Vulnerability index
The vulnerability index is a tool for finding out who among the street homeless population needs health care and housing the most.[1] It is being used in more and more cities in the USA. Volunteeers conduct a survey of people living in homeless shelters, warming centers and people who do not have any housing at all.
The vulnerability index is from the work of Dr. Jim O'Connell of Boston's Healthcare for the Homeless. He was concerned about the causes of death of unsheltered homeless individuals living on the street. A national drive is underway by Common Ground to work with the HUD homeless count. Since communities are doing the count, he believes that is a good time to do the vulnerability index too.[2] Its' people say that using it will help getting needy individuals off the street.[3]
The vulnerability index has been tried out in a lot of other places not just the East Coast. These include Charlotte, North Carolina,[4] Albuquerque, New Mexico and Santa Monica, California.[5]
References
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Homepage - Breaking Ground". breakingground.org.
- ↑ "Competitively Awarded Homeless Programs (Continuum of Care) - Homeless Assistance - CPD - HUD". Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
- ↑ "Vulnerability Index: Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
- ↑ "Vulnerability Index". vulnerabilityindex.blogspot.com.
