Resources
National Reports and Fact Sheets
Family Options Study Short-Term Impacts of Housing and Services Interventions for Homeless Families
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2015, July)
Key Strategies for Connecting People Experiencing Homelessness to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Benefits
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2015, July)
Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, As Amended in 2015
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (2015, June)
Home Not Found: The Cost of Homelessness in Silicon Valley
Economic Roundtable, Daniel Flaming, Halil Toros and Patrick Burns (2015, May)
Out of Reach 2015: Low Wages and High Rents Lock Renters Out
National Low Income Housing Coalition (2015, May)
Creating New Integrated Permanent Supportive Housing Opportunities for ELI Households: A Vision for the Future of the National Housing Trust Fund
Technical Assistance Collaborative, Ann O'Hara and Jim Yates (2015, April)
The State of Homelessness in America 2015
National Alliance to End Homelessness (2015, April)
Affordable Housing is Nowhere to be Found for Millions
National Low Income Housing Coalition Housing Spotlight (2015, March)
Assessment Tools for Allocating Homelessness Assistance: State of the Evidence
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2015, February)
Housing and Health in Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (2015, February)
Aligning Federal Low Income Housing Programs with Housing Need
Megan Bolton, Elina Bravve, and Sheila Crowley, The National Low Income Housing Coalition (2014, December)
Hunger and Homelessness
The United States Conference of Mayors (2014, December)
America's Youngest Outcasts: A Report Card on Child Homelessness
Ellen L. Bassuk, Corey Anne Beach, Fred Berman, and Carmela J. DeCandia,The National Center on Family Homelessness (2014, November)
Early Impacts of the Medicaid Expansion for the Homeless Population
Barbara DiPietro, Samantha Artiga, and Alexandra Gates, The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (2014, November)
The 2014 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2014, October)
Health Interventions for People Who Are Homeless
Stephen W. Hwang and Tom Burns, The Lancet, (2014, October)
The Health of Homeless People in High-Income Countries: Descriptive Epidemiology, Health Consequences, and Clinical and Policy Recommendations
Seena Fazel, John Geddes, and Margot Kushel, The Lancet (2014, October)
In Focus: Using Housing to Improve Health and Reduce the Costs of Caring for the Homeless
Quality Matters, The Commonwealth Fund (2014, October)
Street Outreach Program Data Collection Project Executive Summary
Family and Youth Services Bureau (2014, October)
Education for Homeless Children and Youth: Consolidated State Performance Report Data
National Center for Homeless Education (2014, September)
State Standards for Access to Care in Medicaid Managed Care
Suzanne Murrin, Department of Health and Human Services (2014, September)
Road to Recovery: Employment and Mental Illness
National Alliance on Mental Illness (2014, July)
Advocates' Guide to Housing and Community Development Programs
National Low Income Housing Coalition (2014)
No Safe Place: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (2014, July)
A Primer on Using Medicaid for People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness and Tenants in Permanent Supportive Housing
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2014, July)
Medicaid and Permanent Supportive Housing for Chronically Homeless Individuals: Emerging Practices from the Field
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2014, July)
Vulnerable to Hate: A Survey of Hate Crimes & Violence Committed against Homeless People in 2013
National Coalition for the Homeless (2014, June)
Policy Basics: The Housing Choice Voucher Program
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2014, May)
Integrating Housing in State Medicaid Policy
The Source for Housing Solutions (2014, April)
Economic Impact of Integrated Medical-Behavioral Healthcare
Milliman Psychiatric Association (2014, April)
CBO Finds Health Reform's Medicaid Expansion Is an Even Better Deal for States
Edwin Park, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2014, April)
Housing Assistance Programs Provide Limited Access to Higher-Performing Schools
Ingrid Gould Ellen, Amy Schwartz, and Keren Mertens Horn, MacArthur Foundation How Housing Matters (2014, April)
Rapid Re-Housing: An Integral Component to Solving Homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness (2014)
Permanent Supportive Housing: Assessing the Evidence
Debra J. Rog, Tina Marshall, Richard H. Dougherty, Preethy George, Allen S. Daniels, Sushmita Shoma Ghose, and Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, Psychiatric Services (2014, March)
Policy Basics: Introduction to SNAP
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2014, March)
Policy Basics: Social Security Disability Insurance
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2014, March)
