While 7% of California’s population identifies as Black, Black Californians represent more than a quarter of the state’s homeless population. The overrepresentation of Black communities in the homeless population arises from centuries of anti-Black…
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), defined as violence or abuse by a current or former intimate partner, increases the risk of homelessness for survivors, particularly those with limited financial resources. To better understand the experiences of…
Single-site, permanent supportive housing (PSH) buildings with a Housing First approach have become an increasingly common solution to homelessness in many North American cities. Because people who have experienced long-term homelessness are also…
This toolkit is intended to help affordable housing providers, resident service providers, property management, etc. design and operate trauma-informed housing. The toolkit defines trauma-informed housing,and contains sections on trauma-informed…
Over the past three years, Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), a nonprofit affordable housing provider, has developed and rolled out a trauma-informed housing framework in several of their affordable housing communities across the country and…
With the appropriate support and treatment, people experiencing homelessness and psychosis can recover to live full and productive lives. This fact sheet provides an overview of psychosis and its treatment options, tips for outreach and engagement,…
This report identifies key opportunities to realize priorities as identified by key local stakeholder engagement and best practices research across Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties through new ways of organizing and expanding the work of…
This paper documents what is known about homeless encampments as of late 2018, based on a review of the limited literature produced thus far by academic and research institutions and public agencies, supplemented by interviews with key informants.…
Housed people aren't homeless. Learn how to apply effective strategies for housing individuals and families. Your goals in this course will be to learn how to learn how to implement a Housing First approach in your own work and in your program or…
Many Hispanic households in the United States face poor housing conditions, high rent burdens, overcrowding, and—in some communities—high rates of homelessness. At the same time, awareness is growing that Hispanics are often underrepresented in…
Upstream Kelowna is a school-based intervention that identifies and supports school-aged youth at risk of homelessness and school disengagement through early assessment and targeted services. This outcomes brief demonstrates the critical need for…
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) funded the USC Keck School of Medicine, a Tribal Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Project partner, to lead a unique opportunity to conduct a statewide needs assessment among urban and rural…
In this interactive 1-hour webinar, the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) will provide a brief overview of USICH’s recently released “19 Strategies for Communities to Address Encampments Humanely and Effectively,” followed by a…
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine an association between resident characteristics at time of entry to permanent supportive housing and exit status.
Methods: A community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach was the guiding…
Homelessness and behavioral health issues (mental health and substance use) are intertwined. The UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative held a webinar about this complex bidirectional relationship, along with solutions to this crisis. Margot…
Most people experiencing homelessness in California do so in unsheltered settings, such as outdoors or in vehicles. This webinar is about the causes and consequences of unsheltered homelessness. Margot Kushel, MD, moderated a conversation with Marc…
