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Community-Wide Strategies for Preventing Homelessness: Recent Evidence

Authors: Martha R. Burt, Carol Pearson, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery

Published in: Journal of Prevention | Issue 3-4/2007

Abstract

This article summarizes the findings of a study of community-wide strategies for preventing homelessness among families and single adults with serious mental illness, conducted for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. The study involved six communities, of which this article focuses on five. A major finding of this study was that it was difficult to identify sites with community-wide strategies, and even harder to find any that maintained data capable of documenting prevention success. However, the five communities selected for this study presented key elements of successful strategies including mechanisms for accurate targeting, a high level of jurisdictional commitment, significant mainstream agency involvement, and mechanisms for continuous system improvement.

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Title: Community-Wide Strategies for Preventing Homelessness: Recent Evidence
Authors: Martha R. Burt
Carol Pearson
Ann Elizabeth Montgomery
Publication date: 01-07-2007
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Prevention / Issue 3-4/2007
Print ISSN: 2731-5533
Electronic ISSN: 2731-5541
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-007-0094-8

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