Poor Black Women Are Evicted at Alarming Rates, Setting Off a Chain of Hardship
Matthew Desmond, MacArthur Foundation How Housing Matters (2014, March)
Welcome Home: The Rise of Tent Cities in the United States
Julie Hunter, Paul Linden-Retek, Sirine Shebaya, and Samuel Halpert, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (2014, March)
The Coverage Gap: Uninsured Poor Adults in States that Do Not Expand Medicaid
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (2014, March)
Housing Landscape 2014: The Housing Affordability Challenges of America's Working Households
Janet Viveiros and Lisa Sturtevant, Center for Housing Policy (2014, February)
Introduction to the Supplemental Security Income Program
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2014, February)
Homelessness and Health Infographic
National Health Care for the Homeless Council (2014)
Financial Burden of Medical Care: A Family Perspective
Robin A. Cohen and Whitney K. Kirzinger, National Center for Health Statistics (2014, January)
Trauma-Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2014)
America's Rental Housing: Evolving Markets and Needs
Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (2013, December)
Medicaid Expansion: Chronically Homeless Adults Will Need Targeted Enrollment And Access To A Broad Range Of Services
Jack Tsai, Robert A. Rosenheck, Dennis P. Culhane and Samantha Artiga, Housing Affairs (2013, September)
Evicting Children
Social Forces, Matthew Desmond, Weihua An, Richelle Winkler, Thomas Ferriss (2013, June)
An Annual Look at the Housing Affordability Challenges of America's Working Households
Janet Viveiros and Maya Brennan, Center for Housing Policy (2013, May)
Sequestration Could Deny Rental Assistance to 140,000 Low-Income Families
Douglas Rice, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2013, April)
Community Health Centers in an Era of Health Reform: An Overview and Key Challenges to Health Center Growth
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (2013, March)
Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2013)
Service and Housing Interventions for Families in Transition
Maureen A. Hayes, Megan Zonneville, and Ellen Bassuk, The National Center on Family Homelessness (2013)
Closing the Gap: Integrating Services for Survivors of Domestic Violence Experiencing Homelessness
Carmela DeCandia, Corey Anne Beach, and Rosenie Clervil, The National Center on Family Homelessness (2013)
The 2012 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development (2012, December)
The Cost and Coverage Implications of the ACA Medicaid Expansion: National and State-by-State Analysis
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (2012, November)
Health Status and Health Care Experiences among Homeless Patients in Federally Supported Health Centers: Findings from the 2009 Patient Survey
Health Research and Educational Trust (2012, November)
Who Lives in Federally Assisted Housing? Characteristics of Households Assisted by HUD programs
National Low Income Housing Coalition (2012, November)
Academic Achievement Trajectories of Homeless and Highly Mobile Students: Resilience in the Context of Chronic and Acute Risk
Society for Research in Child Development, Inc. (2012)
Understanding Transitions in Care from Hospital to Homeless Shelter: a Mixed-Methods, Community-Based Participatory Approach
Society of General Internal Medicine (2012)
How I Helped Create A Flawed Mental Health System That's Failed Millions--And My Son
Health Affairs (2012)
The Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population: 2010
2010 Census Special Reports (2012, September)
Medicaid Coverage and Care for the Homeless Population: Key Lessons to Consider for the 2014 Medicaid Expansion
The Kaiser Family Foundation (2012, September)
A Home by Any Other Name: Enhancing Shelters Addresses the Gap in Low-income Housing
Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness (2012, September)
Health and Homelessness among Women Veterans
National Health Care for the Homeless Council (2012, August)
Profiles of Risk No. 10: Father Involvement
Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness (2012, August)
Profiles of Risk No. 9: Child Health
Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness (2012, June)
The Obama Administration's Efforts to Stabilize the Housing Market and Help American Homeowners
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (2012, June)
Profiles of Risk No. 8: School Readiness
Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness (2012, May)
City of Philadelphia Homeless Death Review 2009–2010 Report
Philadelphia Homeless Death Review Team (2012, April)
Searching Out Solutions: Constructive Alternatives to the Criminalization of Homelessness
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (2012, April)
Impact of Housing and Work Supports on Outcomes for Chronically Homeless Adults with Mental Illness: LA’s Hope
Martha R. Burt, Psychiatric Services (2012, March)
President's Budget Not Sufficient to Renew Rental Assistance Fully for Low-Income Households
Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (2012, March)
Out of Reach 2012: America's Forgotten Housing Crisis
National Low Income Housing Coalition (2012, March)
Extreme Poverty in the United States, 1996-2011
National Poverty Center (2012, February)
Housing Spotlight: The Shrinking Supply of Affordable Housing
National Low Income Housing Coalition (2012, February)
Hate Crimes Against the Homeless: Violence Hidden in Plain View
National Coalition for the Homeless (2012, January)
Toward Meeting the Needs of Vulnerable Populations: Issues for Policymakers' Consideration in Integrating a Safety Net Into Health Care Reform Implementation
National Academy for State Health Policy (2012, January)
The Housing Needs of Rental Assistance Applicants
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2012)
The State of the Nation's Housing 2012
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (2012)
Criminalizing Crisis: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (2011, November)
Criminalizing Crisis: Advocacy Manual
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (2011, November)
2011 Kids Count Data Book
Annie E Casey Foundation (2011, August)
2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (2011, June)
America's Rental Housing: Meeting Challenges, Building on Opportunities
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University (2011, April)
Beyond Chronic Homelessness: A Review of Statewide Plans
Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness (2011, March)
Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program: Data Collection Summary
National Center for Homeless Education (2011, June)
Hunger and Homelessness Survey: A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities - A 29-City Survey
The United States Conference of Mayors (2011, December)
Housing Spotlight: Renters' Growing Pain
National Low Income Housing Coalition (2011, October)
Medicaid Redesign Team: Affordable Housing Workgroup - Final Recommendations
New York State Department of Health (2011)
National Prevention Strategy
National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council (2011, June)
Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness - Update 2011
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (2011, June)
Out of Reach 2011
National Low Income Housing Coalition (2011, May)
Priced Out: The Housing Crisis for People with Disabilities
Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc. (2011, June)
Simply Unacceptable: Homelessness and the Human Right to Housing in the U.S. in 2011
National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (2011, June)
Still Serving Time: Struggling with Homelessness, Incarceration and Re-Entry in Baltimore
Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. (2011, October)
The 2011 Point-in-Time Estimates of Homelessness: Supplement to the Annual Homeless Assessment Report
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2011, December)
The State of the Nation's Housing 2011
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University (2011, June)
Trauma Informed Care for Women Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: A Guide for Service Providers
Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor (2011, July)
USICH Report to Congress: Community Forum to Discuss GAO Recommendation to Develop a Common Federal Vocabulary on Housing Status
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (2011, June)
Veteran Homelessness: A Supplemental Report to the 2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, The National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans (2011, October)
Veteran Homelessness: A Supplemental Report to the 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, The National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans (2011, February)
Worst Case Housing Needs 2009: Report to Congress
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development (2011, February)
2010
Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR)
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2010, June)
A Critical Moment:Child & Youth Homelessness in Our Nation's Schools
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (2010, July)
A Place at the Table: Prohibitions on Sharing Food with People Experiencing Homelessness
National Coalition for the Homeless and National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (2010, July 1)
Boomerang Homeless Families: Aggressive Rehousing Policies in New York City
Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness (2010)
Costs Associated with First-Time Homelessness for Families and Individuals
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2010, March)
Ending Family Homelessness: Lessons from Communities
National Alliance to End Homelessness (2010, July)
Forging Ahead: The State of the Supportive Housing Industry in 2010
Corporation for Supportive Housing (2010, December)
Hate Crimes Against the Homeless: America's Growing Tide of Violence
A report from the National Coalition for the Homeless (2010, August)
Housing Affordability and Health Among Homeowners and Renters
