Determinants of adverse departures from supported housing / June Mann Averyt.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Microformat

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Averyt, June Mann.

Contributor:

Draine, Jeffrey, advisor.

University of Pennsylvania.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penn dissertations--Social welfare.

Social welfare--Penn dissertations.

Local Subjects:

Penn dissertations--Social welfare.

Social welfare--Penn dissertations.

Physical Description:

viii, 91 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Production:

2003.

Summary:

Supported housing consists of residential market housing with flexible supports. The eligibility criteria for the supported housing in this study included a diagnosis of a serious mental illness, substance abuse, having HIV positive status, being homeless, or being at risk for being homeless. Approximately half of the exits or departures from this study were adverse, i.e.---due to eviction or abandonment of an apartment. Prior research suggested that substance abuse is a primary cause of adverse departures. In this study a history of substance abuse was expected to increase the likelihood of adverse departures, while case management and substance abuse treatment were expected to decrease the likelihood of adverse departures.

This study included survey data and administrative data gathered as part of a three-year on-going evaluation of The Connecticut Supportive Housing Demonstration Program, a partnership between the Corporation for Supportive Housing and the State of Connecticut. The survey data came from survey instruments administered to tenants by caseworkers upon entry into the evaluation program. In addition, administrative data were provided by the Connecticut Department of Social Services, Medicaid Unit, and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS). The data were analyzed to examine the extent to which a history of substance abuse, case management, and substance abuse treatment explained adverse departures from supported housing.

The findings from this study indicated that being African-American, having a history of prior homelessness and reporting doing very well at being independent/self reliant prior to entry to the program increased the likelihood of an adverse departure. Being over 40 decreased the likelihood of such a departure.

Notes:

Adviser: Jeffrey Draine.

Thesis (Ph.D. in Social Welfare) -- University of Pennsylvania, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

University Microfilms order no.: 3095854.

OCLC:

244972998