As part of our National Strategy project (1999-2001), Raising the Roof compiled and created resources related to homelessness prevention practices broadly, and within seven sector which often figure on a person's route to homelessness.

Factsheets to help you identify the warning signs for homelessness and know how to help.

From Street to Stability, a compilation of findings on the paths to homelessness and its prevention (June 2001).

A Library of print and Internet resources.

Factsheets

1. A factsheet to help you identify the warning signs for homelessness, learn about solutions that work, and the practical things you can do to help combat homelessness in your community.

General (PDF)

2. A series of factsheets specific to the sectors which often figure on a person's route to homelessness. Contact Raising the Roof to order copies of these factsheets as fold-out brochure/posters for your office, school, clinic or community.

Child Welfare (PDF)	Education (PDF)	Employment (PDF)	Financial (PDF)
Health (PDF)	Housing (PDF)	Legal & Criminal Justice (PDF)

From Street to Stability

A June 2001 compilation of findings on the paths to homelessness and its prevention, and recommendations of the best practices and systemic changes required to enable people to escape the streets and reduce their risk of becoming homelessness. From Street to Stability (PDF)

	The National Strategy on Homelessness Prevention was a two-year project (1999-2001) which galvanized the efforts of professional associations, decision-makers and front-line practitioners in changing and enhancing homelessness prevention practices within the sectors which almost always figure into a person's route to homelessness. More

Library

Click to access links in the following categories.

Co-ordinated Prevention Practices	Legal Sector	Education
Housing	Health	Banking and Finance
Employment	Children and Youth

Co-ordinated Prevention Practices

Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco
Community Action Plan: Reducing Homelessness in Calgary
Homelessness Prevention Programs (Baton Rouge)
Neighbourhood Partners Initiative (South Bronx)

Print links:

Daly, G. (1991). "Local Programs Designed to Address the Homelessness Crisis: A Comparative Assessment of the United States, Canada, and Britain." Urban Geography 12(2): 177-193.

Evans, Angela. We Don't Choose to be Homeless: Report of the National Inquiry into Preventing Youth Homelessness. London: CHAR for the Inquiry, 1996.

Jahiel, René I., ed. Homelessness: A Prevention-Oriented Approach. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.

Legal Sector

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, includes links to updates on litigation and legislation in the US.

United Nations Human Rights Committee Expert Seminar on the Practice of Forced Evictions, June 1997, full proceedings.

Print links:

Advisory Committee on Homeless and Socially Isolated Persons. Working Together: An Exploration of Strategies to Prevent Evictions. Unpublished, 1996.

Beatty, C.A. and Haggard, L.K. Legal Remedies to Address Discrimination Against People Who Are Homeless and Have Mental Illness. Rockville, MD: Centre for Mental Health Service, 1996.

Bennett, Arnold ed. Shelter, Housing and Homes: A Social Right. Montreal: New York: London: Black Rose Books, 1997.

Finn, P.E. and Sullivan, M. "Police Respond to Special Populations: Handling the Mentally Ill, Public Inebriate, and the Homeless," National Institute of Justice Reports 209: 2-8, 1988.

Hewitt, J. Ann. Homelessness and the Criminal Justice System in Canada: A Literature Review. Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada, 1994.

Mullen, Shannon. Rights of the Homeless: An Exploration of Canadian Municipal By-Laws Laws, Police Enforcement and Alternative Strategies Vancouver: The Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition, 1996.

Panel on Uniform Treatment. Uniform Treatment: A Community Inquiry into Policing of Disadvantaged Peoples Toronto: Ontario Legal Aid Plan, 1994.

James, Simon et al. Meeting Half Way. Some Approaches to Educational Work with Single Homeless People by Basic Education Development Scheme. London, England, 1987.

Love, Myron. "Storefront school draws street kids back to education," Education Manitoba, 20 (3) 30-31, January/February 1993.

Quint, S. Schooling Homeless Children: A Working Model for America's Public Schools. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 1994.

U.S. Department of Education. An Evaluation of State and Local Efforts to Serve the Educational Needs of Homeless Children and Youth. Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Education, Compensatory Education Programs, 1995.

U.S. Department of Education.Learning to Hope: A Study of Adult Education for the Homeless Program. Washington, D.C., Adult Education Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education, 1995.

Education

Evaluation of Adult Education Programs for the Homeless in Texas - January 1991

"Pieces of the Puzzle", the table of contents for a manual and video about making schools work for people who are homeless, with a link to the full text of the manual.

"Gimme Shelter: Homelessness and Literacy". The table of contents with links to full text in html format.

Print links:

James, Simon et al. Meeting Half Way. Some Approaches to Educational Work with Single Homeless People by Basic Education Development Scheme. London, England, 1987.

Love, Myron. "Storefront school draws street kids back to education," Education Manitoba, 20 (3): 30-31, January/February 1993.

