Resource Library: Homelessness

Homelessness  |  Affordable Housing  |  Community Development

Includes research, resources and best practices related to at risk populations, housing models (such as Housing First, supportive housing, transitional housing, shelters) ten year plans to end homelessness and much more.

Chronic Homelessness 

• Chronic Homelessness: Policy Solutions
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing: A Leadership Dialogue
  Chronic Homeless Employment Technical Assistance Center
• Fact Checker: Chronic Homelessness
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Homeless Cost Study
  United Way of Greater Los Angeles
• Million Dollar Murray
  Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker

Disabilities 

• Connect-Ability.com
  Connecticut Department of Social Services
• The Hidden Housing Crisis: Worst Case Housing Needs Among Adults With Disabilities
  Technical Assistance Collaborative
•  Priced Out in 2008
  Technical Assistance Collaborative

Employment - see Asset Development & Employment in the Community Development section

Facts and Figures 

• AHAR Exchange
  Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 
•  Connecticut Counts 2008: Point-in-Time Homelessness Count Report
  CT Coalition to End Homelessness, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Partnership for Strong Communities - Connecticut Counts 2007 Report
•  CT HMIS Quarterly Reports    
  CT Coalition to End Homelessness
• Homelessness Counts Resources
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
•  Homelessness Counts: Changes in Homelessness from 2005 to 2007
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Homelessness Pulse Project: Third Quarterly Report 
  Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
•   Housing and Homelessness: The Facts 
  Lyceum Resource
• Number of Homeless Families Climbing Due to Recession
  Center on Budget and Priorities
•  Out of Reach 2009
  National Low Income Housing Coalition; Connecticut Housing Coalition
•  Priced Out in 2008
  Technical Assistance Collaborative
• The Fourth Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress   
  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Community Planning and Development
• Selected Works of Martha R. Burt
  The Urban Institute
• Selected Works of Dennis P. Culhane
  Berkeley Electronic Press
  

Family Homelessness 

• Family Unification Program Brief
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• How Housing Affects Child Well-Being
  Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
• Keys: Ending Family Homelessness
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Multiply Homeless Families: The Insidious Impact of Violence
  Fannie Mae Foundation
• Policy Focus Area: Family Homelessness Resources
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Promising Strategies to End Family Homelessness
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• The Role of Housing and Services in Ending Family Homelessness
  National Center on Family Homelessness
•  A Tale of Two Counties: Family Homelessness in Connecticut
  Institute for Children and Poverty
• Testing a Typology of Family Homelessness Based on Patterns of Public Shelter Utilization in Four U.S. Jurisdictions: Implications for Policy and Program Planning
  Fannie Mae Foundation

Helpful Links

• Finding Housing or Services
• Organizations Working to End Homelessness 
• Populations at Risk of Homelessness 
• Research Organizations and Think Tanks 
• Electronic Newsletters and Publications 
• Connecticut State Government 
• Local Government in Connecticut 
• Federal Government   
   

HIV/AIDS 

• AIDS Housing is Healthcare: A Primer
  Stanley De Mello, CT AIDS Resource Coalition 
• AIDS Housing Program Directory
  AIDS Housing Corporation
• National AIDS Housing Coalition HIV/AIDS Research Summit III Preliminary Report
  National AIDS Housing Coalition
• Policy Tool Kit
  National AIDS Housing Coalition
   

Housing First 

• The Applicability of Housing First Models to Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses
  HUD Office Policy Development and Research
• Housing First Resources
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Supportive Housing Research FAQs: Are Housing First Models Effective?
  Corporation for Supportive Housing

Mental Health 

• Blueprint for Change: Ending Chronic Homelessness for Persons with Serious Mental Illnesses and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders
  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services
• Finding Funding
  Pete Earley, The American Prospect
• Homelessness and Mental Illness: Perspectives on Prevention
  The Journal of Primary Prevention
•  Report of the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health  
  Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health
•  Strategies of State Mental Health Agencies to Prevent and End Homelessness 
  National Alliance to End Homelessness

