Help in Time: An Evaluation of Philadelphia's Community-Based Homelessness Prevention Program

Yin-Ling I. Wong, University of Pennsylvania
Meg Koppel, University of Pennsylvania
Dennis P. Culhane, University of Pennsylvania
Stephen Metraux, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
David E. Eldridge, University of Pennsylvania
Amy Hillier, University of Pennsylvania
Helen R. Lee, University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

This report provides an evaluation of Philadelphia's neighborhood-based homelessness prevention initiative. Results indicate that nearly all households served do not become homeless. But it is unclear if households would have become homeless had they not been served. Recommendations are made for targeting prevention interventions to families requesting shelter.