Griffin, B., Lynch, J., Pollack, C., American Journal of Preventative Medicine (2010, December)
Housing Is Health Care
Fullilove, Mindy. The American Journal of Preventative Medicine (2010, December)
HUD Strategic Plan FY 2010-2015
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2010, May)
Knowledge and Skills Needs Assessment: Identifying the Needs of the HCH Field
National Health Care for the Homeless Council (2010, September)
Life After Transitional Housing for Homeless Families
Burt, Martha R. The Urban Institute, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2010, March 24)
On the Streets: The Federal Response to Gay and Transgender Homeless Youth
Center for American Progress (2010, June 24)
Opening Doors - Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (2010, June)
Out of Reach 2010
National Low Income Housing Coalition (2010, April)
Strategies for Improving Homeless People's Access to Mainstream Benefits and Services
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2010, March)
Tent Cities in America: A Pacific Coast Report
National Coalition for the Homeless (2010, March)
The Annie E. Casey Foundation 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book - State Profiles of Child Well Being
Annie E. Casey Foundation (2010, April)
The Basic Economic Security Tables for the United States 2010
Wider Opportunities for Women (2010)
The Federal Response to Gay and Transgender Homeless Youth
Center for American Progress (2010, June)
The State of the Nation's Housing 2010
Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University (2010)
The Suburbanization of Poverty: Trends in Metropolitan America, 2000 to 2008
Garr, E., Kneebone, E. The Brookings Institution. (2010, January)
UNCENSORED: American Family Experiences with Poverty and Homelessness
Institute for Children and Poverty (2010)
Without Housing. Decades of Federal Housing Cutbacks, Massive Homelessness and Policy Failures
Western Regional Advocacy Project (2010, August)
2009
Housing First for Homeless Persons with Active Addiction: Are We Overreaching?
Center for Surgical, Medical Acute Care Research and Transitions at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; University of Alabama at Birmingham, The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 87, No. 2, 2009 (pp. 495–534)
Creating Community Employment Pathways
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development (2009, April)
Decade of Neglect Has Weakened Federal Low-Income Housing Programs
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2009)
Examination of Residential Instability and Homelessness Among Young Children
Institute for Children and Poverty (2009)
Foreclosure to Homelessness 2009: The Forgotten Victims of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Healthcare for the Homeless Council, the National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the National Policy and Advocacy Council on Homelessness (2009, June)
Health Care and Public Service Use and Costs Before and After Provision of Housing for Chronically Homeless Persons with Severe Alcohol Problems
Journal of the American Medical Association (2009)
Hunger and Homelessness Survey: A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities - A 27-City Survey
U.S. Conference of Mayors (2009, December)
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008
The United States Census Bureau (2009, September)
Number of Homeless Families Climbing Due to Recession: Recovery Package Should Include New Housing Vouchers and Other Measures to Prevent Homelessness
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2009, January)
Out of Reach 2009
National Low Income Housing Coalition (2009, April)
Outreach and Engagement in Homeless Services: A Review of the Literature
Bassuk, E., Elstad, E., Jassil, L., Kenney, R., Olivet, J., The Open Health Services and Policy Journal. (2009, September)
PRICED OUT IN 2008: The Housing Crisis for People with Disabilities
Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc. (2009, April)
Primary Care Access: An Essential Building Block of Health Care Reform
National Association of Community Health Centers (2009, March)
Rural America At-A-Glance: 2009 Edition
United States Department of Agriculture (2009, September)
The 2008 Annual Homeless Assessment Report
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development
The State of the Nation's Housing 2009
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (2009)
Without Housing: Decades of Federal Housing Cutbacks Massive Homeless and Policy Failures
The Western Regional Advocay Project (2009)
2008
America's Rental Housing: The Key to a Balanced National Policy
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University (2008)
Classrooms with Revolving Doors: Recommended Practices for Elementary Teachers of At-Risk and Highly Mobile Students
National Center for Homeless Education (2008)
Hate, Violence, and Death on Main Street U.S.A. - A Report on Hate Crimes and Violence Against People Experiencing Homelessness 2008
