I attended the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration Webinar on Homelessness Prevention 1/24/13.
What I learned: Research shows that the best way to help the most people and be most successful in homelessness prevention programs is to use empirical (statistical) data to determine who can receive services.
The part that tears my heart out is the fact that there are some people who don't fall into the qualifications for help will be left homeless. Families are one of the groups who showed a dramatic increase in numbers of homelessness. Let's pray and cry for those people who are unable to get the help they need.
Something to think about: In Japan and Europe, their citizens have a right to housing. It is in their "constitution." I'm not saying we should do that, but it is interesting to think about.
What I learned: Research shows that the best way to help the most people and be most successful in homelessness prevention programs is to use empirical (statistical) data to determine who can receive services.
The part that tears my heart out is the fact that there are some people who don't fall into the qualifications for help will be left homeless. Families are one of the groups who showed a dramatic increase in numbers of homelessness. Let's pray and cry for those people who are unable to get the help they need.
Something to think about: In Japan and Europe, their citizens have a right to housing. It is in their "constitution." I'm not saying we should do that, but it is interesting to think about.
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