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Organization: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Publication Date: 2009
People who are homeless often experience trauma, mental illness, and/or substance use problems. Recovery happens in relationships that help people move past these obstacles. These ten tips can help your agency create an environment that supports recovery.
1) Create a physical environment that is welcoming and safe, where different ways of expressing emotions are tolerated. Developing a welcoming environment does not necessarily require an expens...
Organization: SAMHSA
Publication Date: 2008
It’s easier than you might think to create a physical space that will help people feel welcome and safe. Check out these tips.
The way physical space is designed often reflects how agencies feel about the staff and the people they serve. Designing a welcoming environment isn’t necessarily expensive. . It may require assessing the features of the current space and adapting them so that they are welcoming to individuals and families with histories...
Publication Date: 2001
Objective
To identify childhood antecedents for lifetime post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and to determine how this diagnosis relates to health and service use among extremely poor women.
Methods We conducted a secondary data analysis of 425 women in the Worcester Family Research Project, a case-control longitudinal study of 220 sheltered homeless and 216 extremely poor housed (never homeless) women in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Results We f...
Publication Date: 1997
This resource discusses issues surrounding the development of behaviors in low-income and homeless children.
Objectives. To describe the characteristics of homeless and low-income preschool-aged children, and to identify family and environmental determinants of their behavior.
Methods. An unmatched case-control design was used to recruit a sample of sheltered homeless families and a comparison group of low-income housed families who were never...
Publication Date: 1998
Americans have started to recognize interpersonal violence as a major health care issue. Increasingly, clinicians are beginning to recognize both the high rate of victimization among extremely poor women and its health consequences. However, most clinical responses focus on the immediate effects of child abuse, partner abuse, and rape. The long-term medical and mental health consequences and the relationship between early victimization and adult...
Publication Date: 1996
OBJECTIVE: To compare characteristics of homeless and low-income housed mothers across economic, psychosocial, and physical health domains.
DESIGN: Case-control study.
SETTING: Community of Worcester, Mass.
PARTICIPANTS: A cross-sectional sample of 220 sheltered homeless mothers and 216 low-income housed (never homeless) mothers receiving welfare.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Income, housing, life events, social support, history of abuse and assault, a...
Organization: SAMHSA
Publication Date: 2008
The Long Journey Home was written as a response to some startling lessons we have learned from the field of homelessness over the last decade. It is intended to serve as a guide to agencies looking for practical ideas about how to create trauma-informed environments. It is best viewed as a template and should be supplemented by your knowledge and expertise regarding the most effective adaptations for working with families in your own program.
Organization: National Center on Family Homelessness
Publication Date: 2013
The Service and Housing Interventions for Families in Transition (SHIFT) Longitudinal Study examines the effectiveness of different housing and service models in helping families who are experiencing homelessness establish and maintain residential stability and self-sufficiency. Research has documented the importance of housing vouchers, sometimes in combination with case management, in increasing residential stability and other positive outcomes...
Publication Date: 1990
The need for permanent housing for the chronically mentally ill has received a great deal of attention over the last several years. One response to the problem has been the development of supportive housing, that is, non-facility-based permanent homes with placement based on clients' functional capabilities and preferences. However, little research has focused on assessing the match between clients and environmental requirements. This study begin...