Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan

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735 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091

Key Issues

Homelessness Research

Explore Poverty Solutions’ research on homelessness in the journal articles, working papers, policy briefs, news releases, and ongoing research projects listed below.

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Homelessness Research Scholars

Jennifer Erb-Downward

Senior Research Associate

Barbara L. Brush

Carol J. and F. Edward Lake Professor of Population Health, School of Nursing

In the Media

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Detroit News | Jun. 15, 2022

Sofa Stories highlights plight of homeless youth with film series premiering Saturday

Psychology Today | Jun. 8, 2022

Supporting Students Facing Homelessness During COVID-19

WDET Detroit | Mar. 7, 2022

More young people in Michigan are facing housing insecurity than previously reported

A Way Home: Why Supporting Youth Experiencing Homelessness is Critical in Michigan
February 23, 2022

By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Amanda Nothaft
Continuums of Care Survey 2020: Results and Recommendations
December 22, 2021

By Kasia Klasa, Naquia Unwala, Scott L. Greer, Julia A. Wolfson, and Charley E. Willison
Recognizing Trauma: Why school discipline reform needs to consider student homelessness
May 18, 2021

By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Michael Blakeslee
Lost in the Masked Shuffle and Virtual Void: Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Amidst the Pandemic
November 1, 2020

By SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
Losing Home: Housing Instability and Availability in Detroit
May 1, 2020

By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Safiya Merchant
No Place Called Home: Student Homelessness Prevalence and Structural Correlates
October 1, 2019

By Michael Evangelist and H. Luke Shaefer
Missing School, Missing a Home
November 1, 2018

By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Payton Watt
Falling through the Cracks: Graduation and Dropout Rates among Michigan's Homeless High School Students
April 1, 2018

By Jennifer Erb-Downward
A Snapshot of Homelessness and Housing Instability in Michigan Schools
February 1, 2018

By Jennifer Erb-Downward and Michael Evangelist

News Releases

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Homeless, unaccompanied youth face significant health risks, lack access to shelter

News

Nearly 9 out of 10 unhoused Detroit students not identified by schools, U-M analysis finds

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News

What the American Rescue Plan means for children experiencing homelessness

Homelessness Agenda
Poverty Solutions supports several projects that aim to promote a better understanding of the causes and consequences of homelessness and identify potential points of intervention.
Work Related Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Unemployed Homeless Persons with Anxiety and Depression
Improving Coordination to Reduce Service Gaps and Increase Efficacy in Child and Family Homelessness Policy and Programming The project: The national system for preventing and addressing homelessness, known as the Continuum of Care (CoC), is not well understood, and the capacity of these systems to successfully address homelessness has never been evaluated. The Continuums of Care are most often locally-organized groups of actors that receive funding from the federal government to create and…
Breaking the Cycle: Refining the Trauma-Informed Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interview (CENI) The project: In 2016, over 9,700 family households across Michigan, accounting for 24,766 people, entered an emergency shelter due to homelessness. The majority of these households were headed by a single female with one or two children under 11 years of age. Prior research has demonstrated that more than 90% of mothers who become homeless…

Key Issues

Homelessness Research Scholars

Jennifer Erb-Downward

Barbara L. Brush

In the Media

Sofa Stories highlights plight of homeless youth with film series premiering Saturday

Supporting Students Facing Homelessness During COVID-19

More young people in Michigan are facing housing insecurity than previously reported

Publications

News Releases

Homeless, unaccompanied youth face significant health risks, lack access to shelter

Nearly 9 out of 10 unhoused Detroit students not identified by schools, U-M analysis finds

What the American Rescue Plan means for children experiencing homelessness

Research Projects