Shinn Marybeth, Brown Scott R, Spellman Brooke E, Wood Michelle, Gubits Daniel, Khadduri Jill
Vanderbilt University.
Abt Associates.
Cityscape. 2017;19(3):293-307.
The enrollment phase of the Family Options Study provides information about the mismatch of the homeless service system and the needs and desires of families experiencing homelessness in 12 communities. One-fourth (25.8 percent) of the 2,490 families screened for the study after shelter stays of a week were deemed ineligible for one or more of the interventions at initial screening, with ineligibility highest for those screened for transitional housing programs (28.9 percent) and lower for short- and long-term rental subsidies (9.2 and 4.1 percent). Families given priority offers of housing and service interventions for which they appeared eligible faced additional screening by programs and made decisions about whether to enroll. Considering all stages of this process, families were least likely to be eligible for and subsequently choose to enroll (within 9 months) in transitional housing programs (32.5 percent of those initially screened) and most likely to be eligible for and subsequently lease up with long-term subsidies (73.4 percent) with short-term subsidies in between (51.0 percent). Homeless system interventions systematically screen out families with housing and employment barriers, despite the presumption that these families are the families who need interventions in order to achieve housing and economic stability.
“家庭选择研究”的招募阶段提供了有关无家可归服务系统与12个社区中无家可归家庭的需求和愿望不匹配的信息。在经过一周收容所停留后接受该研究筛查的2490个家庭中，四分之一（25.8%）在初次筛查时被认定不符合一项或多项干预措施的条件，其中不符合过渡性住房项目筛查条件的比例最高（28.9%），而短期和长期租赁补贴的比例较低（分别为9.2%和4.1%）。被优先提供他们似乎符合条件的住房和服务干预措施的家庭，还要接受项目的额外筛查，并决定是否登记参加。考虑到这一过程的所有阶段，家庭最不可能符合并随后选择登记参加（在9个月内）过渡性住房项目（最初筛查的家庭中有32.5%），最有可能符合并随后接受长期补贴租赁住房（73.4%），短期补贴介于两者之间（51.0%）。无家可归系统干预措施系统性地将有住房和就业障碍的家庭排除在外，尽管假定这些家庭是为了实现住房和经济稳定而需要干预的家庭。
