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The Center for Health Policy, created by Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 2006, collaborates with state and local government, as well as public and private health care organizations in health policy and program development to conduct high quality program evaluation and applied research on critical health policy-related issues. CHP faculty and staff serve as a bridge between academic health researchers and state and local government as well as health care organizations and community leaders.

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2009 Homeless Count Released

Report Shows a 78 Percent Increase in Family Homelessness

Family homelessness increased by 78 percent from 2008 to 2009, the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention said today.

The 2009 Indianapolis Homeless Count shows that 213 families were homeless on Jan. 29, the date on which the count was held in Indianapolis. That was up from 120 families in January 2008.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that every community receiving federal funds for programs to aid the homeless must conduct a count every two years during the last two weeks of January. Since 2007, the coalition has performed the count annually, partnering with the Indiana University Center for Health Policy to do so.

To read more about the 2009 Homeless Count please click here.

For additional coverage in the Chicago Tribune please click here.

For additional coverage in the South Bend Tribune please click here.

For additional coverage from WTHR please click here.

For additional coverage from WHAS please click here.
 

 

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