Healthcare Innovation May 20, 2024
Evaluators of an innovative pandemic housing program ran into roadblocks trying to request and match up homeless service system data and healthcare data
An evaluation of an innovative pandemic housing program in California highlighted the need for data-sharing agreements to be created across state agencies and departments to further understand the homelessness crisis.
Project Roomkey (PRK) was a statewide effort in California in 2020 during the pandemic to provide people experiencing homelessness the option to stay temporarily in hotel and motel rooms and trailers as an alternative to staying on the streets or in shelters. A recently published evaluation of the program found that not only did PRK meet its original goal of saving lives but the program also enhanced...