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Evaluation of the Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness
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A cornerstone effort of the increased focus on chronic homelessness was the development of the Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness (CICH), an innovative demonstration project coordinated by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) and jointly funded by the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Health and Human Services [HHS (SAMHSA and HRSA)] and Veterans Affairs (VA). Recognizing that homelessness is an issue that cuts across various agencies in the federal government, this unique effort across Departments offered permanent housing and supportive service funding through a consolidated application process. The evaluation of the CICH is supported by HHS (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation), VA, and HUD, and is being conducted by the VA's Northeast Program Evaluation Center. |
Published: March, 2008 |
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Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children
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Author(s): Debra J. Rog, C. Scott Holupka, and Lisa C. Patton |
Organization(s): Westat |
This report investigates the availability of data with which to construct a typology of homeless families with the hope that such a typology would foster a better understanding of these families characteristics, service needs, interactions with human services systems, and the dynamics of their use of emergency shelter and other services and assistance. The purpose of this report is to identify key knowledge gaps regarding homeless families and to consider whether these gaps may most efficiently be filled through secondary analysis of existing data, adding questions or a module to planned surveys that include low-income populations, or whether additional primary data would be needed. Ultimately, it is intended that an improved understanding of the characteristics of homeless families with children will guide the development of appropriate service responses to such families and provide an empirical foundation for the design of homelessness prevention and intervention approaches. The project consisted of three phases: assessing the availability of already existing data that could be mined through secondary data analysis; proposing a set of questions to modify existing and ongoing surveys that would allow for the key research questions related to homeless families to be answered, and conceptualizing various primary data collections that would specifically collect the kind of data required to develop a typology of homeless families. The research recommendations described in this report lay the foundation for future data collection efforts affecting policy and programmatic decisions for this homeless families with children. |
Published: March, 2008 |
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Toward Understanding Homelessness:
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The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research |
Author(s): Deborah Dennis, Gretchen Locke, and Jill Khadduri |
Organization(s): Abt Associates, Inc. and Policy Research Associates, Inc. |
The National Symposium on Homelessness Research, co-funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (both ASPE and SAMHSA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in FY 2005, sponsored the development of twelve research papers in an effort to capture the current state of the research related to homelessness. The Symposium event itself, which was held over two days in March of 2007, brought together 200 researchers, policy makers, government officials, service providers, and consumers from across the country to discuss the research papers and directions for future research related to homelessness. This Symposium was a follow-on event to the first National Symposium on Homelessness Research, which took place in 1998 and was also sponsored by HHS and HUD. This volume presents the twelve papers developed and presented at the 2007 Symposium. |
Published: September, 2007 |
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Strategic Action Plan on Homelessness
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Author(s): U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services |
Organization(s): U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services |
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has developed the Strategic Action Plan on Homelessness to outline a set of goals and strategies that will guide the Department's activities related to homelessness over the next several years. This strategic action plan serves as the next iteration of the strategic action plan released in 2003, Ending Chronic Homelessness: Strategies for Action, which outlined the Department's strategy for contributing to the Administration goal of ending chronic homelessness. The intent of this new plan is to refine the goals and strategies of the 2003 Plan to reflect the changing set of challenges and priorities four years after the development of the first plan. |
Published: March, 2007 |
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Evaluability Assessment of Discharge Planning and the Prevention of Homelessness
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Final Report |
Author(s): Garrett Moran, Rafael Semansky, Elizabeth Quinn, Rebecca Noftsinger, and Teresa Koenig |
Organization(s): Westat |
This report presents the results of an evaluability assessment of discharge/transition planning as a homeless prevention strategy in four types of institutional and custodial settings including: adult in-patient psychiatric hospitals, foster care independent living programs, residential treatment programs for adults with substance abuse disorders, and residential treatment centers for youth. The goal of the study was to examine the feasibility of conducting a rigorous and objective evaluation in these settings. The approach used included: a literature review, expert panel meetings, a documentary analysis of selected programs, site visits to exemplary programs, and analysis of findings as a result of these activities. This final report addresses the evaluability question and offers alternative evaluation research designs. |
Published: September, 2005 |
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Maternity Group Homes Classification and Literature Review
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Final Report |
Author(s): Lara Hulsey |
Organization(s): Mathematica Policy Research |
This report provides an overview of past research and develops a preliminary classification framework for maternity group homes. The report is the first deliverable to come from the Maternity Groups Homes Evaluation Design and Site Selection Task Order, under contract to Mathematica Policy Research. By exploring the history of maternity group homes, identifying program components and service delivery methods, and describing management and funding mechanisms, this report sets the stage for further exploration of the range of maternity group homes currently in the field. |
Published: March, 2004 |
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Core Performance Indicators for Homeless-Serving Programs Administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Author(s): John Trutko and Burt Barnow |
Organization(s): Capital Research Corporation and Johns Hopkins University |
This report explores the feasibility of developing a core set of performance measures across four HHS programs that focus on service delivery to homeless persons. The report also explores the extent to which mainstream service-delivery programs supported by HHS, i.e., those not specifically targeted to homelessness, could generate performance measures on the extent to which homeless persons are served and with what effect. |
Published: September, 2003 |
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Ending Chronic Homelessness:
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Strategies for Action |
Author(s): The Secretarys Work Group on Ending Chronic Homelessness |
In March 2003, Secretary Tommy G. Thompson released HHS plan to end chronic homelessness. The plan supports the commitment of President Bush to end chronic homelessness in a decade. HHS administers health and social service programs that make critical contributions toward fulfilling this commitment. |
Published: March, 2003 |
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1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients:
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A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs |
Author(s): Laudan Y. Aron and Patrick T. Sharkey |
Organization(s): Urban Institute |
In recognition of the historically important role that faith-based organizations play in providing services to individuals who are homeless, ASPE funded a secondary analysis of the 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC). This comparison of faith-based and secular non-profit programs draws from a comprehensive, nationally representative survey of programs providing homeless assistance services and the clients they serve. |
Published: March, 2002 |
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