Search Research Catalogue
Crisis Indicator: Triage Tool for Identifying Homeless Adults in Crisis
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2011
The triage tool, or crisis indicator, identifies homeless individuals in hospitals and jails who have continuing crises in their lives that create very high public costs. This redesigned tool is four times more accurate than the earlier screening tool released … Continue reading
Discrimination and Mental Health Problems Among Homeless Minority Young People
Public Health Reports
Year: 2010
Objective. We examined the associations among perceived discrimination, racial/ethnic identification, and emotional distress in newly homeless adolescents. Methods. We assessed a sample of newly homeless adolescents (n5254) in Los Angeles, California, with measures of perceived discrimination and racial/ ethnic identification. … Continue reading
Costs Associated with First-Time Homelessness for Families and Individuals
Prepared for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, and the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
Year: 2010
This study examines costs associated with the use of homeless and mainstream service delivery systems by families and individuals experiencing homelessness for the first time in six study communities. Assigning costs to public programs is a first step toward developing … Continue reading
A pilot of a tripartite prevention program for homeless young women in the transition to adulthood
Women's Health Issues
Year: 2009
Among young women who are impoverished and homeless, the transition to adulthood (ages 18 through 25) is associated with alcohol and drug (AOD) use, risky sexual activity, and increased risk of being victimized by intimate partner violence (IPV). During a past-6 … Continue reading
Adolescents Exiting Homelessness Over Two Years: The Risk Amplification and Abatement Model
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Year: 2009
The Risk Amplification and Abatement Model (RAAM), demonstrates that negative contact with socializing agents amplify risk, while positive contact abates risk for homeless adolescents. To test this model, the likelihood of exiting homelessness and returning to familial housing at 2 … Continue reading
“We Are Not Just a Band-Aid”: How Homeless Service Providers in Chicago Carry out Policy Advocacy
University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
Year: 2009
Homeless service providers in Chicago are a diverse group of organizations. They serve women, men, and families, the chronically homeless and those escaping domestic violence, those needing emergency shelter and those looking for supportive housing. They are located in all … Continue reading
Community Factors Influencing the Prevalence of Homeless Youth Services
Children and Youth Services Review
Year: 2009
Studies of homeless youth services conclude that services contribute to improving the life chances of homeless youth, but little research has addressed the structural conditions that promote the creation of these services. This study investigates the prevalence of programs serving … Continue reading
Where We Sleep: Costs when Homeless and Housed in Los Angeles
Economic Roundtable
Year: 2009
The central question investigated in this study is the public costs for people in supportive housing compared to similar people that are homeless. The typical public cost for residents in supportive housing is $605 a month. The typical public cost … Continue reading
Countervailing social network influences on problem behaviors among homeless youth
Journal of Adolescence
Year: 2008
The impact of countervailing social network influences (i.e., pro-social, anti-social or HIV risk peers) on problem behaviors (i.e., HIV drug risk, HIV sex risk or anti-social behaviors) among 696 homeless youth was assessed using structural equation modeling. Results revealed that … Continue reading
Predictors of Close Family Relationships Over One Year Among Homeless Young People
Journal of Adolescence
Year: 2005
Predictors of perceived family bonds were examined among homeless young people who initially left home one year earlier. Newly homeless young people aged 12–20 years who had recently left home were recruited in Los Angeles County, United States (n=201) and … Continue reading