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Housing Stability Among Homeless Individuals With Serious Mental Illness Participating in Housing First Programs
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| Carol Pearson,
Walter R McDonald & Associates Inc,
cpearson@wrma.com
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| Ann Elizabeth Montgomery,
University of Alabama, Birmingham,
annelizabethmontgomery@gmail.com
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| Abstract:
This paper presents findings from an exploratory study of three programs using the Housing First approach to provide permanent supportive housing for single, homeless adults with serious mental illness and often co-occurring substance-related disorders. This approach provides direct, or nearly direct, access to housing that is perceived to be permanent without requiring sobriety or psychiatric treatment. Most of the research to date has focused on one variation of the Housing First approach utilized at Pathways to Housing in New York City. This exploratory study examined and compared three Housing First programs, including Pathways to Housing that varied in their key features and described program characteristics that seem to be influential in housing tenure, stability, and other positive outcomes. This presentation will highlight the method for the study, describe the characteristics of the Housing First programs selected for study and the study participants, and discuss findings related to housing stability.
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Using a Panel Study of Residents Relocated From Low-Income Housing to Generate Actionable Information for Evaluation Stakeholders
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| Laurie Dopkins,
George Mason University,
ldopkins@gmu.edu
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What happens to residents who are forced to relocate as part of neighborhood redevelopment? Working with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Center for Social Science Research at George Mason University is tracking families from a low-income housing project to:(1) monitor the effect of relocation on relocated residents,(2) stay in contact so they have an opportunity to return to the new development, and(3) provide information to community-based organizations who can provide needed services, including assistance in meeting eligibility criteria for the mixed-income housing complex. This paper focuses on how the findings from a panel study tracking 98 low-income households since 2004 generates information for decision making and action by evaluation stakeholders. Multiple methods for collecting data at regular intervals through household surveys and administrative records are described and the ways in which information is provided to and used by the foundation and community-based organizations are discussed.
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