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Multnomah County FUSE Report

FUSE is a signature initiative of CSH that helps communities break the cycle of homelessness and crises among individuals with complex medical and behavioral health challenges. These individuals have frequent touches with emergency departments,…

Tags: cross-system collaboration-- FUSE-- Multnomah County OR-- PSH

Standards for Quality Supportive Housing Guide

28 pg guidebook that attempts to describe standards for quality supportive housing across four components: project planning and administration, property and housing management, supportive housing services, community.

Tags: implementation-- PSH-- supportive housing

FAQ’s about Supportive Housing Research: Is Supportive Housing Cost Effective?

FAQ answering whether supportive housing is cost effective (more expensive than a traditional shelter system).

Tags: advocacy-- cost-- PSH-- supportive housing

CSH Literature Review of Supportive Housing: By Study

Review of the results of 18 studies on supportive housing, reports results in areas such as shelter, healthcare, mental health, criminal justice, quality of life.

Tags: literature review-- PSH-- supportive housing

Reducing Housing Barriers for People Involved in the Justice System: How to Assess the Landscape of Background Screening in Your Community

Tool designed to guide communities as they evaluate criminal background screenings in their community and assess the effect such screenings may have on justice system-involved individuals who are trying to get housing.

Tags: assessment-- criminal justice system-- housing barriers-- implementation-- interactive-- racial equity

Race Equity Framework: For the Connecticut Homeless & Housing System

Racial equity framework with recommendations.

Tags: Connecticut-- racial equity-- systems design

Healthy Aging in Supportive Housing: Toolkit for service providers, developers, and property managers

Implementation guide for designing supportive housing programs that will serve seniors.

Tags: implementation-- older adults and seniors-- PSH

Supportive Housing Integrated Models Toolkit

In creating and sharing the CSH Supportive Housing Integrated Models Toolkit CSH strives to:

Build the capacity of the affordable housing industry to create and operate high-quality, effective, and sustainable supportive housing units in a…

Tags: community integration-- funding-- implementation-- PSH-- scattered site-- single site-- supportive services

Leases and Tenant Education

Deeper dive into the function of leases in permanent supportive housing.

Tags: PSH

Standards for Quality Supportive Housing

Detailed guidebook intended to help those designing permanent supportive housing programs.

Tags: implementation-- PSH

Addressing Health Equity through Health and Housing Partnerships

Document intended for healthcare providers and supportive housing providers, offers suggestions for how they can "work together and on their own to identify and address disparities and advance health equity"

Tags: healthcare-- PSH-- racial equity

Tri-County Equitable Housing Strategy to Expand Supportive Housing for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness

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…

Tags: chronic homelessness-- Clackamas County OR-- Multnomah County OR-- PSH-- report-- Washington County OR

Homeless Services Governance: A Comparison of Local Government Coordination and Service Provision Efforts in Four Continua of Care

This resource compares homeless service structures by looking at case-studies in NYC, Houston, Seattle and LA, examining their framework and approach. It also discusses race equity structures and lived experience governance.

Tags: case study-- CoC-- government-- Houston TX-- Los Angeles County CA-- New York City NY-- racial disparities-- Seattle, WA

Housing Matters, Services Might: Findings from the High Needs Families Program Evaluation

Permanent supportive housing for families experiencing homelessness—typically, subsidized housing that is not time limited and provides access to a range of support services—has substantially increased over the past 10 years, despite an absence of…

Tags: children-- family homelessness-- open access-- PSH-- scholarly-- supportive housing

Permanent Supportive Housing: Assessing the Evidence

Objectives:Permanent supportive housing provides safe, stable housing for people with mental and substance use disorders who are homeless or disabled. This article describes permanent supportive housing and reviews research.
Methods:Authors reviewed…

Tags: advocacy-- PSH-- review-- scholarly

How Much Would It Cost to Provide Housing First to All Households Staying in Homeless Shelters?

Housing First is a proven evidence-based approach to addressing homelessness. However, programs operating under the Housing First model do not receive the necessary funding to meet the needs of all people experiencing homelessness. In this study, we…

Tags: advocacy-- cost-- housing first

The housing first model (HFM) fidelity index: designing and testing a tool for measuring integrity of housing programs that serve active substance users

The Housing First Model (HFM) is an approach to serving formerly homeless individuals with dually diagnosed mental health and substance use disorders regardless of their choice to use substances or engage in other risky behaviors. The model has been…

Tags: housing first-- implementation-- model fidelity-- open access-- pathways to housing-- scholarly

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