How Local Governments Are Caring for the Homeless During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Benavides, Abraham David; Nukpezah, Julius A.

doi:10.1177/0275074020942062

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“…In the arena of homelessness, social work contributions are less common than the ones appearing in the field of health, in which social health workers have also a crucial task. Benavides and Nukpezah [34] discuss the role of public administrations and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US, showing the ways to address the needs of the homeless during the pandemic, demonstrating the relevance to cooperate and share responsibilities. In the European context, the local and regional authorities and organizations have developed several initiatives, including the immediate responses of social workers in the frontline.…”

Section: Social Work In the Covid-19 Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Responding to Urgent Social Needs

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Social work during the COVID-19 crisis has faced one of the most challenging times to cover urgent social needs in an uncertain scenario. This study analyzes the immediate responses in social work to vulnerable groups in the first 15 days of the pandemic in Barcelona, one of the most affected areas worldwide by COVID-19. The sample for this qualitative study includes 23 semi-structured interviews with social workers from different fields of intervention, from general approaches (primary care) to specific ones (health, ageing, homeless, and justice). The data analysis followed the communicative methodology, including transformative and exclusionary dimensions, and the analytical categories focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social services users, the organizational responses of social workers, and the impact of the interventions to cover urgent social needs of attendees. The interventions have been accompanied by an improvement in communication channels with vulnerable groups, ensuring an understanding of the situation of families and individuals, and covering the most urgent social needs. The study shows the key role of social workers from diverse social attention tools and their contribution to the sustainability of social services with a long-term impact.

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Section: Social Work In the Covid-19 Contextmentioning

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Social Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Responding to Urgent Social Needs

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“…Finally, this study's results have implications for future research and practice. Consistent with experiences in other cities, like Dallas (Benavides & Nukpezah, 2020) or San Diego (Marquez et al, 2020), proactive and widespread coronavirus testing and isolation may have been crucial for protecting people experiencing homelessness. These results also suggest that economic and housing supports for people experiencing homelessness should not treat the pandemic as a new set back, as it might be for many otherwise middle-income people.…”

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“…Expanded public health responses by local governments, health care providers, and homelessness services organizations may have effectively prevented worst-case predictions in many places. Early and widespread coronavirus testing, isolating those testing positive for the virus, helped constrain coronavirus clusters in congregate shelters in cities like Dallas, San Diego, and Seattle (Benavides & Nukpezah, 2020;Marquez et al, 2020;Tobolowsky et al, 2020). Lower transmission rates for the coronavirus in outdoor spaces, like tent encampments, may have reduced risk for many people experiencing homelessness.…”

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Self-reported impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento, California

Finnigan

2021

Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness

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The COVID-19 pandemic has likely substantially compounded hardships for people experiencing homelessness. In addition to their already heightened health risks, shelter-inplace orders and recommended physical distancing have constrained available services. Though people experiencing homelessness have surely also been impacted economically, the extent of these impacts remains unclear. This study documents self-reported disease and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic for people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento, California. The study analyzes survey data from 198 people experiencing homelessness, collected in collaboration with a homelessness services agency in October 2020. The article contextualizes these data with comparisons to Sacramento's point-in-time survey of homelessness and a sample of low-income housed Californians. The results suggest relatively limited exposure to COVID-19 among people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento. Income and employment losses were more common, but still less pronounced for people experiencing homelessness than for low-income housed Californians. However, these lower economic losses mainly reflect enduring deprivation prior to the pandemic. People experiencing homelessness also received stimulus funds in the spring of 2020 at much lower rates than low-income housed Californians. Overall, the study adds to an emerging empirical literature on the diverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness.

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“…For instance, in the case of the lead found in the drinking water in Flint Michigan, the public health response involved the federal, state, and local governments coordinating together to provide relief to residents (Nukpezah, 2017). Similarly, federated governments collaborated to respond to homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic (Benavides & Nukpezah, 2020).…”

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Coordination Effectiveness During Public Health Emergencies: An Institutional Collective Action Framework

Nukpezah

Benavides

2021

Administration & Society

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This article draws on the institutional collective action (ICA) framework and data from a survey of senior public health and emergency management professionals in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex following the Ebola outbreak to investigate coordination effectiveness during public health emergencies. Based on the study findings, the article recommends that having an identifiable lead agency, official statements from local authorities, a conducive environment for informal conversations, and communication activities that inform, connect, and involve professionals is essential for an effective coordination. Practical implications of the study extend to how to mitigate collective action dilemmas with regard to coordinating COVID-19 pandemic responses.

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How Local Governments Are Caring for the Homeless During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 59 publications

References 21 publications

Social Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Responding to Urgent Social Needs

Social Work during the COVID-19 Crisis: Responding to Urgent Social Needs

Self-reported impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness in Sacramento, California

Coordination Effectiveness During Public Health Emergencies: An Institutional Collective Action Framework

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