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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">FYI. The full report on findings from the Family Options Study can be accessed at: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://www.huduser.org/portal/publications/affhsg/family_options_study.html">http://www.huduser.org/portal/publications/affhsg/family_options_study.html</a>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">EW HUD REPORT FINDS HOMELESS FAMILIES OFFERED VOUCHERS</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">FARE BETTER THAN FAMILIES PROVIDED OTHER ASSISTANCE</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
</span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Costs of voucher comparable to or substantially less than other options </span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">WASHINGTON – Each year, it’s estimated that more than 150,000 families experience homelessness and are forced to seek emergency shelter for themselves and
their children<a name="_ftnref1"></a><a href="file:///C:\Users\H14670\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\Content.Outlook\ZINQQ9HF\15-083.docx#_ftn1" title=""><b><span style="color:#00295A">[1]</span></b></a>. Today, the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published the short-term results of a study designed to examine how homeless families in emergency shelter responded to various interventions designed to help them exit homelessness. HUD’s <a href="http://www.huduser.org/portal/publications/affhsg/family_options_study.html"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:#00295A">Family
Options Study</span></i></b></a> found that 18 months after enrolling into the study and being randomly assigned to one of four interventions, the families offered a housing voucher experienced significantly better outcomes than those families randomly assigned
to any of the three other options.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">HUD discovered that families offered a </span><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Housing
Choice Voucher </span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">were less likely to re-enter homelessness or experience housing instability, and experienced reduced school mobility for their
children. When compared to families who elected to remain in emergency shelter, families offered a voucher also experienced significant reductions in child separations from parents; adult psychological distress; domestic violence; and food insecurity. HUD
also found that the costs of the voucher were comparable to or substantially less than the other interventions over the course of the follow-up period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">“The results of this study demonstrate the wide-ranging benefits of supporting families experiencing homelessness with stable and enduring rental assistance—such
as the assistance provided through our Housing Choice Voucher Program,” said Kathy O’Regan, HUD’s Assistant Secretary of Policy Development and Research. “We will continue to study the efficacy of these interventions to see if the longer term outcomes mirror
those we see in the short term.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tim Aubry Ph.D, C.Psych.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Professeur / Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">École de psychologie / School of Psychology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Chercheur / Senior Researcher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Centre de recherche sur les services éducatifs / Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Chaire de recherche facultaire en santé mentale communautaire et l'itinérance /<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Faculty Research Chair in Community Mental Health and Homelessness<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Faculté des sciences sociales / Faculty of Social Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Vanier Hall, 5002J<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Ottawa, ON<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">K1N 6N5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel.: 613-562-5800 x 4815<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Fax: 613-562-5188<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">E-mail: taubry@uottawa.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Bio: <a href="http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/psy/eng/profdetails.asp?id=137">
<span style="color:blue">http://www.socialsciences.uottawa.ca/psy/eng/profdetails.asp?id=137</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Twitter: @TimAubry</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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