Randomized trial of intensive housing placement and community transition services for episodic and recidivist homeless families

A.J. Levitt, K. Mitchell, L. Pareti, J. DeGenova, A. Heller, A. Hannigan and J. Gholston

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue S2, S348-S354

Abstract: Objectives. We compared Home to Stay, a pilot of intensive housing placement and community transition services for episodic and recidivist homeless families, with a standard services approach. Methods. Using intention-to-treat analyses, we conducted a modified randomized trial of 138 Home to Stay client families and a control group of 192 client families receiving standard shelter services. Results. Home to Stay clients exited shelter more quickly than clients in the control group (Cox regression, P

Keywords: article; controlled clinical trial; controlled study; employment; family; homelessness; housing; human; randomized controlled trial; social welfare; statistics; time; United States; homelessness; housing; social welfare; statistics and numerical data, Employment; Family; Homeless Persons; Housing; Humans; New York City; Social Welfare; Time Factors, Employment; Family; Homeless Persons; Housing; Humans; New York City; Social Welfare; Time Factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301521

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