{"id":1503,"date":"2022-04-18T09:32:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2022-04-18T09:46:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:46:55","slug":"mpa-program-director-completes-study-on-racial-equity-in-homelessness-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/mpa-program-director-completes-study-on-racial-equity-in-homelessness-services\/","title":{"rendered":"MPA Program Director Completes Study on Racial Equity in Homelessness Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Evergreen MPA Program Director Mike Craw has concluded an 18 month study on the experience of Black families in Pierce County\u2019s homelessness coordinated entry system. Drawing on interviews with 16 Black families in Pierce County who received homelessness services in 2021, the study found that a relationship of trust and good communication between Black family clients and caseworkers at homelessness services organizations in Pierce County was a critical element to finding permanent housing. Based on this finding, the study recommends an approach to providing services that fosters trust through improved cultural competence in service delivery. Legacy homelessness service provides can accomplish this through partnerships with organizations that are embedded within Pierce County\u2019s Black community, such as the Tacoma Ministerial Alliance.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The project, carried out on behalf of the Tacoma\/Lakewood\/Pierce County Continuum of Care, began when the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development selected Pierce County as one of eight communities nationwide to participate in a demonstration project that would improve racial equity within local homelessness systems. Dr. Craw contributed to this project as part of a workgroup that included Dr. Carolyn Weisz at the University of Puget Sound; staff with the City of Tacoma, Pierce County, and local homelessness service providers; and people with lived experience with homelessness. Pierce County\u2019s Department of Human Services plans to use the results to inform funding opportunities for homelessness services in the future. Pacific Northwest Public Broadcasting\u2019s story on the project is at this link:&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nwpb.org%2F2022%2F03%2F24%2Fpilot-program-looks-at-equity-in-helping-the-homeless%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ccrawm%40evergreen.edu%7Cbef102fd62484bee553d08da0e812ea0%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C0%7C637838245306490996%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=4%2FkkN64O3cDXZCT9RcxIro4feukPBwWJPCuuG4O7Nag%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.nwpb.org\/2022\/03\/24\/pilot-program-looks-at-equity-in-helping-the-homeless\/<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By<\/em> <strong>Mike Craw, MPA Director<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evergreen MPA Program Director Mike Craw has concluded an 18 month study on the experience of Black families in Pierce County\u2019s homelessness coordinated entry system. Drawing on interviews with 16 Black families in Pierce County who received homelessness services in&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/mpa-program-director-completes-study-on-racial-equity-in-homelessness-services\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7259,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1512,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mpanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}