Crisis Response, Durable Lessons: A Mixed Methods Examination Of A Large-scale Hoteling Intervention For People Experiencing…

Purpose

Department of Health and Human Services awarded $3.8M to New York University for Crisis response, durable lessons: a mixed methods examination of a large-scale hoteling intervention for people experiencing homelessness during the covid-19 pandemic - project summary over 1.4 million people experience homelessness in the u.s. each year. a large body of evidence has demonstrated the bidirectional relationship between homelessness and substance use (su), and overdose is the leading cause of death among people experiencing homelessness. the covid-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated the existing and overlapping crises of homelessness and su. localities across the u.s. have taken drastic steps to mitigate risk of covid-19 among their homeless populations—including mass movement of tens of thousands of homeless individuals to hotels—but there…