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Housing First

Housing First is a policy that prioritizes providing unconditional and permanent housing as quickly as possible to homeless people, which acts as the foundation for other supportive services. It was first discussed in the 1990s, and in the following decades became government policy in certain locations within the Western world. There is a substantial…

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Housing First

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Triples374
Avg. degree1.97
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related to General and cited references · 71
Housing First → AJPH, American Journal, Ana, APA Gold Award, Approach, April, Boston, CA, Cite, CiteSeerX, Community Psychology, Consumer Choice, Decreasing, Dual Diagnosis, Eisenberg, Encyclopedia, February, First, Florence, Friday
related to Further reading · 70
Housing First → AcademyHealth, Affected, American Academy, April, Assistance Resource Center, Bassuk, Breaking, Brendan, Burt, Cambridge, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, Christina, Chronically Homeless Individuals, Cycle, December, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, Ellen, European Journal, Families
related to Canada · 26
Housing First → Alex Pathways, At Home/Chez Soi, Calgary, Canada, Canadian Adaptations, Canadian Perspective, Canadians, Director, Economic Action Plan, EMS, Federal Government, Fortune, Homelessness Partnering Strategy, Housing, HPS, In, Launched, March, Moncton, Montréal
related to United Kingdom · 21
Housing First → Across, An, Beyond, CAP, CAP Ltd, Centre, Community Action Projects Ltd, Finnish, Hostel, In, It, Liverpool, Manchester, Other, Qualitative, Social Justice, The, There, This, UK
related to Ideological criticism of the evidence-based approach · 19
Housing First → According, Bush Administration's Housing First, Dunn, In, International Journal, Law, New England School, New York University Silver, Professor Kerry Dunn, Professor Victoria Stanhope, Psychiatry, School, Social Work, Stanhope, TANF, That, The, University, US
related to United States · 19
Housing First → Congress, During, Further, Homelessness, Housing, HUD, In, In August, Research, Seattle, The, This, Through Housing First, United States Interagency Council, Urban Development, US, US Department, USICH, Washington
related to history · 17
Housing First → Bosco, Catholic Worker Movement House, Don Bosco, Dorothy Day, For, Francis, Hospitality, Housing First Model, However, In, Italy, North America, Sales, St, Supported Housing, The, This
related to Mixed model: merging Housing First with the Continuum of Care model · 17
Housing First → Care, Continuum, End Homelessness, Especially, Federal Strategic Plan, Homelessness, HUD-funded, In, Many, Obama Administration’s, Opening Doors, Prevent, Some, This, To, US, US Interagency Council
related to Miscellaneous · 15
Housing First → As, December, Europe, European Commission, France, H2020, Ireland, Italy, March, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Reversing Homelessness, Spain, Sweden
related to Definition · 14
Housing First → America, Housing, HUD, It, Pathways, Shelter Plus Care Program, Supportive Housing Program, The, The Housing First, They, This, Treatment, United States Department, Urban Development

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Housing Firstis apolicy that prioritizes providing unconditional and permanent housing as quickly as possible to homeless people0.90text
Housing Firstis aalternative to a system of emergency shelter/transitional housing progressions which characterize the Continuum of Care and staircase housing models0.90text
Housing Firstis aprogram to end homelessness and not to reduce substance abuse0.90text
healthcareinstance ofThe support system addresses social and structural issues0.80text
educationinstance ofThe support system addresses social and structural issues0.80text
familyinstance ofThe support system addresses social and structural issues0.80text
childreninstance ofThe support system addresses social and structural issues0.80text
employmentinstance ofThe support system addresses social and structural issues0.80text
and social welfareinstance ofThe support system addresses social and structural issues0.80text
Housing First result in significantly better housing stability than models with less or no tailored supportinstance offound that programmes0.80text
reduced substance use or stronger engagement with employment or traininginstance ofless evidence of other quantifiable change in outcomes0.80text
Housing Firstrelated to AustraliaSome0.60section

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