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California Struggles To House Thousands Of Homeless Placed In Hotels During Pandemic
NPR •
December 10, 2020
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California Study of Homelessness | Insight
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June 26, 2023
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California Took 35,000 Homeless People off the Street for 1 Year. Did the Program Work?
Sacramento Bee •
April 5, 2021
Opinion
California Will Keep Struggling With Homelessness Until Federal Leaders Step Up
Cal Matters •
December 20, 2023
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California, Bay Area Clinics Halt Use of Johnson & Johnson Shot After Reports of Rare Blood Clots
San Francisco Chronicle •
April 13, 2021
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California’s ‘Magic Recipe’ for Reducing Homelessness
Politico •
November 4, 2021
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California’s Aging Homeless Population
In Clear Terms with AARP California •
May 17, 2023
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California’s Homelessness Crisis Is Homegrown, Study Finds
KFF Health News •
June 20, 2023
Opinion
California’s New Law to Force People into Drug Treatment isn’t Working. Here’s its Fatal Flaw
San Francisco Chronicle •
March 30, 2024
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Can California Build on Pandemic Lessons To End Homelessness?
CalMatters •
May 12, 2021
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Can California Use the Pandemic to Beat Back Homelessness?
CalMatters •
November 30, 2020
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Can Houston’s Policy To Address Homelessness Work in Other Cities?
Vox •
December 15, 2022
Opinion
Can San Francisco Involuntarily Hospitalize More Homeless People Like New York? No. Here’s Why
San Francisco Chronicle •
December 16, 2022
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Can States Ease Homelessness by Tapping Medicaid Funding? Oregon is Betting on it
NPR •
October 12, 2023
Our Research
Caregiving Needs Are Unmet for Many Older Homeless Adults: Findings from the HOPE HOME Study
Journal of General Internal Medicine •
November 1, 2022
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Cash for Rent: Oakland Experiments With New Homelessness Prevention Strategy
San Jose Mercury News •
November 26, 2021
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Celeste Enriquez, BA
Celeste Enriquez joins CVP as a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) for Dr. Margot Kushel’s HOPE HOME study. Before joining UCSF in the spring of 2018, Celeste was working on various public health projects in government, academia, and nonprofit organizations nationally. Her work focusing on the health effects to agricultural workers in the central coast of California began her interest in research. She is also a Research Data Analyst on a qualitative research study at DAHSM, examining the consequences of reductions in opioid prescribing for chronic non-cancer pain on patients, clinical care delivery, and community health (ECROP) with Dr. Kelly Knight
Our Research
Characteristics and Factors Associated With Pain in Older Homeless Individuals: Results From the Health Outcomes in People Experiencing Homelessness in Older Middle Age (HOPE HOME) Study
Journal of Pain •
April 13, 2017
Our Research
Characterizing Patients Hospitalized Without an Acute Care Indication: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Journal of Hospital Medicine •
April 1, 2023
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Checkout Time: Pandemic Hotels for Bay Area Homeless Residents Set to Close
San Jose Mercury News •
October 10, 2020
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Cheyenne Garcia, BA
Cheyenne Garcia is a senior research data analyst at BHHI. She helps produce academic papers using HOPE HOME and CASPEH data. She is primarily interested in intergenerational trauma, homelessness among families, and how early life experiences influence homelessness. Prior to joining BHHI, Cheyenne was a Fulbright Scholar in the Netherlands studying parenting at Leiden University. Cheyenne graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honors. She graduated from American River College with four associate degrees.
Our Research
Childhood Adversities Associated with Poor Adult Mental Health Outcomes in Older Homeless Adults: Results From the HOPE HOME Study
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry •
August 17, 2016
Research Area
Children, Youth, & Families
In the United States, 30% of the homeless population are families with children, and 6% are unaccompanied youth younger than age 25.
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Claudine Sipili
Claudine Sipili is the Northern California Board Co-Chair for the BHHI Lived Expertise Advisory Board. She is currently the Director of Lived Experience and Innovation at Destination: Home, a nonprofit that convenes public and private partners to end homelessness. Originally from American Samoa, Claudine served in the United States Navy and the Army National Guard before starting her work in the nonprofit sector. Previous to joining her current organization, Claudine developed and implemented programs to help unhoused and justice-involved populations earn a living wage and find stable housing. Her lived experience of homelessness, addiction, and justice involvement makes her a