National Evaluation of the Supportive Housing Demonstration Program

National Evaluation of the Supportive Housing Demonstration Program
Author: Mark L. Matulef
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1995-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780788119941

This evaluation of the SHDP provides strong support for the creation of a flexible block grant to aid the homeless. Perhaps the best designed of the many HUD-administered McKinney homeless assistance programs, SHDP consisted of two distinct initiatives: the Transitional Housing Program for homeless individuals and families, and the Permanent Housing Program for homeless persons with disabilities. This report provides a comprehensive summary of the many achievements of the program, which was succeeded by the Supportive Housing Program in 1992.

Permanent Supportive Housing

Permanent Supportive Housing
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2018-08-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309477042

Chronic homelessness is a highly complex social problem of national importance. The problem has elicited a variety of societal and public policy responses over the years, concomitant with fluctuations in the economy and changes in the demographics of and attitudes toward poor and disenfranchised citizens. In recent decades, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the philanthropic community have worked hard to develop and implement programs to solve the challenges of homelessness, and progress has been made. However, much more remains to be done. Importantly, the results of various efforts, and especially the efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans in recent years, have shown that the problem of homelessness can be successfully addressed. Although a number of programs have been developed to meet the needs of persons experiencing homelessness, this report focuses on one particular type of intervention: permanent supportive housing (PSH). Permanent Supportive Housing focuses on the impact of PSH on health care outcomes and its cost-effectiveness. The report also addresses policy and program barriers that affect the ability to bring the PSH and other housing models to scale to address housing and health care needs.

Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Author: Carlos W. Pratt
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 459
Release: 2006-10-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0080465900

Psychiatric rehabilitation refers to community treatment of people with mental disorders. Community treatment has recently become far more widespread due to deinstitutionalization at government facilities. This book is an update of the first edition's discussion of types of mental disorders, including etiology, symptoms, course, and outcome, types of community treatment programs, case management strategies, and vocational and educational rehabilitation. Providing a comprehensive overview of this rapidly growing field, this book is suitable both as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses, a training tool for mental health workers, and a reference for academic researchers studying mental health. The book is written in an easy to read, engaging style. Each chapter contains highlighted and defined key terms, focus questions and key topics, a case study example, special sections on controversial issues of treatment or ethics, and other special features. *New chapters on supported education and integrated dual diagnosis treatment services*Comprehensive overview of all models and approaches of psychiatric rehabilitation*Special inserts on Evidence-Based Practices*New content on Wellness and Recovery*Class exercises for each chapter*Profiles of leaders in the field*Case study examples illustrate chapter points

The Section 8 Program

The Section 8 Program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Out of Sight--Out of Mind?

Out of Sight--Out of Mind?
Author: Kelly Cunningham
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1999-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780788182761

Examines the activities to crack down on the homeless in 50 U.S. cities despite the lack of resources to shelter homeless people or to help them become self-sufficient. Actions that penalize homeless people or their activities have continued in many cities during the last two years, although in several cities, officials are taking steps to address concerns about homeless people's use of public spaces constructively, rather than simply penalize homeless people. Chapters: enforcement trends: local analyses; the criminalization of homelessness as public policy; alternatives to criminalization; selected case law; & list of cities.