TY - JOUR
T1 - Moving On From Supportive Housing (MOSH)
T2 - Development and evaluation of a transitional skill-building curriculum for providers helping residents exit homeless services
AU - Tiderington, Emmy
AU - Goodwin, Jordan
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by a grant from a state Department of Community Affairs. The funder assisted the study team with identification and recruitment of potential participants from their affiliated programs but had no other role in the design of the study, the collection or analysis of data, or in writing the manuscript. Funding Information: This work was supported by a grant from a state Department of Community Affairs . The funder assisted the study team with identification and recruitment of potential participants from their affiliated programs but had no other role in the design of the study, the collection or analysis of data, or in writing the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - This article describes the development and evaluation of MOSH (Moving On From Supportive Housing), a transitional skill-building curriculum for providers helping residents exit homeless services to mainstream housing without embedded supports. In this evaluation, we assess the feasibility, acceptability, fit, and potential efficacy of the MOSH curriculum to improve proximal provider-level outcomes, including self-efficacy to provide MOSH-related independent living skills and supports. Homeless-services providers (N = 49) from a range of programs and settings participated in the training. Findings from focus groups and pre- and posttest surveys indicate high levels of overall satisfaction with the training. The majority of trainees perceived the training to be useful to their work and potentially useful for service recipients, felt the training would fit well within their existing day-to-day work, and said they were very likely to use MOSH skills in such work. Statistically significant improvements in self-efficacy regarding all skills but one were also found. MOSH holds promise as an intervention that can enhance provider practice and promotion of independent living skills in homeless services. Although these initial findings on MOSH are encouraging, further research will be needed to evaluate provider knowledge gains and effective use of these skills in practice.
AB - This article describes the development and evaluation of MOSH (Moving On From Supportive Housing), a transitional skill-building curriculum for providers helping residents exit homeless services to mainstream housing without embedded supports. In this evaluation, we assess the feasibility, acceptability, fit, and potential efficacy of the MOSH curriculum to improve proximal provider-level outcomes, including self-efficacy to provide MOSH-related independent living skills and supports. Homeless-services providers (N = 49) from a range of programs and settings participated in the training. Findings from focus groups and pre- and posttest surveys indicate high levels of overall satisfaction with the training. The majority of trainees perceived the training to be useful to their work and potentially useful for service recipients, felt the training would fit well within their existing day-to-day work, and said they were very likely to use MOSH skills in such work. Statistically significant improvements in self-efficacy regarding all skills but one were also found. MOSH holds promise as an intervention that can enhance provider practice and promotion of independent living skills in homeless services. Although these initial findings on MOSH are encouraging, further research will be needed to evaluate provider knowledge gains and effective use of these skills in practice.
KW - Homeless services
KW - Independent living
KW - Moving on initiative
KW - Skills training
KW - Supportive housing
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101913
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101913
M3 - Article
C2 - 33548902
SN - 0149-7189
VL - 85
JO - Evaluation and Program Planning
JF - Evaluation and Program Planning
M1 - 101913
ER -