Mobility-Related Barriers to Accessing Homeless Services: Implications for Continuums of Care and Coordinated Entry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Aykanian
Keyword(s):  
Homeless Services

Outreach and Engagement in Homeless Services: A Review of the Literature~!2009-08-18~!2009-09-28~!2010-03-22~!

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Olivet ◽  
Ellen Bassuk ◽  
Emily Elstad ◽  
Rachael Kenney ◽  
Lauren Jassil
Keyword(s):  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Homeless Services

The Future of Homeless Services: An Introduction~!2009-08-18~!2009-09-28~!2010-03-22~!

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Olivet ◽  
Kristen Paquette ◽  
Justine Hanson ◽  
Ellen Bassuk
Keyword(s):  
Homeless Services ◽  
The Future

Street-Level Realities of Data Practices in Homeless Services Provision

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (CSCW) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naveena Karusala ◽  
Jennifer Wilson ◽  
Phebe Vayanos ◽  
Eric Rice
Keyword(s):  
Street Level ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
Homeless Services

scholarly journals Migration by Veterans Who Received Homeless Services From the Department of Veterans Affairs

2016 ◽  
Vol 181 (10) ◽  
pp. 1212-1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Metraux ◽  
Dan Treglia ◽  
Thomas P. O'Toole
Keyword(s):  
Veterans Affairs ◽  
Department Of Veterans Affairs ◽  
Homeless Services

The pandemic and homeless people in the Turin area: the level of housing adequacy shapes experiences and well-being

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Leonardi ◽  
Silvia Stefani
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Homeless Services ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

Purpose Considering the case study presented, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of the pandemic in local services for homeless people. Drawing from the concept of ontological security, it will be discussed how different services’ levels of “housing adequacy” shaped remarkably different experiences of the pandemic for homeless people and social workers in terms of health protection and agency. Design/methodology/approach This paper focuses on a case study concerning homeless services for people during the COVID-19 pandemic in the metropolitan and suburban area of Turin, in Northern Italy. In-depth interviews with social workers and participant observation during online meetings of workers from the shelters constitute the empirical data that have been collected during the first wave of the pandemic in Italy. Findings According to the findings, the pandemic showed shelters as unsafe places that reduce homeless people’s decision power and separate them from the rest of the citizenship. Instead, Housing First projects emerged as imore inclusive and safermore inclusive and safer spaces, able to enhance people’s power over their own lives. The pandemic did not create emerging issues in the homeless services system or discontinuities: rather, it amplified pre-existing problematic aspects. Originality/value The case study presented provides empirical insights to recognise at the political and organisational level the importance of housing as a measure of individual and collective security, calling for an intervention to tackle homelessness in terms of housing policies rather than exclusively social and emergency treatment.

Intervention to address homelessness and all-cause and suicide mortality among unstably housed US Veterans, 2012–2016

2020 ◽  
pp. jech-2020-214664
Author(s):  
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery ◽  
Melissa Dichter ◽  
Thomas Byrne ◽  
John Blosnich
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Cox Regression ◽  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Housing Instability ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Homeless Services ◽  
Stable Housing ◽  
Increased Risk

BackgroundPeople without stable housing—and Veterans specifically—are at increased risk of suicide. This study assessed whether unstably housed Veterans’ participation in homeless services is associated with reduced risk of all-cause and suicide mortality.MethodsThis retrospective cohort study used a sample of 169 221 Veterans across the US who self-reported housing instability between 1 October 2012 and 30 September 2016. Multivariable Cox regression models assessed the association between Veterans’ utilisation of homeless services and all-cause and suicide mortality, adjusting for sociodemographics and severity of medical comorbidities.ResultsMore than one-half of unstably housed Veterans accessed homeless services during the observation period; utilisation of any homeless services was associated with a 6% reduction in hazards for all-cause mortality (adjusted HR[aHR]=0.94, 95% CI[CI]=0.90–0.98). An increasing number of homeless services used was associated with significantly reduced hazards of both all-cause (aHR=0.93, 95% CI=0.91–0.95) and suicide mortality (aHR=0.81, 95% CI=0.73–0.89).ConclusionsThe use of homeless services among Veterans reporting housing instability was significantly associated with reduced hazards of all-cause and suicide mortality. Addressing suicide prevention and homelessness together—and ensuring ‘upstream’ interventions—within the context of the VHA healthcare system holds promise for preventing suicide deaths among Veterans. Mental health treatment is critical for suicide prevention, but future research should investigate if social service programmes, by addressing unmet human needs, may also reduce suicide.

scholarly journals Factors Associated with Providers’ Work Engagement and Burnout in Homeless Services: A Cross‐national Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Lenzi ◽  
Massimo Santinello ◽  
Marta Gaboardi ◽  
Francesca Disperati ◽  
Alessio Vieno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
National Study ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Homeless Services ◽  
Cross National Study ◽  
Cross National

Anticonsumption as Tactical Response to Institutionalized Subordination: The Case of Materially Deprived Anticonsumers

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hélène Cherrier ◽  
Ronald Paul Hill
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Homeless Services ◽  
The Status

Whereas most anticonsumption research focuses on middle- to upper-class consumers who reduce, avoid, or control consumption, this study analyzes anticonsumption among materially deprived consumers. Such an anticonsumption focus runs contrary to the conventional subordination of homeless people to the status of inferior and deficient, whose survival is dependent on social housing support and food charities. Findings from an ethnographic study in Australia show that materially deprived consumers avoid social housing and food charities as a tactical response against institutionalized subordination, which specialized homeless services reinforce. In this context, anticonsumption is thus not about projecting a self-affirming identity or generating a collective force to change consumer culture. Rather, anticonsumption among materially deprived consumers aims at overcoming institutionalized subordination and represents tactics of survival rather than strategies for illusionary emancipation.

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