The National Alliance to End Homelessness is seeking proposals for its Strategies for Reducing Unsheltered Homelessness Research Project.
Donor Name: National Alliance to End Homelessness
States: California, Oregon, and Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/20/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $200,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
Unsheltered homelessness has increased every year since 2015, and fifty-nine percent of the unsheltered population lives on the West Coast (California, Oregon, and Washington). Thus, there is an urgent need to reduce and end unsheltered homelessness, especially in regions where it is highly prevalent. Unevaluated promising practices exist, and HUD will soon fund new efforts.
The Alliance is seeking to fund research focused on questions such as the following:
- Are specific strategies, interventions, or program models effectively and efficiently ending unsheltered homelessness for individuals/families?
- What types of congregate and non-congregate shelter are effective in ending a household’s unsheltered homelessness while serving as a useful step on the road to housing stability and the overall well-being of program participants?
- What models successfully move people directly from unsheltered homelessness to permanent housing?
Although open to other proposals, the Alliance anticipates a mixed methods approach that
includes:
- analyzing data to evaluate the model’s success in moving unsheltered people into temporary or permanent housing;
- analyzing data to assess identity-based disparities (for example, those rooted in race, gender, family status, or age); and
- qualitative efforts (surveys or interviews) focused on consumer satisfaction with the interventions
Given the health and well-being factors associated with living unsheltered, the Alliance would like to avoid experimental designs—they prefer quasi-experimental ones (comparing the outcomes of people participating in an intervention to those who don’t).
The Alliance invites research teams to identify study-worthy programs and strategies. The Alliance -will also connect researchers to relevant models to be funded through a HUD special funding opportunity (also known as the “Unsheltered and Rural Homelessness NOFO”) that will distribute resources in 2023. Models will likely be in states with significant unsheltered populations. California is uniquely of concern (especially major cities like Los Angeles), but other potential states include Florida, Oregon, Nevada, Texas, and Washington.
Funding Information
The grant will provide funding up to $200,000 (depending on project scale, including the number of models being studied).
Project Period
Research is available for up to 18 months from the award date, beginning as early as March 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be researchers who have pursued post-baccalaureate studies (e.g., PH.D. earners and candidates). They should be based in the United States at the time of application. Also required is an association with a research institution (e.g., a college, university, think tank, or consulting firm). Junior faculty and researchers of color are encouraged to apply.
For more information, visit Reducing Unsheltered Homelessness.
