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Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
Publication Date: 2017
In the summer of 2014, the Region of Waterloo received funding towards rent assistance that would help to house 40 individuals experiencing persistent homelessness in the community. The Region was interested in evaluating the impacts of the addition of rent assistance to its STEP Home (Support to End Persistent Homelessness) program in order to guide the future direction of these services. Results from the study indicate that (1) rent assistance...
Organization: Mental Health Commission of Canada
Publication Date: 2014
This report documents the final results of the At Home/Chez Soi research demonstration project, which examined Housing First as a means of ending homelessness for people living with mental illness in Canada. The project followed more than 2,000 participants for two years, and was the world’s largest trial of Housing First, with demonstration sites in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montréal, and Moncton.
This report is also available on the Mental...
Publication Date: 2005
Supportive housing is the foundation of an effective community mental health system. Without good quality housing and appropriate support successful community living and recovery are not possible. Ontario is fortunate in having both a mature and an expanding supportive housing system for people with serious mental illness. Nonetheless, the system faces a number of challenges. A principal challenge is lack of sufficient and appropriate options to...
Publication Date: 2003
Objective: To identify and explore common myths about mental illness, compared to realities, based on a community sample of psychiatric consumer/survivors.
Design: This Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) has used a participatory action research design, incorporating qualitative and quantitative measures to facilitate a capacity building, community-development approach in addressing issues of mental health and housing.
Population, Sam...