Prevention  

• Costs Associated with First-Time Homelessness
  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program Tools 
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• The New Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program  
  Technical Assistance Collaborative, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Housing Task Force
• Preventing Homelessness and Promoting Housing Stability: A Comparative Analysis
  Boston Foundation; the Center for Social Policy at the University of Massachusetts/Boston 
• Toward a Comprehensive Homelessness-Prevention Strategy
  Fannie Mae Foundation 

Re-Entry: Corrections 

• Housing/Homelessness and Reentry Resources
  U.S. Department of Justice
• Iowa: Preventing Homelessness Among Reentering Prisoners
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• From Locked Up to Locked Out: Creating and Implementing Post-release Housing for Ex-prisoners -- 2007 Update
  AIDS Housing of Washington
• Mapping Prisoner Reentry: An Action Resource Guidebook
  The Urban Institute
• Policy Focus Area: Reentry Resources
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Re-Entry Policy Council Publications
  Council of State Governments - Eastern Regional Conference
• Report of the Re-Entry Policy Council: Charting the Safe and Successful Return of Prisoners to the Community
  Council of State Governments
• Returning Home Initiative: Supportive Housing and Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration and Homelessness
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Second Chances: Housing and Services for Those Reentering From Prison
  National Alliance to End Homelessness

Social Issues Related to Homelessness 

• Compassion, Concern and Conflicted Feelings: New Yorkers on Homelessness and Housing 
  Public Agenda
• Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009: The Forgotten Victims of the Subprime Crisis
  National Coalition for the Homeless et al.
• Hate, Violence, and Death on Main Street USA: A Report on Hate Crimes And Violence Against People Experiencing Homelessness, 2007
  National Coalition for the Homeless 
• Homes Not Handcuffs 
  The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the National Coalition for the Homeless
• How Housing Affects Child Well-Being
  Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities 
Multiply Homeless Families: The Insidious Impact of Violence
Fannie Mae Foundation

Supportive Housing 

 About Supportive Housing

•  Fact Sheets on Supportive Housing
  Reaching Home Campaign
  How Supportive Housing Works  
  Supportive Housing Throughout Connecticut's Communities 
  Connecticut Towns with Supportive Housing (map) 
  Supportive Housing Costs Less Than Alternative Forms of Care (chart) 
  Supportive Housing Is Critical for Low-Income Persons with Mental Illness & Disabilities 
  Supportive Housing is Needed to Serve Connecticut's Veterans 
•  Reaching Home Video
  Reaching Home Campaign
•  Supportive Housing: Combating Homelessness in Connecticut
  David Fink, Partnership for Strong Communities for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
•  Success Stories
  Reaching Home Campaign
  David Allen 
  Pam B 
  Sanchos Echevarria  
  Debbie Franklin 
  Leroy McIntosh
  Tamara Parker  
  Dominique Williams 
• Summary of HUD-VASH
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• What Supportive Housing Is and Isn't
  Corporation for Supportive Housing

 Connecticut's Supportive Housing

•   History of Supportive Housing in Connecticut
  Lyceum Resource
•  Project Profiles
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
  Brick Row Apartments, Willimantic 
  Ferry Street Mutual Housing, New Haven 
  Jarvis Court, Fairfield 
  Liberty Commons, Middletown 
  Mary Seymour Place, Hartford    
  Cedar Hill, New Haven 
  Franklin and Eleanor Apartments, Bridgeport 
•  Supportive Housing: The Connecticut Collaboration
  Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
•  Southern New England Directory of Permanent Supportive Housing
  Corporation for Supportive Housing

 Creating Supportive Housing

•  Small Towns Toolkit - A Guide to Creating Supportive Housing in Suburban and Small Towns
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Supportive Housing Financing Guide
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Toolkit: Ending Homelessness
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Using the Housing Credit for Supportive Housing: An Assessment of 2005 State Policies
  Enterprise Community Partners & Corporation for Supportive Housing

 Employment

•  Allies for Employment Initiative 
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
•  Connecticut Supportive Housing Employment and Training Services Directory
  Reaching Home Campaign, Corporation for Supportive Housing, and State of CT Office for Workforce Competitiveness
• Toolkit for Connecting Supportive Housing Tenants to Employment
  Corporation for Supportive Housing

