Articles for the Topic "Permanent Supportive Housing"

A Review of Case Management for People Who Are Homeless: Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research

2007-08-06T01:35:01

This paper discusses concepts, models and approaches to case management for people experiencing homelessness, including how these apply to various subgroups and specialty areas. It includes a literature review and recommendations on exemplary practices.

Adapting Your Practice: Treatment and Recommendations for Homeless Patients with HIV/AIDS

2009-01-12T12:30:45

This second edition provides recommendations for clinical practice adaptations to provide quality health care for persons with HIV/AIDS experiencing homelessness. The report discusses diagnosis, evaluation, health care plans, and management, including issues such as self-management and medications. It utilizes case study examples from different populations experiencing homelessness, including women, adolescents, and transgender individuals.

Best Practices Manual: Integrating Property Management and Services in Supportive Housing

2010-02-02T12:54:56

This best-practices manual provides information about how supportive housing providers and property managers can collaborate to assure greater stability for consumers. The manual describes how these two roles can establish a working relationship and the potential achievable outcomes.

Creating a Safe Space for GLBTQ Youth: A Toolkit

2008-04-16T10:58:39

This toolkit, produced by Girl's Best Friend Foundation and Advocates for Youth, is meant to aid workers in creating a welcoming and open environment for GLBTQ individuals in organizations that are not specifically designed for this population.

Developing the “Support” in Supportive Housing: A Guide to Providing Services in Housing

2010-05-28T09:40:57

This is a guide to providing services in supportive housing. It addresses core housing tenancy and service delivery issues, with details on employment, mental health, HIV/AIDS, and substance use services, as well as chapters on community building and facing crisis and conflict. (Authors)

Evaluation of the Collaborative Initiative To Help End Chronic Homelessness

2009-01-27T09:34:20

The Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Homelessness (CICH) was an innovative demonstration project coordinated by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness and jointly funded by HUD, HHS (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Health Resources and Services Administration) and VA. This effort, which crossed departments, offered permanent housing and supportive service funding through a consolidated application process. Several interim reports, as well as a summary of the reports, can be found on this site.

Evidence Based Practice KIT: Permanent Supportive Housing

2010-07-13T12:47:00

Permanent Supportive Housing is decent, safe, and affordable community-based housing that provides residents the rights of tenancy under state and local landlord-tenant laws. The housing is linked to voluntary and flexible support and services designed to meet tenants’ needs and preferences. (Authors)

Expediting Access to SSA Disability Benefits: Promising Practices for People Who Are Homeless

2008-01-10T12:20:47

This is a review of practices used in homeless services programs to assist in the expedition of disability benefits. (HRC)

Homeless Young Adults Ages 18–24 Examining Service Delivery Adaptations

2009-01-26T12:01:21

Preventing or arresting homelessness for young adults through early and comprehensive health and social service interventions is the subject of this report. The report is organized around health care, housing education and employment, and social support. Strategies for overcoming obstacles are included.

National Dissemination of Supported Housing in the VA: Model Adherence versus Model Modification

2010-05-27T01:12:07

These data suggest that real world supported housing programs may not adhere to the prevalent model descriptions either because of implementation failure or because veteran needs and preferences differ from those suggested by that model.

New Beginnings: The Need for Supportive Housing for Previously Incarcerated People

2007-08-21T01:21:19

When individuals re-enter into homelessness from the criminal justice system they are faced with many problems, which can often lead to recidivism. This report offers insight into how supportive housing programs can help to mitigate these barriers and aid in reducing recidivism.

Pathways To Housing: Supported Housing for Street-dwelling Homeless Inviduals With Psychiatric Disabilities

2007-01-13T05:53:42

This study examined the effectiveness of the Pathways to Housing supported housing program over a five-year period. Unlike most housing programs that offer services in a linear, step-by-step continuum, the Pathways program in New York City provides immediate access to independent scatter-site apartments for individuals with psychiatric disabilities who are homeless and living on the street. Support services are provided by a team that uses a modified assertive community treatment model. (Authors)

Predicting Staying in Or Leaving Permanent Supportive Housing That Serves Homeless People With Serious Mental Illness

2007-05-09T06:09:23

This study focuses on the questions: why people leave permanent housing and what happens to them. It examines the experience of some 943 residents of permanent supportive housing in Philadelphia during the period from 2001 to 2005. The study shows that it is not necessarily a “bad thing” that some people leave “permanent” supportive housing. This study contributes to the understanding of how the structure of permanent supportive housing and the use of various means of stabilization at critical junctures in a resident’s stay can promote more stability and, thereby, greater health and independence, among those living there, whether they stay or subsequently leave. (Authors)

Public Service Reductions Associated with Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Supportive Housing

2007-12-03T11:14:39

This article documents the cost savings associated with public investment in supportive housing for persons who are homeless with severe disabilities, as demonstrated in the New York, NY Housing Study. Placement in supportive housing resulted in reductions in service use of $16,282 per housing unit per year.

Supportive Housing Training Series

2007-01-19T04:17:12

The Supportive Housing Training Series includes eleven curricula providing best practices and guidance on supportive housing development, operation and services. Each curriculum provides a one-day training for enriching the skills of supportive housing developers and providers.

The ARC Framework for Runaway and Homeless Youth Serving Agencies

2010-04-26T09:29:31

ARC, Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency, provides a conceptual framework and core principles of intervention for working with youth who have experienced multiple and/or prolonged traumas, a key characteristic of many youth experiencing homelessness. The Hollywood Homeless Youth Partnership (HHYP), a collaboration of 8 agencies, selected this framework from available trauma treatment approaches because it provides a flexible model of intervention that is developmentally appropriate and relevant for addressing a continuum of trauma exposures. The ARC framework has been a useful tool to understand homeless youth, guide our interventions, and inform agency policies and practices. (Authors)

The Health Impact of Supportive Housing for HIV-Positive Homeless Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2010-05-26T07:37:24

This study examines the effects of housing and case management and how it impacts the health of the chronically mentally.

The Impact of Supportive Housing on Surrounding Neighborhoods: Evidence from New York City

2010-05-28T08:39:13

This report, released by New York University's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Studies, provides useful evidence to counter NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) opposition to supportive housing development by highlighting the positive impact supportive housing can have on neighboring property values over time.