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Addressing Housing Instability in Child Welfare

Publication

CSH

To better align families’ child welfare and supportive housing needs, child welfare leaders must clearly present their vision for the role of supportive housing as a part of positive child welfare outcomes.

Keeping Families Together

Publication

CSH

The Keeping Families Together model turned the usual paradigm for prioritizing affordable housing on its head. Rather than targeting the most “stable” families, Keeping Families Together sought out families with the most complicated cases—those at greatest risk.

Housing is Healthcare: Anthem and Indy's Blue Triangle Housing Program

Publication

Apr 1, 2019

CSH

The Housing and Medicaid Services Pilot Program in Indianapolis, also known as the Blue Triangle Housing Program, is a collaboration that includes Anthem, the City of Indianapolis, a non-profit housing organization, and a community mental health center (CMHC).

Data Integration Across Jail & Homeless Services: Blueprint for Success

Publication

Mar 1, 2019

CSH

CSH selected the Center for Data Science and Public Policy (DSaPP) at the University of Chicago to develop a web-based data integration tool, which was completed in 2018.

New Orleans ready to follow 'very costly' plan for housing mental-health inmates, with caveats

News Article

Feb 28, 2019

Matt Sledge for the New Orleans Advocate

The city says it plans to move ahead with a costly, stopgap renovation of a New Orleans jail building to house dozens of inmates with mental health issues — but it also wants to keep its options open.

New Community | Jan 30, 2019

Behavioral Health

Behavioral health problems can negatively affect an individual's ability to remain stably housed. With certain supports, however, those struggling with addiction and/or mental health issues can live better lives.

New Community | Jan 30, 2019

Veterans

After serving our country, all veterans deserve a place to call home with the supports they need to succeed. With the VASH program and supportive housing options, we can help transition more veterans out of homelessness and poverty.

Bay Area Businesses, Foundations to Boost Affordable Housing

News Article

Jan 24, 2019

Affordable Housing Finance

A new collaboration of San Francisco Bay Area foundations and businesses is raising $540 million to tackle the region’s affordable housing crisis.

How Does Rapid Re-housing Help Veterans Get off the Street and into a Home? An Expert Dialogue

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Jan 23, 2019

How Housing Matters for The Urban Institute

To explore the benefits and challenges of rapid re-housing support services, How Housing Matters asked a group of experts to weigh in.

What Fueled the Increase in Unsheltered Homelessness in 2018?

News Article

Jan 16, 2019

Aaron Shroyer How Housing Matters

In 2018, over half a million people experienced homelessness on a given night in the US. Of those, roughly one in three experienced unsheltered homelessness in a car, outside, or in other places not meant for human habitation.