Prepared for:
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of
Human Services Policy
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Policy Development and Research
Edited by:
Deborah Dennis, MA, Policy Research Associates, Inc.
Gretchen Locke, MA, Abt Associates, Inc.
Jill Khadduri, PhD, Abt Associates, Inc.
September 2007
This report is available on the Internet at:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/homelessness/symposium07/
How to Obtain a Printed Copy
Acknowledgements
Overview
Papers:
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Historical and Contextual Influences on the
U.S. Response to Contemporary Homelessness
Walter Leginski, PhD
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Changing Homeless and Mainstream Service
Systems: Essential Approaches to Ending Homelessness
Martha Burt, PhD, and Brooke Spellman, MA
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Consumer Integration and Self-Determination
in Homelessness Research, Policy, Planning, and Services
Susan Barrow, PhD, Lorraine McMullin, Julia Tripp, and Sam Tsemberis,
PhD
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People Who Experience Long-Term Homelessness:
Characteristics and Interventions
Carol Caton, PhD, Carol Wilkins, MPP, and Jacquelyn Anderson, MPP
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Homeless Families and Children
Debra Rog, PhD, and John Buckner, PhD
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Homeless Youth in the United States: Recent
Research Findings and Intervention Approaches
Paul Toro, PhD, Amy Dworsky, PhD, and Patrick Fowler, MA
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Characteristics of Help-Seeking Street Youth
and Non-Street Youth
Alma Molino, MS
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Rural Homelessness
Marjorie Robertson, PhD, Natalie Harris, Nancy Fritz, MDiv, Rebecca
Noftsinger, and Pamela Fischer, PhD
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Incarceration and Homelessness
Stephen Metraux, PhD, Caterina Roman, PhD, and Richard Cho, MCP
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Housing Models
Gretchen Locke, MA, Jill Khadduri PhD, and Ann OHara
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Employment and Income Supports for Homeless
People
David Long, MA, MPP, John Rio, MA, CRC, and Jeremy Rosen
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Accountability, Cost-Effectiveness, and Program
Performance: Progress Since 1998
Dennis Culhane, PhD, Wayne Parker, PhD, Barbara Poppe, Kennen Gross, MPH,
and Ezra Sykes, MPA
Appendices:
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Symposium Agenda
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Symposium Biographies
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Symposium Participant List
The National Symposium on Homelessness Research was conducted under Contract
No: 233-02-0088 TK 17 by Abt Associates Inc. and their subcontractor Policy
Research Associates, Inc. The editors wish to thank the numerous people who
supported or provided assistance with this project. In particular, the editors
wish to thank the members of the Expert Panel who provided guidance on the
paper topic selection as well as the Symposium structure and format.
Additionally, the editors wish to thank the Federal staff who helped to review
the draft Symposium papers, including Paul Dornan, Marge Martin, Marina Myhre,
and Mark Johnston from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
Philip Mangano and Mary Ellen Hombs of the U.S. Interagency Council on
Homelessness; Ruth Samardick of the U.S. Department of Labor; Anne Fletcher,
Peggy Halpern, Laura Radel, and Linda Mellgren of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation; Lynnette Araki of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Health Resources and Services Administration; Marsha Werner of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children
and Families; Larry Rickards, Charlene Le Fauve, and Pam Fischer of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration; and Denise Juliano-Bult of the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, National Institute of Mental Health.
Additional information regarding this project can be obtained from the Federal
Project Officers: Anne Fletcher (202-690-5729,
anne.fletcher@hhs.gov) and Paul
Dornan (202-402-4486,
paul_dornan@hud.gov).
To obtain a printed copy of this report, send the title and your mailing
information to:
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Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Sections
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Title page, contents, etc. (in PDF format,
6 pages)
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Overview (in PDF format, 7 pages)
Papers
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Historical and Contextual Influences on the
U.S. Response to Contemporary Homelessness (in PDF format, 36 pages)
-
Changing Homeless and Mainstream Service
Systems: Essential Approaches to Ending Homelessness (in
PDF format, 46 pages)
-
Consumer Integration and Self-Determination in
Homelessness Research, Policy, Planning, and Services (in PDF format,
55 pages)
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People Who Experience Long-Term Homelessness:
Characteristics and Interventions (in PDF format, 44 pages)
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Homeless Families and Children (in PDF
format, 33 pages)
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Homeless Youth in the United States: Recent
Research Findings and Intervention Approaches (in PDF format, 33
pages)
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Characteristics of Help-Seeking Street Youth
and Non-Street Youth (in PDF format, 40 pages)
-
Rural Homelessness (in PDF format,
32 pages)
-
Incarceration and Homelessness (in
PDF format, 31 pages)
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Housing Models (in PDF format, 30 pages)
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Employment and Income Supports for Homeless
People (in PDF format, 34 pages)
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Accountability, Cost-Effectiveness, and Program
Performance: Progress Since 1998 (in PDF format, 42 pages)
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Agenda (in PDF format, 6 pages)
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Biographies (in PDF format, 25 pages)
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Participant List (in PDF format, 8 pages)
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