Pregnancy and Homelessness: Findings from the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness

This Topic Brief reviews: who experiences pregnancy during homelessness, how they lost their housing, experiences during homelessness, barriers to regaining housing. The findings highlight the urgent need for the homelessness system to advance evidence-based strategies to meet the needs of pregnant people. Key recommendations include: targeted, flexible prevention subsidies, reproductive health support for young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, rapid access to non-congregate shelter/housing resources.

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Brief

Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. (2024). Pregnancy and Homelessness: Findings from the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness. https://homelessness.ucsf.edu/sites/default/files/2024-07/2024.07%20Pregnancy%20Topic%20Brief.pdf