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1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) : illustrations |
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Cover; Housing First; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1. Paradigm Shifts and Systems Change: Understanding Housing First and its Impact; 2. Homelessness in America: Truths and Consequences; 3. Three Lineages of Homeless Services; 4. Housing First Gets its Evidence Base and Momentum Builds; 5. Housing First From the Inside: Qualitative Research with Clients; 6. In Their Own Words: Consumers Share Their Stories; 7. Growth of Housing First in the United States: Challenges of Expansion and Fidelity; 8. Housing First Internationally: Canada, Europe, and Australia |
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9. New Beginnings: Transforming Systems as Well as LivesCODA: The Changing Landscape: A Few Updates; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; Index |
| Summary |
Little more than two decades ago, the "Housing First" (HF) approach pioneered by Pathways to Housing, Inc. was a small but determined challenge to the burgeoning yet ineffective service system for homeless persons. Today, the success of HF has brought about paradigm-shifting systems change not only in the homeless "industry" but in related service systems. Drawing on rigorous research and the hard work of "institutional entrepreneurs," HF has been adopted both nationally and internationally, presenting an unusual blend of evidence-based practice and consumer choice. As a result, it has changed the conversation away from "housing readiness" and "managing homelessness" to the "right to housing" and "ending homelessness." This book employs conceptual frameworks drawn from theories of institutional change and innovation, as well as from implementation science, to explore the rise in homelessness in the United States, the "lineages" of responses to the problem, and the subsequent rise of HF. Research on HF has produced consistent findings including rates of housing stability of 75% to 95% when compared with non-HF programs. In addition, qualitative studies describe the profound benefits of having a home as well as the challenges of recovering from a life of adversity. Findings from studies of HF in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia have converged on a bottom line: Providing immediate access to an apartment and support services to someone with mental illness and addiction is not only humane but effective. This book traces the origins of HF as a paradigm shift that has transformed homeless services in the United States and abroad publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed November 12, 2015) |
| Subject |
Homeless persons -- Housing -- United States
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Homeless persons -- Services for -- United States
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Homeless persons -- Housing
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Shelters for the homeless -- United States
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Shelters for the homeless.
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crisis shelters.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
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Homeless persons -- Housing
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Homeless persons -- Services for
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Henwood, Benjamin F., author.
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Tsemberis, Sam J., author.
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| ISBN |
9780190455804 |
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0190455802 |
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9780199989812 |
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0199989818 |
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