Report from the Secretary’s Work Group on Ending Chronic Homelessness

Ending Chronic Homelessness: Strategies for Action

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary

Report from the Secretary's Work Group on Ending Chronic Homelessness

March, 2003

Each year homelessness affects 2 - 3 million individuals in the United States. For most people, homelessness is a short, one-time event. But a relatively small and visible group experiences homelessness repeatedly or for long periods and places heavy demands on available assistance. This group, persons experiencing chronic homelessness, is most often made up of single, poor adults with prevalent disabilities.

Ending their homelessness requires housing combined with the . . .