Below find on-the-ground perspectives or experiences in implementing housing programs and supports for people experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Case studies outline details that may be useful for organizations interested in implementing these or similar interventions.
Facilitating Exit From Encampments: Combining Low-Barrier Transitional Housing with Stabilizing Treatment for Substance Related Problems
Transitional housing, combined with co-located substance use disorder care, facilitates access to permanent housing and increases engagement in substance use treatment.
Support and Services at Home (SASH): Helping Older Adults and People with Disabilities in Affordable Housing Age in Place
Profiles Support and Services at Home, a model that is empowering older adults and people with disabilities to remain at home via in-home supports and services.
Providing Medical Respite Care to People Experiencing Homelessness: Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
Profiles Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, a health center in Washington State, that launched a medical respite care program in 2010 after a focus group of patients experiencing homelessness expressed the need for a place to stay when they were sick.
Supporting Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness through Community Partnerships
Details a partnership between Commonwealth Care Alliance, a non-profit community-based payer and provider serving people with significant needs, and Hearth, a non-profit community-based organization focused on ending elder homelessness, to provide permanent supportive housing for eligible individuals.
How a Medical Respite Care Program Offers a Pathway to Health and Housing for People Experiencing Homelessness
A medical respite program for people experiencing homelessness shows evidence of reduced hospital readmissions and emergency department revisits.
A Community Partnership to House and Care for Complex Patients
A cross-sector partnership to enroll older adults experiencing homelessness in permanent supportive housing led to meaningful reductions in health care costs.
