This webinar series is hosted by the Ontario Housing First Regional Network Community of Interest (OHFRN‐COI) and the Housing First Europe Hub (the Hub).
The OHFRN‐COI strives to assist communities across Ontario, Canada, to develop, evaluate, and improve Housing First (HF) programs based on the Pathways HF model tested, adapted, and shown to be effective in the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s At Home / Chez Soi Demonstration Project.
The Hub was established by the Y-Foundation (Finland) and FEANTSA (European Federation of National Organisations Working with Homeless People), along with more than 15 partners, creating a network of organisations, public authorities and foundations working to scale up HF programs in Europe.
The goal of webinar series is to bring together the international HF community, share evidence-based knowledge, experience and innovation, build capacity for HF programs, and promote high quality implementation of the HF model that includes both fidelity to and adaptation of the model.
This webinar series is for mental health and addictions stakeholders including practitioners, managers, program developers, and policy-makers involved in HF through the health and housing sectors.
Webinar topics, dates, presenters and resources
1. HF and the Costs
This webinar on January 21m 2021, looked at the current evidence on cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness of HF.
Watch the recording (password: RrD6VqtM). View the presentation slides.
Presenters
- Eric Latimer, Research Scientist, Douglas Research Centre; Professor, McGill University, Department of Psychiatry
- Francesca Albanese, Head of Research and Evaluation, Crisis UK
- Sandrine Loubiere, Research associate, Health economist, Assistance Publiqiue des Hôpitaux de Marseille
- Kevin Page, President and CEO, Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa
Resources from presenters
- Ontario Housing First Regional Network Community of Interest. (2021) Evidence at a glance: Housing First and the costs.
- Latimer, E., Rabouin, D., Cao, Z,. et al. (2017). Costs of services for homeless people with mental illness in 5 Canadian cities: a large prospective follow-up study. CMAJ Open, E576. DOI:10.9778/cmajo.20170018
- Latimer, E., Rabouin, D., Cao, Z,. et al. (2019). Cost-effectiveness of Housing First Intervention With Intensive Case Management Compared With Treatment as Usual for Homeless Adults With Mental Illness Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 2(8):e199782. DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9782
- Rochon, H. (2020). Long-Term Cost-Effectiveness of Housing First for Homeless People with Mental Illness. Graduate thesis submitted to the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
- Ly, A. & Latimer, E. (2015). Housing First Impact on Costs and Associated Cost Offsets: A Review of the Literature. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 60(11): 475-487. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/070674371506001103
- Latimer, E., Rabouin, D., Cao, Z,. et al. (2020). Cost-Effectiveness of Housing First With Assertive Community Treatment: Results From the Canadian At Home/Chez Soi Trial. Psychiatric Services in Advance, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000029
- Loubiere, S., Taylor, O., Tinland, A., et al. (2020). Europeans’ willingness to pay for ending homelessness: A contingent valuation study. Social Science & Medicine, 247, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112802
- Lemoine, C., Loubiere, S., Boucekine, M. & Auquier, P. (2019) Cost-effectiveness analysis of the Un Chez Soi d’Abord randomized controlled trial: a Markov model. European Journal of Public Health, 29(4). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz187.148
- Blood, I., Goldup, M., Peter, L. and Dulson, S. (2018). Implementing Housing First across England, Scotland and Wales. Imogen Blood & Associates. London: Crisis and Homeless Link.
- Homeless Link (2020). The picture of Housing First in England 2020.
- Blood, I., Copeman, I., Goldup, M., Pleace, N., Bretherton, J. & Dulson, S. (2017) Housing First Feasibility Study for the Liverpool City Region, London: Crisis.
2. HF and Influencing Policy
This session on February 25, 2021, provided examples from different countries on how to influence policies around elections at a local level.
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2021
Time: 9:30am – 11:00am EST
Watch the recording. Recording password: gVdKmV5q. View the presentation slides.
