This Chapin Hall report is a collaborative effort of researchers, practitioners, the Youth Collaboratory, philanthropic organizations, and Federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Family and Youth Services Bureau…

This Corporation for Supportive Housing report provides background information on health disparities and describes health equity as equal access to health care, regardless of factors including community, income, race, and housing status. The report…

This Urban Institute report examines a case study of the Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA’s) work requirement, which has been in existence for 10 years. The study covers the CHA staff and resident perceptions of the work requirement’s implementation…

This section from an Urban Institute report describes a social impact bond, issued in Denver, Colorado in February 2016, to fund a supportive housing program for 250 persons most frequently involved in the criminal justice system. The section…

This U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness report provides a set of 9 action steps and a list of recommended resources pertaining to each action step that community groups can use to integrate affordable housing with approaches to end…

This Chapin Hall report reviews the implementation of a “housing first” approach that addresses the needs of families in the child welfare system. The case study of supportive housing in Connecticut was a demonstration project, funded by the…

This report on a study from the University of California, Davis, Center for Poverty Research identifies that 14 to 16 percent of the U.S. population has been unable to pay fully and on-time for either utilities or housing. The study also found that…

This brief by the Interagency Council on Homelessness discusses family homelessness and its scale, patterns, data gaps, risks, and policy potential. Given that homeless families make up one-third of the total homeless population and that the…

The paper from Jobs for the Future reviews and make recommendations about the community-focused approach to federal policy and investments. Also known as “place based,” community-focused efforts have two objectives: 1) improve the integration,…

Living in safe “opportunity neighborhoods” that provide quality services, employment, and schools is a recognized way for children and families to increase their economic opportunities and class mobility. The authors of this Urban Institute paper…