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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Anja Kurki, PhD, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy, Center for Mental Health Policy, 1915 I St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC, DC 20006, 202-833-3516, anja.kurki@vanderbilt.edu
The CMHS Housing Initiative provided housing to people with severe mental illness. Preliminary analyses indicate that a majority of people continued to live in their initial housing placement for at least 6 to 12 months after entering the program. A substantial number of people living in both supported housing and the comparison housing programs, however, did move, some a substantial number of times.
This presentation will discuss efforts to understand who has difficulty maintaining residential stability, even after being provided with housing assistance. Background and baseline differences between people with 0, 1, 2, or 3 or more moves in the 12 months since they entered the study will be presented, along with analyses that examine the role that residential stability has on various outcomes, such as mental health functioning or quality of life, regardless of the housing conditions people were originally placed.
Finally, to the extent that housing instability is an indicator of other problems, and that those who move frequently represent some of the most difficult to serve people with serious mental illness, analyses will be presented to determine if there are specific housing operations or procedures that contribute to residential stability, particularly for those people who appear most likely to move.
Learning Objectives:
Keywords: Housing, Homelessness
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.