• Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (CHHP) Study Shows Cost and Health Benefits of Supportive Housing (AIDS Foundation of Chicago, March 2008) (Wall Street Journal article)
• Seattle ‘housing first’ cost-savings findings (1811 Eastlake and Plymouth on Stewart) (City of Seattle press release, January 2008
• Sound Families Final Findings Summary: A Closer Look at Families' Lives During and After Supportive Transitional Housing (December 2007)
• Homeless Program Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, and Program Performance study (Dennis Culhane et al)

• City guide to re-entry workforce development: From Options to Action: A Roadmap for City Leaders to Connect Formerly Incarcerated Individuals to Work (Public/Private Ventures, May 2008)
• One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008 (Pew Center on States report)
• Senate Passes Second Chance Act by Unanimous Consent (press release, Legal Action Center, March 2008)
• The Dangerous Mentally Ill Offender Program: Three-Year Felony Recidivism and Cost Effectiveness (Washington State Institute of Public Policy report, March 2008)
• Housing and Public Safety (Justice Policy Institute research brief)
• GAINS Center Re-Entry Checklist for Inmates with Mental Health Needs
• Walla Walla STAR project brochure
• From Locked Up to Locked Out: Creating and Implementing Post-release Housing for Ex-prisoners (2005 Update, AIDS Housing of Washington)
• Re-Entry Policy Council Homelessness and Prisoner Re-Entry
• Franklin County justice / homelessness systems map with intercepts (2007)
• Franklin County ACTION: Cross-Systems Mapping & Taking Action for Change report (2007)
• Franklin County ACTION matrix (2007)
• The Role of Effective Discharge Planning in Preventing Homelessness (June 2007)

• HUD Homelessness Resource Exchange Employment Audio Lecture Series
• CSH Hot Topics in Supportive Housing: Toolkit for Connecting Supportive Housing Tenants to Employment (Corporation for Supportive Housing, June 2008)
• Mitigating Apprehension about Section 8 Vouchers: The Positive Role of Housing Specialists in Search and Placement (Housing Policy Debate, 2005)
• Landlord-Tenant Law: A Citizens’ Rights Publication (Washington State Attorney General’s Office)
• Fresh Start (Portland) Landlord Guarantee Fund Intake Process and Communication Flow description
• Fresh Start (Portland) Landlord Guarantee Guidelines
• Fresh Start (Portland) Screening Process and Criteria
• King County Landlord Liaison Project Guidelines
• Landlord Incentives and Protections: Encouraging Landlords to Rent to Recovering Substance Abusers (CTED)
• Evaluating Homelessness Prevention (Homelessness Research Summary, Department for Communities and Local Government)

• Evaluation of LA's HOPE: Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing Final Report (Urban Institute, March 2008)
• Employment Plays Crucial Role in Successful Reentry (November 2007 research report summary)
• Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment & Housing: A Leadership Dialogue. Chronic Homeless Employment Technical Assistance Center, January 2006
• Employment, Wages, and Public Safety
• Developing Community Employment Pathways for Homeless Job Seekers in King County and Washington State (Seattle/King County Taking Health Care Home initiative, February 2007)
• Subsidized Housing and Employment: Building Evidence About What Works to Improve Self-Sufficiency
• Linking One-Stop Career Centers and Homeless Assistance & Housing Programs
• Integrating Onsite Vocational Services (SAMHSA Best Practices Tip Sheet #38, Ch. 4, 2000)
• Recognizing Work as a Priority in Preventing or Ending Homelessness
• Connecting to Work: Supportive Housing Case Managers Guide to Connecting Tenants to the Workforce Development System and Encouraging System Improvements

Homeless Self-Help and Empowerment Projects, National Coalition for the Homeless fact sheet. August 2007
Information on consumer-run organizations and training for people with mental illness or co-occurring disorders, from the Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training
• Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Women’s Empowerment Project overview
• Ottawa Alliance to End Homelessness leadership training project for people who are homeless, formerly homeless or at risk of being homeless (project overview)

• Report on efforts to end homelessness for people with mental illness
  in Los Angeles: Changes in Homelessness, Supportive Housing, and Tenant Characteristics Since 2005 (Corporation for Supportive Housing, April 2008)
• The Hidden Housing Crisis: Worst Case Housing Needs Among Adults with Disabilities (Technical Assistance Collaborative, March 2008)
• Framing the Issues—the Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing on Health (Center for Housing Policy/ Enterprise Partners, July 2007)
• Funding Sources Successfully Used by States to Support Development of Integrated, Affordable, and Accessible Community Housing. Independent Living Research Utilization Community Living Partnership, November 2007
• Information on PACT/FACT teams including FACT distinctions / best practices from North Carolina

• Section 8 Perception Unfair, Durham (NC) Study Finds
• Housing for the Homeless: A Conversation with Winners of the 17th Annual Maxwell Awards (April 2008) - requires registration
• Overview of Benton-Franklin and King County HGAP efforts (in “My View,” WA State Housing Finance Commission newsletter)
• Collaboration and Innovation: An HRC Case Study in Sustainability. Homelessness Resource Center, February 2008
• "Begin at Home": A Housing First Pilot Project for Chronically Homeless Single Adults (King County Department of Community and Human Services, October 2007)
• When Supportive Housing Isn’t – article on disconnects in supportive housing programs (National Housing Institute, Winter 2007)
• Information on Portland’s Transition to Housing program
• JOIN Street Outreach Program (Portland, OR) overview
• City of Portland Homeless Housing programs
• Whatcom County HGAP project presentation
• Clallam County HGAP project presentation
• New Homes, Brighter Futures: Profiles of Housing Programs for Young Adults
  

  (Corporation for Supportive Housing, September 2007)

• Dispelling the Myths about Information Sharing Between the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems (CMHS National GAINS Center for Systemic Change for Justice-Involved People with Mental Illness)
• National Project Homeless Connect Toolkit
• Sample MOA – Fresh Start (Portland, OR)
• Sample Memorandum of Understanding between a nonprofit housing developer, social service agency and property manager (Corporation for Supportive Housing)
• Sample homeless program subcontract – Washington Families Fund Spokane project
• Sample draft subcontract – Homeless Grant Assistance Program, Whatcom County
• Asset-building coalitions and individual development accounts (IDAs) for low-achieving individuals in poverty – description and links to programs
• The Asset-Building Initiative, IDA program model in Oregon
• Prisoner Reentry Program Outcome Indicators (Urban Institute / Center for What Works)

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