Rog Debra J, Henderson Kathryn A, Greer Andrew L
Child Welfare. 2015;94(1):189-208.
This article examines the effectiveness of supportive housing in fostering family preservation and reunification for homeless families with multiple housing barriers. Results indicate that more thanhalfofthe supportive housing program families who are separated from their families by Child Protective Services prior to entering the program are reunified during the 12-month period after entering housing. The rate of reunification for supportive housing families is significantly higher than the rate for matched families who enter shelters, but not significantly different than the rate experienced by matched families entering public housing. This study provides encouraging evidence that housing for families in the child welfare system, including but necessarily limited to supportive housing, can facilitate the reunification of children.
本文探讨了支持性住房对有多重住房障碍的无家可归家庭促进家庭维系和团聚的有效性。结果表明，在进入该项目之前因儿童保护服务而与家人分离的支持性住房项目家庭中，超过一半在入住住房后的12个月内实现了团聚。支持性住房家庭的团聚率显著高于进入庇护所的匹配家庭，但与进入公共住房的匹配家庭的团聚率没有显著差异。这项研究提供了令人鼓舞的证据，即儿童福利系统中为家庭提供的住房，包括但不限于支持性住房，可以促进儿童的团聚。
