Katie Hoops Calhoun
@katiecalhoops.bsky.social
Community-engaged researcher studying responses to homelessness. Asst. professor at OSU College of Social Work. Currently studying income assistance to prevent and address homelessness.
Happy to have this work highlighted…and open access! Check it out if you’re interested in the role of services in guaranteed income projects!
THE "PLUS" IN CASH PLUS: CLIENT-PERCEIVED IMPLICATIONS OF HOMELESSNESS SERVICE PROVISION AND GUARANTEED INCOME
Calhoun, K. H. et al / Journal of Community Practice
#openaccess #socialwork #research
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
Calhoun, K. H. et al / Journal of Community Practice
#openaccess #socialwork #research
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
The “Plus” in Cash Plus: Client-Perceived Implications of Homelessness Service Provision and Guaranteed Income
As the number of guaranteed income projects grow across the United States, there has been increasing interest in understanding the role that services such as case management play in direct cash tra...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Happy to have this work highlighted…and open access! Check it out if you’re interested in the role of services in guaranteed income projects!
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A new report finds the bottom 60% of U.S. households—or *two-thirds* of the population—can't afford a “minimal quality of life": housing, health care, and other necessities.
"Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."
"Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."
May 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A new report finds the bottom 60% of U.S. households—or *two-thirds* of the population—can't afford a “minimal quality of life": housing, health care, and other necessities.
"Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."
"Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."
The stories in this book are so familiar. Families staying in extended stay motels. Families unable to enter shelters because they have an adolescent son. Families navigating the “best” way to shelter in their vehicle. I needed this reminder of my why. Thanks @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The stories in this book are so familiar. Families staying in extended stay motels. Families unable to enter shelters because they have an adolescent son. Families navigating the “best” way to shelter in their vehicle. I needed this reminder of my why. Thanks @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
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In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
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December 30, 2024 at 8:02 PM
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
Hey social work educators who teach policy courses!! I’m looking for readings about policy advocacy - what it is, why we do it (intro/BSW-level). I’ve found some great articles from the early 2000s but feel like I must be missing more recent articles…
April 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hey social work educators who teach policy courses!! I’m looking for readings about policy advocacy - what it is, why we do it (intro/BSW-level). I’ve found some great articles from the early 2000s but feel like I must be missing more recent articles…
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This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.
April 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.
What Dr. Kushel said 👇🏻 If there isn’t enough housing, where do we expect people to go? No state has an adequate supply of affordable housing. And my home state of NV rounding out the bottom with just 17 units per 100 extremely low-income households.
The US has only 35 units of housing affordable & available per 100 extremely low-income households. CA has 24. This is why we have the homelessness crisis we do.
The @nlihc.bsky.social #TheGap2025 report out today.
nlihc.org/gap 1/x
The @nlihc.bsky.social #TheGap2025 report out today.
nlihc.org/gap 1/x
The GAP
The U.S. has a shortage of more than 7.1 million rental homes affordable and available to extremely low-income renter households. Find out more. #TheGap25
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March 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What Dr. Kushel said 👇🏻 If there isn’t enough housing, where do we expect people to go? No state has an adequate supply of affordable housing. And my home state of NV rounding out the bottom with just 17 units per 100 extremely low-income households.
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**ACTION ALERT**
The Ohio Senate Higher Ed Committee and full Senate are poised to pass SB 1 TODAY.
Please make calls to Republican offices up until 1:30 pm to ask them to VOTE NO on SB 1!
Contact info and sample script in the link below. #StopSB1
ocaaup.org/news/sb-1-ac...
The Ohio Senate Higher Ed Committee and full Senate are poised to pass SB 1 TODAY.
Please make calls to Republican offices up until 1:30 pm to ask them to VOTE NO on SB 1!
Contact info and sample script in the link below. #StopSB1
ocaaup.org/news/sb-1-ac...
SB 1 Activity This Week & What You Can Do
ocaaup.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
**ACTION ALERT**
The Ohio Senate Higher Ed Committee and full Senate are poised to pass SB 1 TODAY.
Please make calls to Republican offices up until 1:30 pm to ask them to VOTE NO on SB 1!
Contact info and sample script in the link below. #StopSB1
ocaaup.org/news/sb-1-ac...
