Homelessness

Contents Strategic Action Plan Framework Each year, approximately one percent of the U.S. population, some 2-3 million individuals, experiences a night of homelessness that puts them in contact with a homeless assistance provider, and at least 800,000 people are homeless in the United States on any given night.

Contents Introduction Methods Results Conclusion Introduction After two decades of federal and statewide planning, and numerous local initiatives, homelessness remains

Introduction In 2003 the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Veterans Affairs initiated a major service demonstration, the Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness (CICH).

By: Greg A Greenberg, PhD Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC West Haven, CT, Yale University Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT and Robert A Rosenheck, MD Northeast Program Evaluation Center, VAMC West Haven, CT, VA New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center;

Contents Introduction Key Research Questions Methods Key Findings Key Study Design and Measurement Issues Alternative Research Designs

Contents Methodology and Research questions Key Findings Recommendations for Further Research Maternity group homes offer an innovative and intensive approach to addressing the needs of an extremely vulnerable population  teenage mothers and their children who have no other

Content The Value of Hardship Measures Defining and Measuring Hardship Material Hardship Indexes Measuring Hardship Using the SIPP Unanswered Questions for Future Research  

Contents Characteristics of the Four Homeless-Serving Programs Analysis of Measures Derived from Homeless Administrative Data Systems (HADS) Potential Core Performance Measures For Homeless-Specific Service Programs Application of Sugges