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Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press
Publication Date: 2018
Youth homelessness is a major public health problem that garnered increased interest and focus in recent years in Canada and the United States. The connections between youth homelessness and child welfare, foster care, and juvenile justice have been well established (Bender, Yang, Ferguson, & Thompson, 2015; Dworsky & Courtney, 2009; Zlotnick, 2009). Similarly, service providers and policy makers have become aware of the high rates of hom...
Organization: SAMHSA
Publication Date: 2011
There are very high rates of trauma among people experiencing homelessness. Ensuring that agencies provide trauma-informed homeless services is crucial to supporting recovery from trauma and homelessness. SAMHSA’s HRC offers a large number of resources to help agencies become trauma-informed. This article offers eight tips to help move your agency toward being trauma-informed.
This article is adapted from “Shelter from the Storm: Trauma-Informed...
Organization: SAMHSA
Publication Date: 2011
Trauma-informed care is recognized as an important approach to serve trauma survivors who are experiencing homelessness. But what does the research say about the effectiveness of trauma-informed care? This article offers a summary of research findings related to trauma-informed care.
Research shows that people who are homeless have experienced high rates of trauma. Many who enter the homeless services system have experienced violence, loss, and d...
Publication Date: 2010
FREE Access to Full Text: This article examines trauma-informed care and how it can improve the effectiveness of homeless services. It is featured in the "Future of Homeless Services" Special Issue, guest edited by the Homelessness Resource Center and published in the Open Health Services and Policy Journal. The authors use a trauma-informed framework to explore best practices in avoiding traumatic experiences in service care.
It is reasonable to...