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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Homelessness: Health Service Use and Related Costs
Robert Rosenheck and Catherine Leda Seibyl August 1998 This study examines health service use and costs for homeless and domiciled veterans hospitalized in psychiatric and substance abuse units at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers, nationwide. A national survey of ...
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Childhood risk factors for homelessness among homeless adults
Paul Koegel 1995 This effort used data from the Course of Homelessness study and comparative secondary data on the general population to identify negative childhood and family background experiences that may increase risk for adult homelessness. Frequencies of negative childhood experiences ...
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Department of Health and Human Services 1997 This report presents the findings of the 1994 National Study of Protective, Preventive and Reunification Services Delivered to Children and Their Families (1994 National Study). The issues pertaining to the delivery of protective, ...
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Determinants of Behavior in Homeless and Low-income Housed Preschool Children
Ellen L. Bassuk 1997 This study was conducted to describe the characteristics of homeless and low-income preschool-aged children, and to identify family and environmental determinants of their behavior. An unmatched case-control design was used to recruit a sample of sheltered homeless ...
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Homelessness in female-headed families: childhood and adult risk and protective factors
Ellen L. Bassuk 1997 This study was conducted to identify risk and protective factors for family homelessness, a case-control study of homeless and low-income, never-homeless families, all female-headed. Homeless mothers (n = 220) were enrolled from family shelters in Worcester, Mass. ...
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Marybeth Shinn 1998 This study examined predictors of entry into shelter and subsequent housing stability for a cohort of families receiving public assistance in New York City. Interviews were conducted with 266 families as they requested shelter and with a comparison sample of 298 ...
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Family Dynamics, Housing, and Recurring Homelessness among Women in New York City Homeless Shelters
Stephen Metraux 1999 This study looks at two sets of women who stayed in New York City homeless shelters in 1992—one set as part of a family and the other set as individuals—and at factors associated with an increased risk of their experiencing repeat shelter stays. Descriptive ...
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Correlates of Protracted Homelessness in a Sample of Dually Diagnosed Psychiatric Inpatients
Daniel Lead 1999 The authors assessed sociodemographic, drug use, and diagnostic correlates of protracted homelessness in a sample of 147 dually diagnosed patients who required admission to the hospital. When 58 patients with protracted homelessness, defined as continuous undomiciled status ...
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NISMART Bulletin: Runaway/Thrownaway Children: National Estimates and Characteristics
Heather Hammer, David Finkelhor, and Andrea J. Sedlak August 2000 The words “missing child” call to mind tragic and frightening kidnappings reported in the national news. But a child can be missing for many reasons, and the problem of missing children is far more complex than the ...
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Homelessness Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness
Eri Kuno, Aileen B. Rothbard, June Avery and Dennis Culhane August 2000 Homelessness and patterns of service use were examined among seriously mentally ill persons in an area with a well-funded community-based mental health system. The sample consisted of 438 individuals referred ...
