This 2008 study evaluates the United Way of Rhode Island’s “Housing First” program for 50 homeless single adults. The report is based on in-depth interviews conducted over the course of a year.
Read MoreThe Minnesota Supportive Housing and Managed Care Pilot evaluation assesses supportive housing’s effectiveness in Minnesota. The report focuses on residents with highly complex needs, including mental illness and chemical dependency.
Read MoreThis progress report evaluates “Home & Healthy for Good,” a Massachusetts supportive housing pilot program mandated by the state’s legislature. The study was prepared by the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance.
Read MoreThis study evaluates a number of cost and quality-of-life measures associated with supportive housing in Illinois. Conducted by the Heartland Alliance Mid-America Institute on Poverty (MAIP), the report quantifies the behavioral changes of 177 supportive housing residents for the two years before and the two years after entering housing.
Read MoreThis peer-reviewed article assesses the health impacts of the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (CHHP), a supportive housing program. Researchers analyze the health records of 105 HIV-positive homeless people.
Read MoreThis policy brief offers a detailed rundown of three different approaches to reduce Medicaid spending in New York. The authors outline an analytic approach, a program approach and a policy approach.
Read MoreThis peer-reviewed study evaluates the cost effectiveness of a supportive housing program in Seattle, Washington.
Read MoreThis peer-reviewed study evaluates a supportive housing program operated by the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (CHHP).
Read MoreThis research article different approaches to improving healthcare while lowering costs for vulnerable individuals. One of the primary solutions proposed is supportive housing.
Read MoreThis study looks at public service use among 163 chronically homeless adults with disabilities. Researchers compare the frequency with which participants used various medical services -- for the six months before and six months after supportive housing placement.
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