Presenters
- Geoff Nelson, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Eoin O'Sullivan, Trinity College Dublin
- Volker Busch-Geertsema, European Observatory on Homelessness
- Deborah Padgett, New York University
- Freek Spinnewijn, FEANTSA
- Stephen Gaetz, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Resources from presenters
- Nelson, G., Aubry, T., Tsemberis, S., & Macnaughton, E. (2020). Psychology and public policy: The story of a Canadian Housing First project for homeless people with mental illness. Canadian Psychology, 61, 257-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cap0000206
- Macnaughton, E., Nelson, G., Goering, P. (2017). Moving Evidence Into Policy: The Story of the At Home/Chez Soi Initiative’s Impact on Federal Homelessness Policy in Canada and its Implications for the Spread of Housing First in Europe and Internationally. European Journal of Homelessness, 11.
- Macnaughton, E., Nelson, G., Goering, P. ( 2013). Bringing politics and evidence together: policy entrepreneurship and the conception of the At Home/Chez Soi Housing First Initiative for addressing homelessness and mental illness in Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 82, 100 - 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.033
3. The 10-20%
This on April 29, 2021, explored the 10-20% of clients who are unsuccessful in ending their homelessness through participation in a HF program. Presenters will highlight the research, challenges, programs and supports for those who have had difficulty getting stably housed through Housing First; including an innovative model of housing first that blends scattered-site and permanent supported harm reduction housing models seamlessly to meet the needs of program participants.
Watch the webinar recording and read the questions and answers from the presentation.
Presenters:
- Tim Aubry, OHFRN-CoI co-lead, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Susan Crouse, Executive Director, Horizon Health Network's Salvus Clinic, New Brunswick, Canada
- Elina Liikanen, Sininauha OY, Finland
- Jordan Mills, Director of Clinical Services, Saskatoon Crisis, Canada
- Discussant: Michael Allen, Director of Advocacy, Focus Ireland
Resources from presenters
- Yamin, S., Aubry, T., Volk, J., Jette, J., Bourque, J. & Crouse, S. (2014). Peer Supportive Housing for Consumers of Housing First Who Experience Ongoing Housing Instability. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 33(4). https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2014-034
- United Way of Saskatoon and Area (2017) Youtube video: Curtis (long version)
- Mills, J. (2021). Retelling Stories of Resilience as a Counterplot to Homelessness: A Narrative Approach in the Context of Intensive Team-Based Housing Support Services. Social Work & Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory 4(1).
4. HF and Women
This webinar from May 5, 2021 examined research and work on the pathways to Housing First for women, families, and mothers experiencing homelessness, as well as domestic violence and HF.
Presenters
- Dr. Saija Turunen, Y-Foundation, Finland
- Dr. Cris Sullivan, Michigan State University, USA
- Dr. Rachel Caplan, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
- Discussant: Dr. Beth Shinn, Vanderbilt University, USA
Resources from presenters
- Sullivan, C., & Olsen, L. (2017). Common ground, complementary approaches: adapting the Housing First model for domestic violence survivors. Housing and Society, 43(3), 182-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/08882746.2017.1323305
- Caplan, R. (2018). “Invisible” parent experiences of homelessness and separation from their children in Canada. (Unpublished Doctoral dissertation). Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo: ON. Available at https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2126
- Caplan, R., Nelson, G., Distasio, J., Isaak, C., Edel, B., Piat, M., ... Goering, P. (2020). Indigenous and non‐Indigenous parents separated from their children and experiencing homelessness and mental illness in Canada. Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 2753–2772. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22455
Upcoming international conference on Housing First
The OHFRN-CoI is also hosting the Fourth International Housing First Conference. This conference has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is now being held as a virtual conference October 5-7th, 2021 from 10:30am - 12:45pm EST. We are aiming to launch the call for abstracts by April/May 2021. Stay tuned for more information and check out the conference website.
- Dr. Saija Turunen, Y-Foundation, Finland
- Dr. Cris Sullivan, Michigan State University, USA
- Dr. Rachel Caplan, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
- Discussant: Dr. Beth Shinn, Vanderbilt University, USA
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