Housing First Initiative
The Housing First Initiative 1
The Housing First Initiative:
A Plan to End Homelessness
Lissa Sellew
Introduction to Human Services, BSHS302
Therez Moya
June 16, 2008
The Housing First Initiative 2
Abstract
The Housing First Initiative is a systematic method to end and prevent the reoccurrence of homelessness. The ideology behind Housing First is that homeless participants focus on obtaining permanent housing as a first step and work towards achieving goals towards self-sufficiency as a secondary objective. The dynamic component in the Housing First model is the collaboration between service providers within the community in order to promote independence for the participant and to deter cycles of homelessness (chronic homelessness). This cooperative action will be examined to demonstrate the potential for self-sufficiency and personal empowerment. A short comparison study of past homeless assistance programs that required pre-requisites to......
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