The Ohio Senate Higher Ed Committee and full Senate are poised to pass SB 1 TODAY.
Please make calls to Republican offices up until 1:30 pm to ask them to VOTE NO on SB 1!
Contact info and sample script in the link below. #StopSB1
ocaaup.org/news/sb-1-ac...
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🌟Deadline extended!🌟Apply by 2/7/25 for IRP's National Dissertation Award For Research On Poverty And Economic Mobility 2025–2026. For more info on this $25,000 award & to view an informational webinar, visit: www.irp.wisc.edu/national-dis...
National Dissertation Award for Research on Poverty and Economic Mobility 2025–2026 – Call for Applications – Deadline Extended Due 2/7/2025, 11:59 p.m. CST
Application Deadline Extended: February 7, 2025, 11:59 p.m. CST View/download full RFP in PDF format | Frequently Asked Questions | Webinar Application Process Slides About the Fellowship As the Natio...
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January 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🌟Deadline extended!🌟Apply by 2/7/25 for IRP's National Dissertation Award For Research On Poverty And Economic Mobility 2025–2026. For more info on this $25,000 award & to view an informational webinar, visit: www.irp.wisc.edu/national-dis...
OSU’s College of Social Work is expanding our clinical faculty and hiring 3 new positions. Social workers with experience in behavioral health, working with military/vets, or community/political social work should apply! csw.osu.edu/faculty-care...
Faculty Careers - The Ohio State University - College of Social Work
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January 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
OSU’s College of Social Work is expanding our clinical faculty and hiring 3 new positions. Social workers with experience in behavioral health, working with military/vets, or community/political social work should apply! csw.osu.edu/faculty-care...
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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
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December 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
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Everyone deserves a safe, affordable place to live. Guaranteed income is helping people afford housing, food, and transportation, offering a dignified way to address housing instability and improve well-being. Learn more: www.cbpp.org/blog/states-...
December 16, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Everyone deserves a safe, affordable place to live. Guaranteed income is helping people afford housing, food, and transportation, offering a dignified way to address housing instability and improve well-being. Learn more: www.cbpp.org/blog/states-...
Reposted by Katie Hoops Calhoun
🚨Register now for this great IRP webinar on Wed. 12/11! 🚨"Examining the Long-Term Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs on Low-Income Households," with David Calnitsky, Mariana Amorim & Randall Akee. More info on presenters and to sign up: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/exa...
November 26, 2024 at 7:02 PM
🚨Register now for this great IRP webinar on Wed. 12/11! 🚨"Examining the Long-Term Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs on Low-Income Households," with David Calnitsky, Mariana Amorim & Randall Akee. More info on presenters and to sign up: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/exa...
Guaranteed Income is coming to Columbus! Very grateful to the work of Motherful and RISE Together Innovation Institute (don’t think either are on here, but correct me if I’m wrong!)
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
Columbus single mothers to get monthly payments in new, first-of-its-kind income program
The Ohio Mothers Trust is Columbus' first unconditional guaranteed income program, giving direct cash payments to single mothers.
www.dispatch.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Guaranteed Income is coming to Columbus! Very grateful to the work of Motherful and RISE Together Innovation Institute (don’t think either are on here, but correct me if I’m wrong!)
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
“If ‘I think, therefore I am’ is true, we are people who are. We are, and we stand on this ground. If you deny us ground, you are denying us our ‘I am.’ Isn’t that negation of our existence? We are here and we are you and we are yours.”
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My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
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November 27, 2024 at 4:42 PM
“If ‘I think, therefore I am’ is true, we are people who are. We are, and we stand on this ground. If you deny us ground, you are denying us our ‘I am.’ Isn’t that negation of our existence? We are here and we are you and we are yours.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
I’m loving the starter packs. Is anyone aware of one for housing and homelessness folks?
November 15, 2024 at 11:52 AM
I’m loving the starter packs. Is anyone aware of one for housing and homelessness folks?
Woke up to the publication of the first article from my dissertation! (And happy to have a space to share it again!) We conducted a systematic review of gov’t cash benefit programs for people experiencing homelessness. Turns out, more money helps! link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
A Systematic Review of Cash Benefit Programs for People Experiencing Homelessness in the United States
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November 12, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Woke up to the publication of the first article from my dissertation! (And happy to have a space to share it again!) We conducted a systematic review of gov’t cash benefit programs for people experiencing homelessness. Turns out, more money helps! link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
This! Last week my hometown (Reno/Washoe County) voted to stop a 30-year-old expansion tax that funds public libraries which will lead to losing 23 staff, $1.4 million in the book budget, and $200,000 in technology.
