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Performance Benchmarks and Program Standards

This document provides performance benchmarks for RRH programs, as well as a more detailed understanding of what RRH programs should look like. The performance benchmarks in the document are based current promising practices identified by by the…

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The Ambiguities, Limits and Risks of Housing First from a European Perspective

There is strong evidence that the Pathways Housing First model can move homeless people with sustained experiences of living rough, with problematic drug and alcohol use, and with severe mental illness straight into ordinary housing, and successfully…

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Strategies to Balance Fidelity to Housing First Principles with Local Realities: Lessons from a Large Urban Centre

The importance of program implementation in achieving desired outcomes is well- documented, but there remains a need for concrete guidance on how to achieve fidelity to evidence- based models within dynamic local contexts. Housing First (HF), an…

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THIS is Housing First for Youth: Program Model Guide

This new version of THIS is Housing First has been broken into two sections. Part 1 provides an overview of the research, principles, and philosophy underpinning the HF4Y model. It concludes with a series of case examples of successful local…

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Can Housing First Work for Youth?

Housing First has emerged as an effective and humane approach to addressing homelessness. In spite of the strength of the evidence, questions remain regarding the applicability of Housing First to sub-populations, including youth. The proposed…

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Pathways Housing First Institute

Website for the Pathways to Housing non-profit, who originally developed the Housing First model.

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Housing First programs in congregate-site facilities: can one size fit all?

The ‘Pathways to Housing’ Program (PHP) is an internationally recognized reference point for solutions to chronic homelessness espousing principles of ‘Housing First’. In Australian capital cities, the introduction of Housing First has mostly taken…

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Housing First and Single-Site Housing

In 2002, the United States embraced the Housing First approach, which led to the widespread adoption of this approach in cities across the nation. This resulted in programmatic variations of Housing First and calls for clarity about the Housing First…

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Fidelity to the Housing First Model and Variation in Health Service Use Within Permanent Supportive Housing

Objective: Permanent supportive housing (PSH) programs are being implemented throughout the United States. This study examined the relationship between fidelity to the Housing First model and health service use among clients in PSH programs in…

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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…

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