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1 results foundAuthor: Popkin, Susan Title: The Chicago Family Case Management Demonstration: Developing a New Model for Serving “Hard to House” Public Housing Families Summary: The situation of the hundreds of “hard to house” families with multiple challenges who remain in CHA’s traditional public housing is of great concern. Many of these families face numerous, complex challenges that create barriers to their ability to move toward self-sufficiency or even sustain stable housing (see figure 1), including serious physical and mental health problems; weak (or nonexistent) employment histories and limited work skills; very low literacy levels; drug and alcohol abuse; family members’ criminal histories; and serious credit problems. The Chicago Family Case Management Demonstration is an innovative initiative designed to meet the challenges of serving the Chicago Housing Authority’s (CHA) “hard to house” residents. It involves a unique partnership of city agencies, service providers, researchers, and private foundations, all with a deep commitment to finding solutions for the most vulnerable families affected by the CHA’s transformation of its distressed public housing developments. The Demonstration puts the CHA and its partner agency, the Chicago Department of Human Services (CDHS) in the vanguard of efforts to meet the needs of the nation’s most vulnerable public housing residents. The rigorous evaluation design allows for continuous learning and mid-course corrections, and will help the team develop a validated model that other housing authorities grappling with similar challenges can use. The Demonstration serves residents from two CHA developments—Wells/Madden Park and Dearborn Homes—and provides these “hard to house” families with intensive family case management services, long-term support, enhanced relocation services, workforce strategies for those who have barriers to employment, and financial literacy training. The ultimate goal of these services is to help these families maintain safe and stable housing, whether in traditional CHA public housing, in the private market with a voucher, or potentially, in new, mixed-income developments. The Demonstration is supported by a consortium of public agencies and foundations (see figure 2 in next section). This report describes the design and development of the Demonstration, provides an overview of the first year of implementation, and presents baseline findings from a comprehensive resident survey. Details: Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2008. 47p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 1, 2012 at: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411708_public_housing_familes.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United States URL: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411708_public_housing_familes.pdf Shelf Number: 127082 Keywords: Ex-Offender HousingPovertyPublic Housing (Chicago)Vulnerable AdultsVulnerable Families |