The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #46892

Carole Siegel, PhD¹, Kim Hopper, PhD², Judith Samuels, PhD³, Kristine Jones, PhD⁴, Kristine Jones, PhD⁴, and Kristine Jones, PhD⁴. (1) Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health, Nathan Kline Institute, 140 Old Orangeburg Rd., Orangeburg, NY 10962, 845 398 6590, siegel@nki.rfmh.org, (2) Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, (3) Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, (4) Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962

Site specific findings from the NYC site study of the CMHS Housing Initiative for Persons with Serious Mental Illness provide a number of implications to other large urban areas where housing is scarce and homelessness is rising. The population studied includes persons with substantial histories of homelessness and of mixed ethnicity. Outcomes of tenants in two distinct models of supported housing are compared to those in community residences, a housing program that provided one of the greatest contrasts to supported housing among all models studied. The supported housing models include one in a congregate mixed population setting, the other a scattered-site program. The presentation will meld qualitative and quantitative findings and present a qualitative analysis of patterns of moves of tenants, propensity stratum specific findings in which quantitative results are explicated through qualitative analyses and two part models that attempt to distinguish the characteristics and movement patterns of persons who remain in their initial placement from those who move.

Learning Objectives:

• At the conclusion of this session, the participant (learner) will be able to describe a variety of housing models available in NYC, including two distinct models of supported housing, describe the characteristics of people who stay in their initial housing and those who move, and discuss the various residential histories of those who do leave their initial housing.

Keywords: Housing,

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.