Homeless Families and Children: A Review of the Research on Who They Are and Interventions that Work
This presentation, based on an extensive review of the literature and the author's own research, will focus on what we know about the characteristics and needs of families and children, and the research findings to date on prevention and interventions to meet the housing and other needs of families.
Debra J. Rog, PhD is an Associate Director with Westat and a Vice President of The Rockville Institute. Prior to joining Westat in January of 2007, Dr. Rog directed the Washington office of Vanderbilt University's Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement (CEPI) for 17 years, and was a Senior Research Associate in CEPI. She has nearly 30 years of experience in program evaluation and applied research and over 20 years conducting evaluations of homeless programs, with a particular emphasis on homeless families. She directed the first large scale study of housing and services for families, sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and recently directed a large multisite evaluation for SAMHSA involving interventions for homeless families with psychiatric and/or substance abuse needs. She also recently completed a project to conceptualize a typology of homeless families, and currently is involved in a study of family exits from homeless shelters in Massachusetts. She has directed numerous other projects involving issues of poverty, homelessness, housing and services for vulnerable populations. In addition, prior to joining Vanderbilt, Dr. Rog served as the Associate Director for NIMH's Office of Programs for the Homeless Mentally Ill.
