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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
Aviles, Ann M. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2023
Homelessness disproportionately impacts communities of color. The Racial Contract is employed to examine and understand the limited influence of educational, and social policies/practices that were developed to combat and/or ameliorate housing instability among students and communities of color experiencing homelessness. The White-Savior…
Descriptors: Racism, Social Justice, Housing, Equal Education
Sannino, Annalisa – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2022
The research programme on transformative agency by double stimulation within cultural-historical activity theory is a resource for responding to pressing societal needs of our time. The peculiarity of this programme lies in the ambition to develop a rigorous approach to grasping processes of collective transformative agency and generating viable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Theories, Transformative Learning, Intervention
Th-Juan Sadora McLeese-Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this research explored the perceptions and experiences of administrators/case managers who work in the Housing First Model, which assists homeless clients with substance abuse treatment. The problem that was addressed was that the Housing First Model administrators/case managers who assist the homeless population in seeking…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Substance Abuse, Clinics, Housing
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
Download full textEllie Kaverman – Center for the Study of Social Policy, 2023
In 2022, the Center for the Study of Social Policy and Project SPARC conducted research to better understand the barriers experienced by parenting students participating in CalWORKs, California's cash assistance program for families with children. This brief highlights findings from the research on parenting students' experiences with housing.
Descriptors: Barriers, College Students, Parents, Housing
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
Stone, Beth; Cameron, Ailsa; Dowling, Sandra – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Emerging research suggests autistic people are disproportionately represented in homeless populations. Less is known about how autistic people experience homelessness and what prevents them from exiting homelessness. This article presents findings from a narrative enquiry investigating the link between autism and homelessness. Ten autistic adults…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Homeless People, Experience, Biographies
National Center for Homeless Education, 2023
In the 2021-22 school year, public schools identified roughly 1.2 million students experiencing homelessness, according to recent U.S. Department of Education data (NCHE, 2023). The high mobility that may occur because of homelessness creates challenges that impact students academically. Addressing these challenges requires cross-sector…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Public Schools, Student Needs, Family Needs
RP 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