National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Policy (2009, April)
Hunger and Homelessness Survey: A Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities, A 25-City Survey
The United States Conference of Mayors (2008, December)
National Action Agenda on Poverty for the Next President of the United States
The United States Conference of Mayors (2008, September)
The Third Annual Assessment Report to Congress
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development (2008, July)
2007
Toward Understanding Homelessness: The 2007 National Symposium on Homelessness Research
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2007)
Vital Mission: Ending Homelessness Among Veterans
The Homelessness Research Institute at the National Alliance to End Homelessness (2007, November)
Rural Homelessness
Fischer, P., Fritz, N., Harris, N., Noftsinger, R., Robertson, M. (2007)
The Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health: A Research Summary
Enterprise Community Partners and the Center for Housing Policy (2007)
Fannie Mae: Homelessness in America: American's Perceptions, Attitudes and Knowledge - General Population Survey & City Survey
Gallup, Inc. (2007, November)
Homelessness Counts: Changes in Homelessness from 2005-2007
National Alliance to End Homelessness (2007)
People Who Experience Long-Term Homelessness: Characteristics and Interventions
Anderson, J., Caton, C., Wilkins, C. (2007)
Premature Mortality in Homeless Populations: A Review of the Literature
O'Connell, J., National Health Care for the Homeless Council
2006
Promising Strategies to End Family Homelessness
National Alliance to End Homelessness and Freddie Mac (2006, June)
More Than Shelter: A Grantmaker's Guide to Housing Programs and Policy
Collins, J. (2006, July)
Two Steps Back: City and Suburban Poverty Trends 1999-2005
The Brookings Institution (2006, December)
A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (2006, January)
A Guide to Counting Sheltered Homeless People
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development (2006, October)
2002
A Guide to Re-Entry Supportive Housing: A Three-Part Primer for Non-Profit Supportive Housing Developers, Social Service Providers and Their Government Partners
The Corporation for Supportive Housing (2002, April)
Colorado Research and Reports
2015 Point-in-Time Report: Seven-County Denver Metro Region
Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (2015, June)
The Self Sufficiency Standard for Colorado 2015
Colorado Center on Law and Policy, Diana Pearce, PhD. (2015, June)
Childhood Trauma: Revealing A Hidden Epidemic
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless and The Denver Foundation (2015, May)
Homelessness in the News 2014 Media Report
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2015, April)
Surviving to Thriving: Pathways to Opportunity for Low-Income Women
Colorado Center on Law and Policy, Michelle Webster (2015, January)
We Will Remember 2014: Homeless Death Review
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2014, December)
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless: A Model of Supportive Housing
Quality Matters, The Commonwealth Fund (2014, October)
Homelessness in the News 2013 Media Report
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2014, March)
Left at the Station: A Civil Rights Persepctive on Transit Justice in the Front Range
9to5 Colorado (2014, January)
2014 State of Homelessness Report: Seven-County Denver Metropolitan Region
Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (2014)
Colorado Fact Sheet: The Housing Choice Voucher Program
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2014)
We Will Remember 2013: Homeless Death Review
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2013, December)
2013 Homeless Persons' Memorial Vigil Program and list of those remembered
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2013, December)
Developing an Integrated Health Care Model for Homeless and Other Vulnerable Populations in Colorado
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2013, October)
A Snapshot of Homelessness in the Colorado Balance of State Continuum of Care: 2013 Homeless Point in Time Study
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2013, September)
Ft. Lyon Supportive Residential Community
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2013, September)
2013 Homeless Point-In-Time Study
Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (2013, July)
Stout Street Health Center and Renaissance Stout Street Lofts Groundbreaking Celebration
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2012, January)
We Will Remember 2012: Homeless Death Review
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2012, December)
Denver Housing Policy Recommendations
In February of 2012 Mayor Michael B. Hancock convened a task force of housing experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences to analyze Denver’s housing inventory, identify community housing needs, review current housing policies, and, finally, make recommendations to help direct Denver’s future housing policies.
