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Housing First is a Matter of Health

WebA foundation for improving health. Beginning in 2019, Kaiser Permanente funded a series of large Housing First initiatives, starting with a partnership with Bay …

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What Causes Homelessness

WebConnecting Homelessness and Health. Health and homelessness are inextricably linked. Health problems can cause a person’s homelessness as well as be exacerbated by the …

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Permanent Supportive Housing

WebPermanent supportive housing is an intervention that combines affordable housing assistance with voluntary support services to address the needs of chronically homeless …

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Housing and Health Care: Working Together to Address COVID-19

WebWe are in the midst of a health crisis – the COVID-19 pandemic – where we know people experiencing homelessness are at a greater risk of infection due to a variety of factors like the inability to socially isolate, being unsheltered, and having increased underlying health conditions. While leaders in both housing and health fields have long …

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The Center for Evidence-based Solutions to Homelessness

WebDecember 8, 2017 | Publications. The Center for Evidence-based Solutions to Homelessness is a new resource dedicated to synthesizing and explaining the key …

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Medicaid Health Homes: Emerging Models and Implications

WebThis policy brief discusses how Medicaid health homes can help improve the behavioral and physical outcomes for vulnerable people experiencing homelessness and …

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Homeless Services and Medicaid Enrollment

WebIn the 24 states expanding Medicaid in 2014, adults with incomes under $15,000 (approximately) will were able to enroll in basic Medicaid benefits. This and …

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Research and Data

WebThe Alliance’s Research Council includes the leading academics and researchers in the fields of homelessness and housing. The purpose of the council is to cultivate a stronger …

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Exploring the State of Homelessness in 2020

WebWritten by Joy Moses May 14, 2020. Today the Alliance is releasing an updated version of its annual report— The State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition. As in previous years, it …

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Homelessness: A State of Emergency

WebIn November 2015, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, and King County Executive, Dow Constantine, declared homelessness a SOE, citing the more than 45 people who …

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What is Housing First

WebWhat is Housing First? Housing First is an approach that prioritizes providing permanent housing to people experiencing homelessness, thus ending their homelessness and …

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Homelessness and Black History: Health Care Disparities

WebCOVID-19, Health Care, and Racism. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic provides an archetypal example of racial discrimination in healthcare. While Black people in the US are 1.4 times as likely as white people to contract COVID-19, 3.7 times as likely to be hospitalized, and 2.8 times as likely to die of COVID, white people were vaccinated at a …

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California Statewide Study of Homelessness May Have Nationwide

WebIn early June, the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI), housed at the University of California San Francisco, released a groundbreaking report …

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State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition

WebThe State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition uses data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide an overview of the scope of …

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Innovations, Solutions, and What We Can Learn in San Francisco

WebThe Challenges We Face. Housing is too expensive. According to Zillow, median rent in San Francisco is nearly $3,300. The number of unintentional overdoses are too high in San Francisco, and the city does not have enough mental health and substance abuse treatment beds to meet the amount of need.. But this isn’t a problem unique to …

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Children and Families

WebAn estimated 186,084 people in families — or 57,563 family households — were identified as homeless. Approximately 17,385 people in families were living on the street, in a car, …

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How Medical Respite Provides Support to People Experiencing

WebOutcomes of Medical Respite: Medical respite admissions decreased time spent in the hospital, emergency department use, and readmission rates, resulting in …

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