Our preregistered screening criteria were: age 19 to 65, homeless for less than 2 y (homelessness defined as the lack of stable housing), Canadian citizen or permanent resident, and nonsevere levels of substance use (DAST-10) (21), alcohol use (AUDIT) (22), and mental health symptoms Colorado Symptom Index (CSI) (23) based on predefined thresholds (see SI Appendix, Table S1 in SI Appendix, section 1.3.2). These screening criteria were used to reduce any potential risks of harm (e.g., overdose) from the cash transfer.
Kind of speaks to how bad homelessness has become that you can have pretty strict criteria and still have a ton of people who need the help.
Well. Yeah?
Studies like this are important to counter the reactionary perspective that giving money to those experiencing housing will just feed addiction.
I think you’re vastly overestimating the proportion of people against social safety nets who would change their tune when presented with indisputable evidence that they are wrong.
No, i feel you, but once you have data, you no longer have to even entertain those people in debate. You just act based on the data.
