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Project Description

Lakefront SRO is one of the leaders in the Midwest in providing housing services to low-income persons. Lakefront SRO opened its Near South Service Center in order to provide services to tenants of the Hilliard and Ickes CHA developments located in Chicago. Available services would include pre-employment training (skill building), employment opportunities, post-employment services, substance abuse counseling, and mental health counseling. Many of these services were provided on-site. The purpose of the evaluation was to study what sorts of adaptation were necessary to implement a service model designed for an SRO population in a neighborhood site-based setting. Additionally, it wanted to learn as much as possible about the challenges that would in here to serving residents of public housing and what the differences were between public housing residents and residents of their SROs. Among the key matters explored in the research include: 1. What sorts of interventions are most likely to lead to shorter and longer term employment outcomes. 2. How to use training and employment preparation resources most effectively. 3. The types of mental health issues faced by low income persons. 4. How gender affects social service delivery. 5. What motivates clients to persist in working with a social services provider as opposed to dropping our of a program.

Project duration: Apr 2000 - Jan 2003

Sites studied include Chicago, IL.

Sample Characteristics and Sites Studied

Surveys: n=100 Near South clients; n=100 SRO clients.

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