1. Solutions

Program Models

Canada

Seeking Supportive Housing: Chararcteristics, Needs, and Outcomes of Applicants to The Access Point
Supportive housing is the key to ending chronic homelessness, and provides a stable foundation for people living with mental illness or addictions. In Toronto, people apply for this housing through The Access Point, a community agency that works with housing providers. More than 14,000 people are on this waiting list. What are the...
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The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness leads a national movement of individuals, organizations and communities working together to end homelessness in Canada.
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Mental Health & Addiction Interventions for Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Practical Strategies for Front-line Providers
The book contains four sections covering a range of topics that service providers inquire about most often. Part 1: Approaches and Interventions describes specific approaches to addressing the mental health and substance use challenges of youth experiencing homelessness. Topics include the community reinforcement approach and...
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Where Am I Going to Go? Intersectional Approaches to Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada & the U.S.
This book is an effort to address LGBTQ2S (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and two-spirit) youth homelessness in both Canada & the U.S. It includes an examination of the identity-related structural barriers LGBTQ2S youth experiencing homelessness face while accessing adequate services and transitioning out of...
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Collaboration and involvement of persons with lived experience in planning Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi project
Geoffrey Nelson
Eric Macnaughton
Susan Eckerle Curwood
Nathalie Egalité
Jijian Voronka
Marie-Josée Fleury
Maritt Kirst
Linsay Flowers
Michelle Patterson
Michael Dudley
Myra Piat
Paula Goering
Planning the implementation of evidence-based mental health services entails commitment to both rigour and community relevance, which entails navigating the challenges of collaboration between professionals and community members in a planning environment which is neither ‘top-down’ nor ‘bottom-up’. This research focused on collaboration...
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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Canadian Managed Alcohol Program
Kendall Hammond
Lynda Gagne
Bernie Pauly
Tim Stockwell
In March 2012, Shelter House opened a 15-bed Managed Alcohol Program (MAP) at the Kwae Kii Win Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The mission of Shelter House (2013, p. 5) is “to provide basic needs, dignity, and comfort to people living in poverty and stimulate action to address the root causes of homelessness.” At the Kwae Kii Win Centre...
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Designing a housing allowance program
Michael Mendelson
This paper describes a series of design options for housing allowance programs and compares their advantages and disadvantages. The five housing allowance design alternatives discussed here range from a housing rent supplement that helps with the cost of rent by providing modest extra funding for those with high rent, up to a housing...
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Housing First as an effective model for community stabilization among vulnerable individuals with chronic and nonchronic homelessness histories
Molly M. Brown
Leonard A. Jason
Daniel K. Malone
Debra Srebnik
Laurie Sylla
Housing First (HF) is an effective intervention for reducing homelessness and service utilization among vulnerable adults and is most often focused on individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. This study explored the effectiveness of a single‐site HF program for 2 groups of people with serious mental illness: those experiencing...
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2.1 Women First: An Analysis of a Trauma-informed, Women-centred, Harm Reduction Housing Model for Women with Complex Substance Use and Mental Health Issues
Chelsea Kirkby
Kathryn Mettler
While estimating homelessness in Canada has been difficult, it is believed at least 200,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year. What is often missing from research into homelessness in Canada is identification of the specific situations and needs of women experiencing homelessness. This paper identifies the complexity and...
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Moving to my home: housing aspirations, transitions and outcomes of people with disability
Ilan Wiesel
Carmel Laragy
Sandra Gendera
Karen Fisher
Samantha Jenkinson
Trish Hill
Kate Finch
Wendy Shaw
Catherine Bridge
The project aims to: identify the factors enabling people with disability to transition into, and sustain, housing which suits their preferences and needs, in the context of individualised support funding and other innovative approaches to the delivery of disability support services; and apply learnings from the NDIS trial sites and from...
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