 Evaluating Supportive Housing

• Accountability, Cost-Effectiveness, and Program Performance: Progress Since 1998
  Culhane et al.
• Costs of Rural Homelessness: Rural Permanent Supportive Housing Cost Analysis
  Corporation for Supportive Housing, MaineHousing, Maine Dept. of Health and Human Services
• A Dollars and Sense Strategy to Reducing Frequent Use of Hospital Services
  Frequent Users of Health Services Initiative
• Homeless Cost Study
  United Way of Greater Los Angeles
• The Impact of Supportive Housing on Surrounding Neighborhoods: Evidence from New York City
  Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban
• The Minnesota Supportive Housing and Managed Care Pilot 
  National Center of Family Homelessness
•  Supportive Housing Cost Comparison Chart
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
•  Supportive Housing Demonstration Program Evaluation Report
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
•  Supportive Housing Status Report
  Corporation for Supportive Housing in Collaboration with Connecticut State Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Social Services
•  Taking Health Care Home: Evolution of Permanent Supportive Housing in the Taking Health Care Home Communities 2004 – 2007: Tenants, Programs, Policies, and Funding at Project End
  Corporation for Supportive Housing

 Services

• Developing the "Support" in Supportive Housing
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• More Than Roof and Walls: Why Resident Services are an Indispensable Part of Affordable Housing
  Enterprise Community Partners
•  Quality Assurance in Supportive Housing
  Corporation for Supportive Housing Southern New England Program
•  Supportive Housing Training Catalog
  Connecticut State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services 

Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness 

• 20 Innovations in 20 Days
  U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness 
•   Connecticut's 10 Year Plans to End Homelessness Explainer
  Lyceum Resource
•  Connecticut’s Ten Year Plans to End Homelessness
  CT Coalition to End Homelessness
• Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness Tools and Training Resources
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
  A Plan, Not a Dream: How to End Homelessness in 10 Years
  A New Vision: What is in Community Plans to End Homelessness?

Veterans 

•  2009 Veterans Needs Assessment 
  Middlesex United Way
• CRS Report to Congress on Veterans and Homelessness
  Congressional Research Service
• Ending Homelessness Among Veterans Through Permanent Supportive Housing
  Volunteers of America, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Guidebook on Developing Permanent Supportive Housing for Homeless Veterans
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Policy Focus Area: Veterans Resources
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Fourteenth Annual CHALLENG Progress Report: Services for Homeless Veterans Assessment and Coordination 
  U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs
  Appendix - featuring regional data
• Risk and Protective Factors for Homelessness among OIF/OEF Veterans
  National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
• Summary of HUD-VASH
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Vital Mission: Ending Homelessness Among Veterans
  National Alliance to End Homelessness

Youth & Foster Care 

•  Adolescent Services Policy Manual
  State of Connecticut Department of Children and Families
• Casey Family Services Resources on Foster Care
  The Casey National Alumni Study 
  Improving Family Foster Care: Findings from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study 
  It’s My Life: Housing 
  Someone to Care, A Place to Belong: Adolescents and Foster Care in Massachusetts 
•  A Directory for Hartford Youth Who Don’t Have Shelter
  Public Allies - Connecticut
• New Homes, Brighter Futures: Profiles of Housing Programs for Young Adults
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Policy Focus Area: Youth Homelessness
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
• A Roadmap to Mental Health Services for Transition Age Young Women: A Research Review
  California Women’s Mental Health Policy Council 
• Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics, Programs, and Emerging Issues
  Adrienne L. Fernandes, Congressional Research Service Report for Congress
• Supportive Housing for Youth
  Corporation for Supportive Housing
• U.S. Administration for Children and Families’ Children’s Bureau Statistics and Research  
  Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Report #13
  Foster Care FY2000 - FY2005 Entries, Exits, and Numbers of Children In Care on the Last Day of Each Federal Fiscal Year
   Child Welfare Outcomes 2003 – Connecticut Data 
• Web of Failure: The Relationship Between Foster Care and Homelessness
  National Alliance to End Homelessness
•  Young Adult Services Legislative Report
  State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
•  Young Adult Services Presentation
  State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
  

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