Just a reminder to support your local public libraries! Write letters of support. Use the library often & in many different ways. Show up to meetings.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
Library staff have been begging for help, advocacy, and action for years. Please show up for libraries.
November 11, 2024 at 9:28 PM
This! Last week my hometown (Reno/Washoe County) voted to stop a 30-year-old expansion tax that funds public libraries which will lead to losing 23 staff, $1.4 million in the book budget, and $200,000 in technology.
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My wonderful publishers at Haymarket Books
and I just made Hope in the Dark a free download for a week And yeah, I know I haven't been around much--three platforms is a lot, and I reach a lot of people on one and read a lot of key sources on the other. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/791-ho...
and I just made Hope in the Dark a free download for a week And yeah, I know I haven't been around much--three platforms is a lot, and I reach a lot of people on one and read a lot of key sources on the other. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/791-ho...
Hope in the Dark
Bestselling author Rebecca Solnit reminds us that activism has changed the world in remarkable ways.
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November 8, 2024 at 10:33 PM
My wonderful publishers at Haymarket Books
and I just made Hope in the Dark a free download for a week And yeah, I know I haven't been around much--three platforms is a lot, and I reach a lot of people on one and read a lot of key sources on the other. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/791-ho...
and I just made Hope in the Dark a free download for a week And yeah, I know I haven't been around much--three platforms is a lot, and I reach a lot of people on one and read a lot of key sources on the other. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/791-ho...
I feel very proud to be one of many social scientists who have signed this amicus brief to uphold the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson. Criminalizing homelessness is inhumane and doesn’t do anything to address homelessness. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...
April 4, 2024 at 11:10 AM
I feel very proud to be one of many social scientists who have signed this amicus brief to uphold the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson. Criminalizing homelessness is inhumane and doesn’t do anything to address homelessness. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23...
I’ve never posted an article to a pre-print site before. Is there any reason *not* to do this? I’m getting ready to submit an article for peer review and a community partner asked if there is a way to share it out while it’s under review. Curious what folks think…
December 1, 2023 at 2:05 PM
I’ve never posted an article to a pre-print site before. Is there any reason *not* to do this? I’m getting ready to submit an article for peer review and a community partner asked if there is a way to share it out while it’s under review. Curious what folks think…
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Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, which provides 150 pregnant Black San Franciscans a $1,000 monthly stipend
They allege the project illegally discriminates by giving the stipend only to people of a specific race
They allege the project illegally discriminates by giving the stipend only to people of a specific race
Backlash to affirmative action hits pioneering maternal health program for Black women
Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, part of a national backlash against affirmative action in health care.
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November 24, 2023 at 7:20 PM
Conservative groups have sued to shut down the Abundant Birth Project, which provides 150 pregnant Black San Franciscans a $1,000 monthly stipend
They allege the project illegally discriminates by giving the stipend only to people of a specific race
They allege the project illegally discriminates by giving the stipend only to people of a specific race
Super important study here, in part because of their operationalization of housing insecure.
November 20, 2023 at 6:11 PM
Super important study here, in part because of their operationalization of housing insecure.
What I’ve learned after a conference season on the job market? Bring snacks! If you’re at CSWE and need a snack, let me know!
October 26, 2023 at 6:34 PM
What I’ve learned after a conference season on the job market? Bring snacks! If you’re at CSWE and need a snack, let me know!
People experiencing vehicle homelessness make up the majority of the unhoused population in many communities. Safe parking lots offer a safe, legal place to park, but as the Colorado Safe Parking Initiative shares, they are only able to serve 10-20% of people who contact them.
I Live in My Car
Dozens of parking lots have opened across the country for working people who can afford a car but not rent.
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2023 at 5:08 PM
People experiencing vehicle homelessness make up the majority of the unhoused population in many communities. Safe parking lots offer a safe, legal place to park, but as the Colorado Safe Parking Initiative shares, they are only able to serve 10-20% of people who contact them.