Articles for the Topic "Housing First"

Denver Housing First Collaborative: Cost Benefit Analysis and Program Outcomes Report

2009-05-28T03:59:10

The Denver Housing First Collaborative (DHFC) is a collaboration between the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), Denver Department of Human Services (DDHS), Denver Health (DHHA), Arapahoe House, the Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD) and the Denver VA Medical Center. Together the collaborative combines a Housing First approach with an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency providers to assist chronically homeless individuals with disabilities to obtain permanent housing, support services and eligible benefits to help them gain the stability needed to end their homelessness. (Author).

Housing First Services for People Who Are Homeless With Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

2007-03-28T02:31:23

This study shows that adults with co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse can remain stably housed without increasing their substance use. It draws on data from a longitudinal experiment contrasting Housing First and treatment first programs.

New York City’s Project Renewal: Housing First for People With Addictions

2009-01-22T11:03:30

This edition of the Leadership To End Homelessness Audio Conference featured a Housing First program that provides housing and support for chronically homeless individuals with substance use disorders. New York City's Project Renewal was awarded 1 of 11 Chronic Homelessness Initiative grants by the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) in 2003. The grants helped create In Homes Now, a program that identifies chronically homeless individuals whose primary disabling condition is a substance use disorder, places them in scattered-site apartments, and provides comprehensive services. Diane Esper, Director of In Homes Now, describes the program and how it overcame some of the unique challenges to serving this population.

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)

The Applicability of Housing First Models to Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness

2007-10-15T10:29:47

This report presents the findings from an exploratory study of the Housing First approach of providing permanent supportive housing to single, homeless adults with mental illness and co-occurring substance-related disorders. In recent years, Congress and the leadership of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have encouraged the development of permanent housing for homeless people. Concurrently, there has been a shift toward committing a greater proportion of HUD McKinney-Vento Act funds toward housing as opposed to supportive services and an increase in attention toward the hardest-to-serve, chronically homeless population, a substantial number of whom are mentally ill. Because it addresses this population and its needs, the Housing First approach is currently experiencing increased attention as a method of serving this population consistent with the above-stated goals. (Authors)

The Applicability of Housing First Models to Homelessness Persons with Serious Mental Illness

2008-07-18T02:28:11