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The Cost of Administering the Housing Choice Voucher Program
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The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program is the federal government’s largest low-income housing assistance program. It gives 2.1 million households subsidies to rent units in the private market. The 2,300 public housing agencies (PHAs) that administer…
Helping Design More Equitable and Impactful Housing Systems and Solutions
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has many housing and community development programs. HUD created the Community Compass program to enable HUD grantees and public housing agencies, and tribes to receive technical assistance (TA) to…
Evaluating the Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program
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Medicaid provides critical assistance that enables people with limited resources and incomes to access acute and preventive medical care and long-term services and support. Innovations that simultaneously improve care for beneficiaries and promote…
Understanding Rapid Re-housing
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Individuals and families experiencing homelessness may spend a long time in an emergency shelter or transitional housing while they try to save money or arrange for a new place to live. Rapid re-housing (RRH) focuses on moving individuals and families…
Family Options: Finding the Best Interventions to End Homelessness for Families
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More than 150,000 families experience homelessness each year and are forced to seek emergency shelter or face life on the street. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development wanted to understand the most effective options to help these families.
Studying the Transitional Living Program for Homeless Youth
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Administered by the U.S. Health and Human Services’ Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), the Transitional Living Program (TLP) and Maternity Group Home (MGH) grants enable organizations to provide supervised shelter, case management, and support…
Evaluating the Section 811 Rental Assistance Program
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The Section 811 program expands the housing supply for poor people with disabilities. Traditionally, HUD funded nonprofits to develop group homes and small rental developments exclusively for the disabled. Changes in Section 811 provide rental assistance…
Recovering From Hurricanes Irma and Maria
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In 2017, Hurricanes Irma and Maria left behind a massive trail of destruction in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Local officials were faced with the challenge of quickly and efficiently assessing the most pressing needs, and determining how to…
Descriptive and Analytical Career Pathways Project
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Over the last 30 years, adults in the United States with a high school education or less have experienced stagnating wages and relatively high unemployment, while those with postsecondary credentials enjoyed economic gains (Autor, 2015; Carnevale et al.,…
I-BEST Did Not Have Educational or Earnings Impact
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Adults with low skills or limited English proficiency face poor employment and earnings prospects. Postsecondary training is one way to improve job opportunities if the training aligns with industries’ growing local demand for skilled workers. Enabling…