Addressing Homelessness

Through Transitional
Housing
SW 602, Social Welfare Policy, Presented December ___, 2019, by
Kayla Crim, Jacqueline “Liz” Gladden, Quanteshio Price,
and E. Alexandria Skinner
 HOMELESSNESS

Housing is a human right

Homelessness has a clear cost to TRANSITIONAL
society HOUSING
Homelessness can be alleviated
through
 Homelessness in the USA

In January of 2017, an estimated 553,742

people in the USA experienced
homelessness on any given night (“The State
of Homelessness in America,” n.d.).

In January of 2018, approximately 3,933

South Carolinians were homeless (Homeless
in South Carolina Statistics 2018, n.d.).

Image Source: State of the Homeless 2018—Coalition For The Homeless. (n.d.). Retrieved November
21, 2019, from https://www.coalitionforthehomeless.org/state-of-the-homeless-2018/
What is Transitional Housing?
 Social Policy Analysis and Evaluation
The next four slides will address:
• GOALS
• OBJECTIVES
• ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
• TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING
 GOALS
SKILLS SUPPORT

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OBJECTIVES

PERMANENCE
STABILITY
 ELIGIBILITY
• Work Requirements
• Ability to Train, Adapt

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 PROVIDERS
• State and local governments
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Private charities and philanthropic organizations
• Accredited organizations receive funding through federal government
 Overall Conclusion
• Transitional housing is effective in assisting people who are homeless
• Transitional housing meets important NASW policy objectives of _____
• Services to prevent and address homelessness are underfunded
• Brief assessment of the policy and one recommendation for change as well
as potential impact if recommended change was implemented.