Edited by Linda B. Fosburg, Ph.D., and Deborah L. Dennis, M.A., for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, August 1999
Contents
1. Demographics and Geography: Estimating Needs by Martha R. Burt, Ph.D
2. Special Populations of Homeless Americans by Robert Rosenheck, M.D., Ellen Bassuk, M.D., and Amy Salomon, Ph.D.
3. Homeless Youth: Research, Intervention, and Policy by Marjorie J. Robertson, Ph.D., and Paul A. Toro, Ph.D.
4. Making Homeless Programs Accountable to Consumers, Funders and the Public by Dennis Culhane, Ph.D., David Eldridge, M.S.W., Robert Rosenheck, M.D., and Carol Wilkins, M.P.P.
5. Giving Voice to Homeless People in Policy, Practice and Research by Nicole Glasser
6. To Dance With Grace: Outreach and Engagement to Persons on the Street by Sally Erickson, M.S.W. and Jaimie Page, M.S.W., L.S.W.
7. A Review of Case Management for People Who Are Homeless: Implications for Practice, Policy and Research by Gary Morse, Ph.D.
8. Balancing Act: Clinical Practices that Respond to the Needs of Homeless People by Marsha McMurray-Avila, M.C.R.P., Lillian Gelberg, M.D., M.S.P.H., and William R. Breakey, M.D.
9. Emergency Shelter and Services: Opening a Front Door to the Continuum of Care by Judith D. Feins, Ph.D. and Linda B. Fosburg, Ph.D.
10. Transitional Housing and Services: A Synthesis by Sue Barrow, Ph.D. and Rita Zimmer, M.P.H.
11. Reconnecting Homeless Individuals and Families to the Community by Debra J. Rog, Ph.D. and C. Scott Holupka, Ph.D.
12. What Do We Know About the Systems Integration and Homelessness? by Deborah L. Dennis, M.A., Joseph J. Cocozza, Ph.D., and Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D.
13. Rethinking the Prevention of Homelessness by Marybeth Shinn, Ph.D. and Jim Baumohl, D.S.W.
The editors of this report on the National Symposium on Homelessness Research: What Works—Linda B. Fosburg and Deborah L. Dennis—thank many others for their valuable assistance in planning, implementing, and reporting on the outcomes of the symposium. From the beginning in December 1997, this project has been a team effort that has benefited from the collaboration of many other persons.
First, we recognize the invaluable contributions of two other core members of the planning team—James E. Hoben and Mary Ellen O’Connell—the representatives of the cosponsors of the symposium, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). We, as the core planning team, also thank the other planning team members—George Ferguson, Jean Hochron, Walter Leginski and Marge Martin.
Second, we thank the members of the expert panel who reviewed the initial plans and provided important input into the content and format of the symposium. Among those who participated in this activity were: Martha Burt (The Urban Institute), Mary Ann Gleason (National Coalition for the Homeless), Steven Hornburg (Fannie Mae Foundation), Paul Koegel (RAND Corporation), Betsey Lieberman (AIDS Housing of Washington), Ann O’Hara (Technical Assistance Collaborative), Marjorie Robertson (California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute), Debra Rog (Vanderbuilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies), Nan Roman (National Alliance to End Homelessness), Robert Rosenheck (West Haven Veterans Administration Medical Center), Amy Soloman (The Better Homes Fund), Julie Sandorf (Corporation for Supportive Housing), Laurel Weir (National Law Center for Homelessness and Poverty), and Beth Weitzman (New York University).
Third, we are grateful for the contributions of the Federal representatives who opened and closed the symposium, including: Xavier de Souza Briggs (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring at HUD), Margaret Hamburg (Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at HHS), Fred Karnas, Jr. (Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, Office of Community Planning and Development at HUD), and Marsha Martin (Special Assistant to the Secretary of HHS). We also thank all the facilitators at the symposium: Ann O’Hara did a wonderful job as the overall symposium facilitator; Linda Boone, James Hoben, Jean Hochron, Mark Johnston, Walter Leginski, Gretchen Noll, James O’Connell, Mary Ellen O’Connell, Fred Osher, Fran Randolph, Amy Soloman, and Jean Whaley provided the leadership for the facilitated discussions. We also acknowledge and thank Donald Bradley of the Freddie Mac Foundation for providing scholarships to allow formerly homeless persons to attend and for the reception at the end of the first day of the symposium.
We give a special thanks to all of the authors of the research synthesis papers who provided the substance for symposium. We also thank respondents to each of the research papers. The names of the authors and respondents are shown in the agenda in Appendix A. We thank the staffs of Abt Associates Inc. and Policy Research Associates who assisted us in all aspects of this project. Finally, we recognize the contributions of all of the authors who have conducted the research on homelessness over the past two decades. Their efforts are listed in the bibliographies of each of the research synthesis papers.