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- Title
Housing Interventions and the Chronic and Acute Risks of Family Homelessness: Experimental Evidence for Education.
- Authors
Cutuli, J. J.; Herbers, Janette E.
- Abstract
This study considers risk associated with family homelessness for school functioning and experimental evidence on the effects of different housing interventions over time. Students in homeless families (N = 172; Mage = 7.31; SD = 4.15) were randomized to housing interventions that focus on acute risks (community-based rapid rehousing), chronic risks (permanent subsidy), or usual care (UC). A matched group of low-income, housed students served as an additional reference for effects on attendance, school mobility, and reading and math achievement across 4 years. Findings partially support the chronic-risk hypothesis that family homelessness interferes with achievement through its relation to deep poverty. Children randomly assigned to UC perform as well or better than children assigned to housing interventions in this municipality.
- Subjects
HOMELESS families; HOUSING; EDUCATION of homeless children; LOW-income students; AT-risk students; POVERTY
- Publication
Child Development, 2019, Vol 90, Issue 5, p1664
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.13041