Research and Evaluation listings
Investing in proven solutions is a key theme of the Opening Doors. Much research has been and is being conducted on homelessness across the federal government. There is tremendous opportunity to better understand and apply what is being learned by coordinating and sharing research across federal agencies and with states and local communities.
Towards that end, USICH released the nation's first-ever National Research Agenda: Priorities for Advancing Our Understanding of Homelessness in October 2012. This Agenda outlines priority areas where we believe Federal, local, and private investments should be made in additional research.
USICH has compiled and developed abstracts for approximately 200 studies conducted over the past decade; research that helped inform the Research Agenda and that contines to help improve the knowledge base of the field. Users can browse through the listings below or sort the information using the “Information by” filter along the left-hand side of the screen. Users can also search by keyword using the search box in the top right corner of every page.
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Still Serving Time: Struggling with Homelessness , Incarceration, and Re-entry in Baltimore
Health Care for the Homeless October 2011 This study evaluates the costs of incarceration and recidivism, the connection between homelessness and incarceration, re-entry planning, and the services needed and available to people experiencing homelessness. Researchers surveyed 429 peoplein ...
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Homes Not Handcuffs: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty and The National Coalition for the Homeless July 2009 This joint report by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP) and the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) tracks a growing trend in U.S. cities - the ...
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Daniel K. Malone February 2009 Homeless adults with serious mental illnesses and chronic substance abuse problems have few housing options, a problem compounded when a criminal background is present. This study compared the criminal backgrounds and other characteristics of homeless ...
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Homelessness in the State and Federal Prison Population
Greg A. Greenberg and Robert A. Rosenheck March 27, 2008 This study sought to investigate the rates and correlates of homelessness (i.e., living on the street or in a homeless shelter) among US adult state and federal prison inmates (ASFPIs). Data from a national survey of ASFPIs based on a ...
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Closing a Front Door to Homelessness among Veterans
James McGuire June 2007 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been identified as a mainstream institution to help prevent homelessness among America’s veterans. The large numbers of incarcerated veterans with serious mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders who are at ...
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Intensive Case Management as a Jail Diversion Program for People with a Serious Mental Illness
David Loveland and Michael Boyle April 2007 This article reviews the research on intensive case management (ICM) programs as a jail diversion intervention for people with a serious mental illness (SMI). The review includes two types of ICM programs: (a) general ICM programs that included an ...
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Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry
Amy L. Solomon, Christy Visher, Nancy G. La Vigne, and Jenny Osborne March 2006 The four-fold increase in incarceration rates in America over the past 25 years has had far reaching consequences. In 2003 alone, more than 656,000 state and federal prisoners returned to communities across ...
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A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty and The National Coalition for the Homeless January 2006 The housing and homelessness crisis in the United States has worsened in 2005, with many cities reporting an increase in demands for emergency shelter. In 2005, 71 percent of the 24 ...
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Taking Stock: Housing, Homelessness and Prisoner Reentry
Caterina Gouvis Roman and Jeremy Travis March 2004 This report examines how those who have spent time in prison or jail fare in securing safe and affordable housing following their release and discusses housing programming and practice designed to assist them. Every prisoner facing discharge ...
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James F. McGuire 2004 This study examined the clinical problems and treatment outcomes of homeless people with severe mental illness and a history of incarceration. Clients with a long-term incarceration history had higher psychiatric symptom scores, higher drug use and alcohol use scores, ...
