Center for Urban Research and Learning

Loyola University Chicago

Here you will find all of CURL's research projects and publications.

Filtering by Category: Health and Healthcare

Evaluation of the Chicago-Cook County Flexible Housing Pool Program

CURL is working in partnership with the Center for Health Equity and Innovation and Cook County Health to facilitate an evaluation of the Flexible Housing Project (FCP) program. The Flexible Housing Pool (FHP), coordinated by Chicago Center for Housing and Health addresses health and housing aims to decrease utilization of emergency services and hospitalizations by connecting people to stable housing and the supportive services they need in order to improve health outcomes.

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Evaluation of Medicaid Housing Demonstration Project

This project delivered a process and outcome evaluation of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) Medicaid Supportive Housing Pilot Project in collaboration with AFC and Health Disability Advocates (HDA). CURL and HDA partnered in this research, with CURL focusing on the process evaluation and analysis of outcome data, and HDA focusing on the policy context and recommendations.

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