ASPE conducts work on homelessness policy research, and coordinates HHS's responses to homelessness.
Recent Reports:
- Individuals Experiencing Homelessness are Likely to have Medical Conditions Associated with Severe Illness from COVID-19 (2020)
- Choice Matters: Housing Models that Promote Recovery for Individuals and Families Facing Opioid Use Disorder (2019)
- Housing Options for Recovery for Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder: An Environmental Scan (2019)
- Understanding Encampments of People Experiencing Homelessness and Community Responses: Emerging Evidence as of Late 2018 (2019)
- Housing and Delivery System Reform Collaborations: Issue Brief
ASPE Resources by Subpopulation:
Chronically Homeless:
- State Strategies for Coordinating Medicaid Services and Housing for Adults with Behavioral Health Conditions (2015)
- A Primer on Using Medicaid for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness and Tenants in Permanent Supportive Housing (2014)
- Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices From the Field (2014)
- Public Housing Agencies and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless People (2012)
- Establishing Eligibility for SSI for Chronically Homeless People (2012)
- Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Literature Synthesis and Environmental Scan (2011)
Families:
- Child and Partner Transitions among Families Experiencing Homelessness
- Well-Being of Young Children after Experiencing Homelessness
- Adolescent Well-Being after Experiencing Family Homelessness
- Are Homeless Families Connected to the Social Safety Net?
- Linking Human Services and Housing Assistance for Homeless Families and Families at Risk of Homelessness (2012)
- Homeless Children: Update on Research, Policy, Programs, and Opportunities (2012)
- Human Services and Housing Supports to Address Family Homelessness: Promising Practices in the Field (2011)
- Roundtable on Homeless Children Discussion Synthesis (2010)
- Homelessness Data in HHS Mainstream Programs Final Report (2009)
- Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children (2007)
Youth:
- Pretesting a Human Trafficking Screening Tool in the Child Welfare and Runaway and Homeless Youth Systems
- Family Interventions for Youth Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness
- Health Coverage for Homeless and At-Risk Youth
- Identifying and Serving LGBTQ Youth: Case Studies of Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Grantees (2014)
- Housing Assistance for Youth Who Have Aged Out of Foster Care: The Role of the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program (2012)
- The Mental Health of Vulnerable Youth and Their Transition to Adulthood: Examining the Role of Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Runaway/Homeless Youth Programs (2009)
- The Implementation of Maternity Group Home Programs: Serving Pregnant and Parenting Teens in a Residential Setting (2005)