Quint, S. Schooling Homeless Children: A Working Model for America's Public Schools. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 1994.

U.S. Department of Education. An Evaluation of State and Local Efforts to Serve the Educational Needs of Homeless Children and Youth. Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Education, Compensatory Education Programs, 1995.

U.S. Department of Education. Learning to Hope: A Study of Adult Education for the Homeless Program. Washington, D.C., Adult Education Clearinghouse, U.S. Department of Education, 1995.

Housing

Canada Mortgage and Housing, National Housing Research Committee, Working Group on Homelessness

City of Toronto, Mayor's Homelessness Action Task Force, Taking Responsibility for Homelessness: An Action Plan for Toronto

Jennifer Daskal, In Search of Shelter: The Growing Shortage of Affordable Rental Housing, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (US)

Housing Again: A Canadian Web site rich with references and contacts on social housing issues.

National Low-Income Housing Coalition, U.S. A web site rich with links to resources, research, and policies related to housing for those with low incomes.

Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association, Where's Home? A Picture of Housing Needs in Ontario, 1999 & 2000.

Print links:

Campsie, Phillipa. Housing, Low-Income Tenants and the Commonsense Revolution: The First Twelve Months. City of Toronto Housing Department, 1996

Friedrichs, Jurgen. Affordable Housing and the Homeless. Walter de Gruyter, NY, 1988

Hulchanski, John David ... et al. Solutions to Homelessness: Vancouver Case Studies. Housing and Community Planning (Vancouver, B.C.). Vancouver: Centre for Human Settlements, University of British Columbia, 1991.

Jim Ward Associates. Making Rooms into Homes: An Evaluation of Toronto's Rupert Pilot Project. Toronto, 1993.

Kinegal, Jane Wycliffe Nesbitt. Finding the Way Home: A Response to the Housing Needs of the Homeless Women of the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver. Thesis (M. Arch.) -- University of British Columbia, 1989.

Kojima, Robert G. Single Room Occupancy Housing Policy: A Study of Vancouver's SRO Housing. Thesis (M.Pl.) -- Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. 1995.

Rupert Community Residential Services. Rooming Houses in the City of Toronto: Three Recent Studies. Toronto, 1996.

Health

"Exploring the health impact of homelessness", originally published in the Ontario Medical Review May 1996.

Mental Illness and Pathways into Homelessness: Findings and Implications: Proceedings and Recommendations, from A Workshop of the Mental Health Policy Research Group (CMHA Ontario Division Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Ontario Mental Health Foundation) January 1998.

National Resource Centre on Homelessness and Mental Illness (USA)

"Pathways To Homelessness:" A Major Study of Homelessness in Toronto, from the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry.

Print Resources:

Bard, M. Organizational Community Responses to Domestic Abuse and Homelessness. New York: Garland, 1994.

Canadian Public Health Association. 1997 Position Paper on Homelessness and Health. Canadian Public Health Association, 1997.

Coalition for Feminist Mental Health Services. Missing the Mark: Women's services examine mental health programs for women in Toronto. Unpublished, 1992.

Crowe, Catherine. Gender, Class and Medicine as it Pertains to the Failing Canadian Health Care System and Street Health's Nursing Approach to Homelessness as an Alternative Model This is a Masters in Education Research Paper for University of Toronto, 1992

Daly, Gerald. "Homelessness and Health: A Comparison of Britain, Canada and the United States," in Research Initiatives on Homelessness: International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (IYSH) edited by Catherine Charette. Institute of Urban Studies, University of Winnipeg, 1991.

Davis, M., Vander Stoep, A.V. Transition to Adulthood Among Adolescents Who Have Serious Mental Disturbance. Rockville, MD: Centre for Mental Health Services, 1996.

Fredriksen, K.I. "North of Market: Older Women's Alcohol Outreach Program," Gerontologist, 32(2): 270-, April 1992.

Health Programs and Services Group. Policy Guideline: The Provision of Community Mental Health Services to People Who Are Homeless or Socially Isolated, 1996.

Larson, M. and Schatz, M. "HIV prevention strategies with homeless and street youth," in Moore MK; Forst ML (eds.), AIDS Education: Reaching Diverse Populations, Praeger Pibl (Westport), 1996.

Lechky, Olga. "Toronto hospital takes leadership role in providing care for inner-city residents," Canadian Medical Association Journal 148 (10): 1780-1784, 1993.

Lesak, A.D., and Edgar, E. Preventing Homelessness Among People With Serious Mental Illnesses. Rockville, MD: Centre for Mental Health Services, 1996.

Mental Health Reform Workgroup on Homelessness and Social Isolation. Homelessness, Social Isolation and Mental Health Reform "Meeting the Needs." Ontario Ministry of Health, 1995.

Metropolitan Toronto District Health Council. Mental Health Project - Alternative Supports Work Group - Final Report, 1996.

Metropolitan Toronto District Health Council. Mental Health Project - Individual Support/Case Management - Final Report, 1996.