Mayor's Housing Task Force (2012, September)
Homelessness and Health
Many people are reduced to homelessness in a downward cycle that begins with a health problem and rapidly escalates into employment, financial and housing problems.
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2012, August)
Colorado's Health Care Safety Net
The health care safety net serves as the primary source of care for Colorado's most vulnerable residents.
Colorado Health Institute (2012, August)
Pathways Home Colorado: Ensuring All Coloradans Have a Place to Call Home
Our intent is to take homeless policy from the old idea of funding programs that serve homeless people endlessly and invest in results that actually end homelessness.
Governor John W. Hickenlooper, State of Colorado (2012, April)
Negative Impacts of an “Urban Camping Ban” in Denver
This would essentially criminalize the status of being homeless even though there are no adequate or appropriate alternatives for them.
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2012, March)
Housing First Works
Housing First is a programmatic approach designed to help chronically homeless families and individuals move more quickly off the streets or out of the shelter system.
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2012, March)
Policy Brief: The Characteristics of Homeless Women
The United States has the largest number of homeless women among industrialized nations and the highest number on record since the Great Depression.
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2012, January)
Pizza Fusion: A Social Enterprise of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2012)
Stout Street Clinic Schedule and Services
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2012)
Policy Brief: The Importance of the AND Program to Coloradans
Helping People Meet Basic Needs, Including Housing
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2011, July)
Colorado KidsCount! 2011
Colorado Children's Campaign (2011, March)
Homelessness in Metropolitan Denver: 2011 Homeless Point-In-Time Study
Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative (2011, May)
State of Working Colorado 2010
Harris, Alec. Colorado Center on Law and Policy (2011, March)
The Self Sufficiency Standard for Colorado 2011
Colorado Center on Law and Policy (2011, November)
The Status of Behavioral Health Care in Colorado: Advancing Colorado's Mental Health Care - 2011 Update
Caring for Colorado Foundation, the Colorado Health Foundation, The Colorado Trust and The Denver Foundation (2011, December)
2010
2010: A Picture of Poverty
Agency for Human Rights and Community Relations, City and County of Denver (2010, February)
Colorado KidsCount 2010!
Colorado Children's Campaign (2010, April)
2009
Aid to the Needy Disabled (AND) Program - Campaign Materials
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2009, October)
Acting to End Homelessness: Recommendations to Governor Ritter. Status Report: Top 12 Recommendations
Colorado Community and Interagency Council on Homelessness (2009, September)
2009 KidsCount in Colorado!
Colorado Children's Campaign (2009)
Colorado Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force Community Report
Colorado State Legislature (2009)
The Cost of Care: Can Coloradans Afford Health Care?
Colorado Center on Law and Policy (2009)
2008
2008 KidsCount Data Book: State Profiles of Child Well-Being
The Annie E. Casey Foundation (2008)
Acting to End Homelessness: Recommendations to Governor Ritter
Colorado Community and Interagency Council on Homelessness (2008, October)
Homeless Point-In-Time Study - City and County of Denver, March 12, 2008
The Colorado Department of Human Services, Division of Supportive Housing and Homeless Programs (2008)
2007
Colorado Statewide Homeless Count, Winter 2007
Colorado Community and Interagency Council on Homelessness (2007)
Overlooked and Undercounted: Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Colorado
Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute (2007)
2006
Denver Housing First Collaborative: Cost Benefit Analysis and Program Outcomes Report
Parvensky, J., Perlman, J. (2006)
2005
Developing Integrated Housing for Homeless and Low-Income Families: A Resource Guide for Developers in Colorado
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (2005, January)