The Housing for Health (HFH) was launched by S4A investigators at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services in 2012 with the aim of providing permanent supportive housing to individuals experiencing homelessness identified as frequent users of health services.

Published in the Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness, "A qualitative evaluation of Housing for Health in Los Angeles County" uses data from 14 qualitative interviews with senior leaders and nine focus groups with tenants and program staff to understand tenant experiences with HFH and non-HFH programs, as they relate to care coordination.

Access the article here.

The Systems for Action intramural team explores the dynamics of effective public health governing boards, especially in a critical time such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click here to read the Local Boards of Health evidence brief.

Systems for Action research conducted by Drexel University studies the impact of a new model for achieving health and wellbeing through self-sufficiency programming. The Building Wealth and Health Network is a workforce development program that addresses both behavioral and financial health.

Read how these strategies were associated with improvements in self-efficacy, depression and economic hardship. 

The evidence brief reviews what solution was tested, the research findings and recommendations for action based on this evidence. 

Overview

After a $250K grant, study participants could earn free MARTA bus passes, cash, transportation counseling, and more resources. To read the full article, click here.

A study examines whether integrating trauma-informed peer support curriculum into the TANF program is associated with reductions in co-occurring depression and substance use, and improvements in self-efficacy and economic security.

To read the full article, "Effects of a trauma-informed curriculum on depression, self-efficacy, economic security, and substance use among TANF participants: Evidence from the Building Health and Wealth Network Phase II" click here. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113136

After a $250K grant, study participants could earn free MARTA bus passes, cash, transportation counseling, and more resources. To read the full article, click here.

S4A investigators identify concepts for widening the lens to conduct multisector alignment research.

Read the full article here. 

In "Design of a Payment Decision-Support Tool for Coordinated Specialty Care for Early Psychosis", S4A investigators describe the design framework of an innovative payment model for coordinated specialty care (CSC), which includes a bundled case rate payment and an optional outcome-based payment. 

To read the full article, click here.

Overview

S4A investigators launch a national survey to community service networks, and based on the data, offer knowledge about the type and variety of health care services made available across communities and the multidimensional factors that are associated with the extent to which communities are responding to the homeless population's primary health care needs.

Read the full article in the Journal of Health and Human Services Administration.

Overview

S4A researchers at Johns Hopkins University take a closer look at governmental expenditure areas in the US and find communities have trended toward more spending on law and order than on health and social services. 

To read the full JPHMP Direct blog post "Following the Great Recession, Governments Spent More on Law and Order and Less on Health and Social Services", click here.