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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An Empirical Portrait of the Youth Reentry Population
Howard N. Snyder 2004 Nearly 100,000 juvenile offenders are released annually from custody facilities following adjudication or conviction, arguably all candidates for reentry programs. Their numbers increased substantially over the 1990s. These youth have spent a great proportion of their ...
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From Prison to Home: The Dimensions and Consequences of Prisoner Reentry
Jeremy Travis, Amy L. Soloman, and Michele Waul June 2001 This study examines the challenges of reintegrating individuals who leave prison and return home – challenges that are felt differently by different sectors of society. Every day in the United Sates, nearly 1,600 men and ...
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Richard Spieglman 1999 The study hypothesized that homeless persons would be arrested more often for less serious crimes than housed persons and would be more likely to be involved with drugs, but not receiving drug treatment. The rates of homeless arrestees were much higher than the rates ...
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A SAMHSA Research Initiative Assessing the Effectiveness of Jail Diversion Programs for Mentally Ill
Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D., Martha Williams Deane, M.A., Joseph P. Morrissey, Ph.D., Mary L. Westcott, Ph.D., Susan Salasin and Steven Shapiro December 1999 For nearly 30 years, jail diversion programs have had wide support as a way to prevent people with mental illnesses and substance use ...
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HHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation September 2011 ASPE released a new issue brief on the design and operation of web-based tools that assist individuals experiencing homelessness in learning about and applying for mainstream benefits. States and communities ...
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Strategies for Improving Homeless People’s Access to Mainstream Benefits
Martha R. Burt, Jenneth Carpenter, Samuel G. Hall, Kathryn A. Henderson, Debra J. Rog, John A. Hornik, Ann V. Denton, and Garrett E. Moran March 2010 In 2000, HUD, in recognition that any solution to homelessness must emphasize housing, targeted its McKinney-Vento Act homeless competitive ...
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Findings from a Study of the SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access and Recovery Initiative
Jacqueline Kauff, Jonathan Brown, Norma Altshuler, Noelle Denny-Brown, and Emily Sama Martin September 2009 "The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) programs provide critical income support for those who meet eligibility requirements. For ...
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Evaluation of Homeless Outreach Projects and Evaluation (HOPE)
Marion L. McCoy, Ph.D., Cynthia S. Robins, Ph.D., James Bethel, Ph.D., Carina Tornow, and William D. Frey, Ph.D. October 2007 "In 2003, Congress appropriated funds for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to conduct outreach and application assistance to people who were homeless and to ...
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What Factors Account for State-to-State Differences in Food Security
Judi Bartfeld, Rachel Dunifon, Mark Nord, and Steven Carlson November 2006 States differ in the extent to which their residents are food secure—meaning that they have consistent access to enough food for active, healthy living. The prevalence of food security in a State depends not ...
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Effect of Social Security Payments on Substance Abuse in a Homeless Mentally Ill Cohort
Marc I. Rosen, Thomas J. McMahon, HaiQun Lin, Robert A. Rosenheck November 2005 The purpose of this study is to determine whether receipt of social supplemental security income (SSI) or Social Security disability income (SSDI) payments is associated with increased drug and alcohol use. ...
