1. Solutions

Program Models

United States

The Role of Local Businesses in Addressing Multidimensional Needs of Homeless Populations
Wonhyung Lee
Kristin M. Ferguson
This article proposes a theoretical framework that links the versatile roles that local businesses can play in addressing various dimensions of human needs. This theoretical framework is illustrated through two models in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, which focus on the role of business improvement districts (BIDs) and a social...
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North America
Sustainability of Supportive Housing for Families in the Child Welfare System: The State of Services Integration and Systems Change in Participating Communities as a Federal Demonstration Ends
Martha R. Burt
The Partnerships to Demonstrate the Effectiveness of Supportive Housing, funded by the US Department of Health and Human Services was designed to explore the effects of providing housing and intensive services to high-need families in the child welfare system. Demonstration sites created new service delivery structures to accomplish set...
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North America
2016 Advocates Guide
The Advocates’ Guide: An Educational Primer on Federal Programs and Resources Related to Affordable Housing and Community Development, is a guide to affordable housing with useful resources and practical know-how written by leading experts in the affordable housing and community development field with a singular purpose—to educate...
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North America
Rapid Re-Housing in the City of Chicago: 2014 to 2017
This report presents a comprehensive review of Rapid Re-housing model (RRH). RRH has emerged as one of the major and cost-effective strategies for addressing homelessness in the United States. Federal agencies have demonstrated support for RRH in meaningful ways: two federally funded programs, the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-...
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North America
The Impact of Homelessness Prevention Programs on Homelessness
William N. Evans
James X. Sullivan
Melanie Wallskog
This report analyses the impact of homelessness prevention programs on homelessness using data collected from Chicago in the United States from 2010 to 2012. There is a demonstration that the volatile nature of funding availability leads to good-as-random variation in the allocation of resources to individuals seeking assistance. The...
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North America
Coordinated Entry System Refinement Lab Chicago Action Agenda and Continuum of Care
Corporation for Supportive Housing
This report outlines the coordinated entry system (CES) in Chicago, USA. According to this source, a CES is a collaborative effort wherein all providers of homeless housing and services in the community work together to ensure that from the moment a household first presents a housing crisis, there is a clear, consistent path towards...
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North America
Exploring Domestic Violence Survivors' Need for Transitional Housing
Dessie Clark
Cris Sullivan
and Leila Wood
This study explores the intersection of homelessness and domestic violence (DV) in the U.S. According to this article, DV is a leading cause of homelessness for women and children. The lack of stable housing further increases women’s risk of re-victimization. These findings suggest the necessity for both transitional (TH) and rapid re-...
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North America
Promising Practices for Serving Philadelphia’s Students Who Experience Homelessness
Family Service Provider Network
This report, Promising Practices, offers a framework to help providers develop and maintain relationships with key personnel in their children’s schools, provide academic support, lower truancy, and improve parental involvement. Authors examine the Education Support Staff Program, evaluating how this model maintains relationships with...
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North America
Understanding the Success of Chicago’s Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative
Elizabeth Oo
This report documents the story of the Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative (EVHI), an effort by local, regional, and federal partners to end and prevent homelessness among veterans in the City of Chicago through a coordinated, data-driven process. The first section chronicles the history of EVHI and introduces the initiative’s...
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North America
Housing First Fact Sheet
This resource outlines the Housing FIrst approach to homeless assistance. According to this source, Housing First differs from other approaches that address homelessness as it is a comprehensive model, addressing housing and physical and mental health while ensuring individual's agency is respected and included in supportive services. 
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North America
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