The Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) contains an individual record for every rough sleeper found since the late 1990s.
The Washington, D.C. TB Control staff determined suspected or known homelessness from information contained in case histories and medical records.
Posting interviews online and tweeting about his journey catapults messages into the digital stratosphere which touches, affects, and inspires an audience that may not have sought information on homelessness.
Programs receive less federal funding than warranted if information about homelessness and substance abuse within the year prior to diagnosis is not accurately elicited from patients and reported.
The information on homelessness, past history of TB, past exposure to TB patients and length of time spent living and/or working in the Airin district was self-reported.
At least 16 councils have used antisocial behaviour laws to fine people for behaviour linked to homelessness, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
For all culture-positive patients with available DNA fingerprints, we obtained routinely reported demographic and risk factor information (HIV infection, homelessness, incarceration, alcohol abuse and illegal drug use, long-term care residence, and foreign birth) from the state case registry.
This is the most important part of your homelessness journey - keeping track of your personal information, such as your Identification, Social Security card, and anything else you need in order to get back on your feet.
Many groups, including CSH, now offers information and guidance around identifying youth experiencing homelessness likely to benefit from supportive housing.
Peter Watson is Information and Systems Manager at Centrepoint – the youth homelessness charity.
Although youth homelessness is a problem in communities across the country, collecting information on the adolescents themselves has proven to be a tough challenge.
