Title
Housing First [electronic resource] : ending homelessness, transforming systems, and changing lives / Deborah Padgett, Benjamin Henwood, and Sam Tsemberis.
ISBN
9780190455804 (electronic book)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199989805 doi
Call Number
HV4505 .P23 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.50973
Summary
Little more than two decades ago, the 'Housing First' (HF) approach pioneered by Pathways to Housing, Inc. was a small but determined challenge to the burgeoning yet ineffective service system for homeless persons. Today, the success of HF has brought about paradigm-shifting systems change not only in the homeless 'industry' but in related service systems. This book employs conceptual frameworks drawn from theories of institutional change and innovation to explore the rise in homelessness in the US, the 'lineages' of responses to the problem, and the subsequent rise of HF.
Note
Little more than two decades ago, the 'Housing First' (HF) approach pioneered by Pathways to Housing, Inc. was a small but determined challenge to the burgeoning yet ineffective service system for homeless persons. Today, the success of HF has brought about paradigm-shifting systems change not only in the homeless 'industry' but in related service systems. This book employs conceptual frameworks drawn from theories of institutional change and innovation to explore the rise in homelessness in the US, the 'lineages' of responses to the problem, and the subsequent rise of HF.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 22, 2015).
Paradigm shifts and systems change: understanding Housing First and its impact
Homelessness in America: truths and consequences
Three lineages of homeless services
Housing First gets its evidence base and momentum builds
Housing First from the inside: qualitative research with clients
In their own words: consumers share their stories
Growth of Housing First in the United States: challenges of expansion and fidelity
Housing First internationally: Canada, Europe, and Australia
New beginnings: transforming systems as well as lives
CODA: the changing landscape: a few updates.