Morris, J. Homelessness in Aboriginal Communities: Workshop on Homelessness and Health. Toronto: Ontario Medical Association, March 29, 1996.

National Resource Centre on Homelessness and Mental Illness. Mental Illness, Homelessness and the Local Jail. Rockville, MD: Centre for Mental Health Services, 1993.

Ontario Ministry of Health. Putting People First: The Reform of Mental Health Services in Toronto. Toronto: Government of Ontario (no date).

SPR Associates. Study of the Manitoba Adult Health Care Program for Elderly and Disabled Indians for Manitoba Indian Associations and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1983-86.

Street Health Community Nursing Foundation. The Health Care Needs of Inner City Rooming House Residents. Unpublished Report, October 1992.

The Meeting Place. A Framework for Health Promotion with Homeless and Socially Isolated Adults. September, 1992.

Toronto Mayor's Task Force on Discharged Psychiatric Patients. The Final Report of the Mayor's Action Task Force on Discharged Psychiatric Patients.City of Toronto, 1990.

Ward, Jim. Homelessness, Housing and Mental Health Problems Toronto: Canadian Mental Health Association, 1992.

Workgroup on Homelessness and Social Isolation. Homelessness, Social Isolation and Mental Health Reform "Meeting the Needs." Ontario Ministry of Health, 1995.

Young T.K. et al. The Health Effects of Housing and Community Infrastructure of Canadian Indian Reserves. Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1991.

Banking & Finance

National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, Housing Options

Industry Canada, Dealing with Debt: A Consumer's Guide

Print Resources:

Business Leaders Forum, Homelessness in Toronto - Exchanging Ideas for Action, Proceedings. City of Toronto Community Services and Canadian Urban Institute, October 1997.

Carty, P. "Preventing Homelessness: Rent Control or Rent Assistance," Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, 4(2): 365-383,1989.

Employment

HomeBase. Creating Economic Opportunities for Low Income People: How Section 3 Can Help. San Francisco, CA: HomeBase Publications, April 1997.

HomeBase. Employing Homeless Job Seekers: A Primer for Businesses. San Francisco, CA: HomeBase Publications, April 1993.

Institute for Children and Poverty. Job Readiness Crossing the Threshold from Homelessness to Employment. New York, NY: Institute for Children and Poverty, 1994.

Print Resources:

Chaplin, D. and Hannaway, J. High School Employment: Meaningful Connections for At-Risk Youth. Presented at the 1995 annual meetings of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, November 1995.

Foscarinis, M., Simon, M. and Wayman, C. A Path Towards Self-Sufficiency: Job Training For The Homeless. Washington, DC: National Law Centre on Homelessness and Poverty, no date.

Johnson, Alice K. "Working and Nonworking Women: Onset of Homelessness Within the Context of Their Lives," Affilia, 14(1): 42-77, Spring 1999.

Children and Youth Sector

"Housing", The Real Deal: Rights, Responsibilities and Opportunities for Youth in and from Care in Ontario, Human Rights Internet. 1998.

Homelessness: The Foster Care Connection. New York City, NY: Institute For Children And Poverty, 1997.

"Report of the National Youth in Care Network", Justice Canada consultation, 1998

"Web of Failure: The Relationship between Foster Care and Homelessness," Nan P. Roman and Phyllis Wolfe for the National Alliance to End Homelessness, 1995.

Print Resources:

Adams, G., Gullotta, T., and Clancy, M. "Homeless Adolescents: A Descriptive Study of Similarities and Differences Between Runaways and Throwaways," Adolescence, 20: 715-724, 1985.

Barth, R.P. "On Their Own: The Experiences of Youth After Foster Care, Childhood and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 7:419-440, 1990.

Bucy, J.and Nicholos, N. "Homeless Youth: Statement of Problem and Suggested Policies," Journal of Health Social Policy, 2:65-71, 1991.

Cohen-Schlanger, M., Fitzpatrick, A., Hulchanski, J. D. and Raphael, D. "Housing as a Factor in Admissions of Children to Temporary Care: A Survey," Child Welfare LXXIV (3): 547-562, 1995.

Fitzgerald, M. D. "Homeless Youth and the Child Welfare System: Implications for Policy and Service," Child Welfare 74(3) 718-730, 1995.

MacLean, M.G., Embry, L.E. and Cauce, A.M. "Homeless Adolescents' Paths to Separation From Family: Comparison of Family Characteristic, Physiological Adjustment, and Victimization," Journal of Community Psychology, 27(2): 179-187, 1999.

National Association of Social Workers. A Summary of Findings from a National Survey of Program for Runaway and Homeless Youth and Programs for Older Youth in Foster Care. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of Social Workers, 1991.

Zlotnick, C, Kronstadt, D. and Klee.L. "Foster Care Children and Family Homelessness," American Journal of Public Health 88(9): 1368-1370, 1998.

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