Country: Canada

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This paper by Eric Macnaughton, Geoffrey Nelson, Paula Goering,and Myra Piat presents a study that aimed to understand the sustainability of the At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) project with respect...

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This report aims to address several topics. First, it discusses the opportunities related to the expansion of research at the OBM. This should help to situate the document in terms...

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The Making the Shift initiative, launched in April 2017 by A Way Home Canada and the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, aims to transform how youth homelessness is addressed in...

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Preventing homelessness makes as much sense as preventing disease or accidents, yet Canada lacks a national approach to do so. A New Direction: A Framework for Homelessness Prevention sets...

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In this article, the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, is spotlighted as a pioneering model of the Housing First approach to homelessness. Instead of requiring individuals to meet conditions...

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This research examined the sustainability of Canada’s At Home/Chez Soi Housing First (HF) programmes for homeless persons with mental illness 2 years after the end of the demonstration phase...

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Abstract Objective No previous experimental trials have investigated Housing First (HF) in both scattered site (SHF) and congregate (CHF) formats. We hypothesised that CHF and SHF would be associated...

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: “Housing First” has been shown to improve housing stability in homeless individuals with mental illness, but had not been empirically tested in homeless youth. We aimed...

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Achieving inclusive growth relates closely to how governments work and how policies are designed, implemented, delivered and evaluated. This publication presents an overview of country initiatives concerning inclusive growth...