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Direct linkJessica Lauren Perez; Anaid Yerena – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
In the United States, in 2013, 610,042 people were estimated homeless in one night. Improving the effectiveness of homeless assistance programs, particularly aligning programs' practices with their goals, is critical to serving this population. Using a theory that predicts homeless exits, this study presents an innovative, low-cost evaluation tool…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Housing Needs, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Krista M. Soria; Amish B. Smith – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
In this manuscript, the authors examined the rates of food and housing insecurity experienced by student-veterans enrolled at community colleges in fall 2020. The results of a multi-institutional survey of student-veterans at 113 community colleges suggested that 37.6% of community college student-veterans experienced food insecurity and 52.5% of…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Veterans, Housing, Hunger
Mariah Kornbluh; Jennfier Wilking; Susan Roll; Robin Donatello – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: The relative high rates of homelessness and housing insecurity among college students has become a public health concern within the U.S. This study explores the relationship between housing instability in relation to academic and mental health outcomes. Participants: College students attending a larger public university (N = 1,416…
Descriptors: Housing, College Students, Mental Health, Student Characteristics
Jinhee Kim – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2024
This qualitative study examines how elementary school teachers teach the notion of home in the curriculum, centring on the 'All About Me' and 'Where We Live' units. This study also illustrates how the notion of home presented through teaching practices can marginalise children, particularly those who are experiencing homelessness. Through…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Family Environment, Homeless People
Jinhee Kim – Action in Teacher Education, 2024
Home is often considered the exact opposite of homelessness, implying a physical shelter. However, scholars argue that home holds various meanings. Within the curriculum, home often serves as the foundation for teaching children about their social worlds. This study examines how elementary school teachers, who were taking a course in a master's…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Housing, Social Influences, Elementary School Teachers
VanMeeter, Mallory; Curry, Susanna R.; Tully, Brenda A.; Ault, Stacey; Nesmith, Ande; White, Jacqueline – Youth & Society, 2023
Couch hopping is a significant feature of youth homelessness in the United States. Every year, half of youth ages 18 to 25 who experience housing instability report couch hopping--also known as couch surfing or doubling up. Emerging work suggests that in some intergenerational informal hosting arrangements, youth and their adult hosts can form…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Homeless People, Adults
Download full textRP Group, 2023
In spring 2023, The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (The RP Group) partnered with the CEO Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce of the Community College League of California (CCLC) to assist in survey data collection efforts and provide updated data trends regarding California Community College (CCC)…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Needs, Food, Housing
Melissa D. Olfert; Rebecca L. Hagedorn-Hatfield; Bailey Houghtaling; Monica K. Esquivel; Lanae B. Hood; Lillian MacNell; Jessica Soldavini; Maureen Berner; Mateja R. Savoie Roskos; Melanie D. Hingle; Georgianna R. Mann; Julia F. Waity; Linda L. Knol; Jennifer Walsh; Valerie Kern-Lyons; Christopher Paul; Keith Pearson; Jeannine R. Goetz; Marsha Spence; Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves; Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett; J. Porter Lillis; E. Brooke Kelly; Adam Hege; Mary Catherine Fontenot; Patricia Coleman – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To quantify the number and type of students failing to secure basic needs. Participants: Students attending 22 postsecondary schools in the United States in Fall 2019. Methods: The Adult Food Security Module and part of the #RealCollege Survey were used to measure food and housing insecurity, respectively. Logistic and linear…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Housing, Homeless People
Sarita Cargas; Tammy Thomas – International Journal of Human Rights Education, 2024
There have now been fifteen years of research on the basic needs of college students in the U.S. The studies have primarily focused on assessing the prevalence of food and housing insecurity. Determining who is responsible and finding solutions have been less emphasized. The scholarship has also not framed the problems of students' basic needs…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Civil Rights, Hunger
Meredith P. Richards; Cheyenne Phillips; Alexandra E. Pavlakis; J. Kessa Roberts – Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Houston Education Research Consortium, 2024
In August 2017, the Houston area was ravaged by one of the costliest natural disasters in history--Hurricane Harvey. In this brief, the first in a two-part series, the authors examine the effects of Harvey on student homelessness in the Houston Independent School District (Houston ISD). The authors find that student homelessness in Houston ISD…
Descriptors: Housing, Natural Disasters, Homeless People, School Districts
Jennifer Wilking; Susan Roll; Mariah Kornbluh; Robin Donatello – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2023
This mixed methods study explores predictive factors for housing insecurity (HI) and homelessness. Using multi-variable analyses with data from an original survey (48% response rate, n = 1,416 students), we found that income, race/ethnicity, awareness of services and being impacted by a natural disaster, all significantly impact HI and…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Housing, College Students, Income
J. J. Cutuli; Sandra Torres Suarez; Aaron Truchil; Tyler Yost; Ciani Flack-Green – Educational Researcher, 2024
We tested 10 data-based strategies to better identify student homelessness in Camden City School District, which has a student body from minoritized backgrounds. We operationalized strategies through a research-practice partnership, following the federal homelessness definition. Data span 5 years (2014-15 through 2018-19), including integrated…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Homeless People, Identification, Data Analysis
Prokopis, Dimitrios; Sannino, Annalisa; Mykkänen, Arttu – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2022
Purpose: This study aims at presenting an analysis of a Change Laboratory conducted with the personnel of a youth supported housing unit for clients with a history or at risk of homelessness. The analysis is centered on how the workers' expansive learning process was supported ensuring that they would be in the lead of their workplace…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, Housing, At Risk Persons, Homeless People
Cornett, Allyson; Fletcher, Carla – Trellis Company, 2022
College students are unable to meet their basic needs (food, housing, utilities, etc.) at greater rates than the general adult population of the United States. When students lack enough to eat and/or are unable to secure safe, stable housing, they often face tolls to their psychological and physical health. Additionally, compared to peers who are…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Food, Hunger
Gleason, Kristen D.; Dube, Matthew; Martin, Jennifer; Bernier, Elizabeth; Gipson, Jessica – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2023
Stable housing is an important determinant of health equity (Swope & Hernández, 2019). Yet, there are few studies exploring housing insecurity in rural areas. In the current study, we examined the similarities and differences in housing insecure experiences across four rural areas in the state of Maine. We used a qualitative case study…
Descriptors: Housing, Rural Areas, Health, Case Studies
