data collected for this study come from a longitudinal investigation of … Continue reading
Who Counts: Assessing Accuracy of L.A.’s Homeless Count
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2017
This report views Greater Los Angeles Homeless Counts from 2007 through 2017 as a body of work rather than discrete annual snapshots and assesses the extent to which the Counts present a consistent body of evidence and the extent to … Continue reading
Housing for Health
Rand Corporation
Year: 2017
A Los Angeles County program provides supportive housing coupled with case management to those experiencing homelessness and was associated with sharp reductions in health care use by program participants. Across all the public services examined, the cost of services for … Continue reading
No digital divide? Technology use among homeless adults
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless
Year: 2017
Homeless adults experience increased risk of negative health outcomes, and technology-based interventions may provide an opportunity for improving health in this population. However, little is known about homeless adults’ technology access and use. Utilizing data from a study of 421 … Continue reading