Racially Equitable Homeless Services: Exploring Organizational Characteristics.

• Tác giả: Elizabeth Heitkemper, Tara Hutson, Andrea Kaltz, Amy Patten, Whitney Thurman, Summer Wright
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 627.12 Rivers and streams
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : Community health equity research & policy , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 230721

Tóm tắt

PURPOSE: Racial disparities in homelessness are pervasive and necessitate sustained effort on improving racial equity in homeless services. This study used a community-engaged approach and qualitative methods to describe the role of informal organizations identified by Black adults with lived experience of homelessness as preferred locations for accessing services and to explore the values and beliefs of these informal organizations. The study included representatives ( FINDINGS: Thematic analysis identified three themes that characterized values and the ways in which these organizations interface with one another and with the formal homelessness response system (HRS): CONCLUSIONS: Informal organizations fill critical gaps in services and can reach people experiencing homelessness who are unable or unwilling to access formal services. However, informal organizations often remain disconnected from the larger HRS which can exacerbate racial inequities. Community care hubs are a promising solution to incorporating smaller organizations and building a more integrated and equitable HRS.