Center for Urban Community Services, 198 E. 121st St., 5th floor, New York, NY 10035, USA.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2012 Jul;82(3):413-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01164.x.
New initiatives to house chronically street homeless (CSH) adults have led to increasing proportions of this population living in congregate supportive housing, but little is known about the impact of this shift on supportive housing programs. The present multisite, mixed-methods study examined service utilization and lease compliance among 52 chronically street homeless and 46 long-term shelter stayer (LTSS) adults during their first 12 months in congregate supportive housing. Quantitative analysis of administrative data revealed that CSH tenants used significantly more service resources than LTSS tenants, including more advocacy, escorting, and psychiatric treatment and more assistance with financial, housing, and mental and physical health issues. The 2 groups did not differ significantly on measures of lease compliance. Qualitative focus groups with CSH tenants, service provider staff, and property management staff all indicated that existing supportive housing services are suitable for this population, although some adjustments, additional resources, or both, may be indicated.
新举措旨在为长期流浪街头的成年人（CSH）提供住所，导致越来越多的这一人群居住在集体支持性住房中，但对于这种转变对支持性住房计划的影响知之甚少。本项多地点、混合方法研究在慢性街头流浪和 46 名长期庇护所居民（LTSS）入住集体支持性住房的头 12 个月期间，对他们的服务利用情况和租赁遵守情况进行了调查。对行政数据的定量分析显示，CSH 租户比 LTSS 租户使用了更多的服务资源，包括更多的倡导、护送和精神科治疗，以及更多的财务、住房以及心理和身体健康问题方面的援助。这两组在租赁遵守方面没有显著差异。对 CSH 租户、服务提供商工作人员和物业管理工作人员的定性焦点小组都表示，现有的支持性住房服务适合这一人群，但可能需要进行一些调整、增加资源或两者兼而有之。
