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Predictors of Homelessness Among Families and Single Adults After Exit from Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Programs: Evidence from the Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program
Housing Policy Debate
Year: 2015
This article assesses the extent and predictors of homelessness among veterans (both veterans in families with children and single adults veterans) exiting the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program, which is a nationwide homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing program … Continue reading
Childhood Adversity, Adult Homelessness and the Intergenerational Transmission of Risk: A Population-representative Study of Individuals in Households with Children
Children and Family Social Work
Year: 2015
This study tested for associations between childhood adversity, adult homelessness and contexts of developmental risk in households with children. Data were drawn from the 2010 Washington State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, representative of the population of Washington State residents. … Continue reading
The 2014 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress Part 1: Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Office of Community Planning and Development
Year: 2014
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
The 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress Part 2: Estimates of Homelessness in the United States
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Office of Community Planning and Development
Year: 2014
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) Part 2 provides national estimates of homelessness in the United States. Like previous annual reports, this report is the second part in a two-part series, … Continue reading
Housing Formation and Unemployment Rates
The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Year: 2014
This paper investigates the impact of shocks in the unemployment rate on household formation. Prior research has shown that negative economic shocks reduce household formation, but does not inform how long the declines in household formation will persist. Using time … Continue reading
Family Homelessness Coordinated Entry System Analysis and Refinement Project
Focus Strategies
Year: 2014
The Committee to End Homelessness King County (CEHKC) has engaged Focus Strategies to assess and make recommendations for refinement of the coordinated entry and assessment process (CEA) for families experiencing homelessness in King County, Washington. This analysis includes a summary … Continue reading
Standards of Excellence for Outreach Programs/Engagement Services, Emergency/Crisis/Interim Housing, and Permanent Supportive Housing
Home for Good
Year: 2014
The Standards of Excellence are a set of performance goals and quality standards for outreach programs / engagement services, emergency / crisis / interim housing, and permanent supportive housing. More importantly, they are a framework for applying Housing First principles … Continue reading
Quality of life after housing first for adults with serious mental illness who have experienced chronic homelessness
Psychiatry Research
Year: 2014
This 1-year longitudinal study of adults who have recently transitioned from homelessness to Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) focuses on quality of life as a primary outcome of interest. Eighty of 103 new tenants participated in structured interviews at the time … Continue reading
Service Integration to Reduce Homelessness in Los Angeles County: Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives
Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance
Year: 2014
Homeless people are among the most marginalized individuals in the United States and experience significant rates of morbidity and mortality. Los Angeles County, California, has the highest concentration of homeless individuals in the nation, and although it features the largest … Continue reading
From Skid Row to the Statehouse: How Nonprofit Homeless Service Providers Overcome Barriers to Policy Advocacy Involvement
Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2014
Human service nonprofits are thought to be critical players in advocating on behalf of marginalized communities and improved service delivery mechanisms. However, as human service nonprofits are organized primarily to provide services, not to conduct advocacy, their managers face substantial … Continue reading