Articles for the Topic "Homelessness Prevention"

A Case Management, Education, and Prevention Program At a Small Emergency Shelter for Homeless Men: One Nurse's Experience

2007-06-04T02:45:06

In this article, the author describes his experiences working in a small emergency shelter for homeless men. It started out as a 100 hour practicum in a graduate cultural diversity class at DePaul, for which he had to select an unfamiliar group of people who were medically underserved. The author is now servicing this shelter full time. He presently runs the shelter's health care case management program. He has finished his graduate studies as an adult nurse practitioner and hopes to obtain a collaborative agreement with a physician to provide a wider range of primary services for the men at the shelter. He is also working with the shelter staff on a proposal for a homeless respite program, which would include having a 24-hour place (possibly an apartment) for the homeless who are in between hospital discharge and the shelter and need a place to recover.

A Paradigm Shift in Housing and Homeless Services: Applying the Population and High-Risk Framework to Preventing Homelessness - Free Access

2010-03-24T04:13:49

FREE Access to Full Text: This literature review examines the new field of homeless prevention for practices that show promise for preventing homelessness among at-risk individuals. It is featured in the "Future of Homeless Services" Special Issue, guest edited by the Homelessness Resource Center and published in the Open Health Services and Policy Journal. Jocelyn Apicello uses this review to explore the most innovative prevention practices for vulnerable populations.

Critical Time Intervention

2010-02-19T01:14:01

Critical Time intervention is an evidence-based practice designed to assist people in their transition from a mental health facility to a stable place of residence to avoid homelessness.

Discharge Planning Advisor: Innovative Program Helps Homeless, Frees Up Beds

2007-03-28T03:38:43

One major problem facing the homeless is when they are hospitalized they are often released back to the street creating a gap in their recovery. This is an innovative approach to meeting the needs of the homeless after hospital discharge.

Evaluability Assessment of Discharge Planning and the Prevention of Homelessness: Final Report

2007-03-27T03:53:09

The purpose of this study was to determine the evaluability of discharge planning as a strategy to prevent homelessness. In 1994 the Federal Interagency Council on Homelessness identified inadequate discharge planning as a significant factor contributing to homelessness among persons with mental illnesses and/or substance use disorders. This study is related to a strategy in the plan that recommends identifying and promoting the use of effective, evidence-based homelessness prevention interventions. (Authors)

Homeless Prevention in the Emergency Shelter Grants Program

2007-11-25T07:17:18

This brochure provides information about homeless prevention efforts within the Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) program, and highlights some specific homeless prevention strategies employed by ESG grantees and the agencies (recipients) that operate ESG projects. (HUD)

Homeless Prevention Plan

2007-07-26T01:36:25

The Kentucky Council on Homeless Policy (CHP), recognizing a lack of coordinated policy priorities to address homelessness, decided to focus on collaborative prevention efforts as a key to reducing the number of people who experience homelessness. The resulting statewide prevention plan identifies existing institutional barriers that can contribute to or exacerbate homelessness and makes recommendations on specific problems or barriers identified within existing programs. These recommendations are rooted in the vision of the council to develop statewide systems and policies that forge partnerships among state agencies that allow communities to achieve local solutions to homelessness. (Author)

Homeless Research Summary: Evaluating Homeless Prevention

2007-04-23T10:48:32

This summary accompanies the good practice guide on homelessness prevention, by providing key findings from an evaluation of homelessness prevention across ten local authorities. (Authors)