Academic Publications
Systemic Strategies to Address Homelessness: A Situation Analysis in San Antonio, TX (2022)
San Antonio leveraged their local response after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, with the creation of Haven for Hope. On the surface, Haven for Hope is a homeless services provider on a 37-acre campus comprised of 15 buildings with the capacity to serve 1,700 people. But under the surface, the Haven for Hope campus became a community catalyst for collective innovation and system change to bridge the areas of housing, homelessness, health care, mental health, substance use disorders, the criminal justice system, county courts, the emergency response system, and law enforcement.
Access the dissertation at: https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/systemic-strategies-address-homelessness/docview/2715399598/se-2
Haven for Hope: A Transformational Campus Model to Address Homelessness (2024)
Haven for Hope is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been rarely described in the research literature but has become nationally known for its comprehensive homeless response system in San Antonio, Texas. Haven for Hope operates a 22-acre campus that includes a Transformational Campus and a Courtyard that serves over 9,000 clients annually, including chronically homeless individuals, veterans, children, and families.
Access the journal article at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-024-01419-8
Root Shock's Missing Appendix Using Situation Analysis for Critical Policy Studies and Beyond (2024)
In Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It, Mindy Fullilove analyses how the US government's urban renewal policy destroyed multiple communities across the country. Fullilove intended to include an appendix discussing situation analysis, the research method she used to study root shock. This paper takes up the task of that missing appendix. Situation analysis is a flexible and accessible way to study complex social phenomena or events.
Access the journal article at: https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.50.2.373
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