Hanka to present "How Housing First Puts Us on A Path to End Homelessness"

The University of Southern Indiana College of Liberal Arts will host its second Liberal Arts Faculty Colloquium for the Spring 2019 semester with a presentation from Dr. Matt Hanka, associate professor of political science, at 3 p.m. Friday, March 15 in Kleymeyer Hall in the Liberal Arts Center.

This presentation focuses on the issue of chronic homelessness, and how the "Housing First" approach using permanent supportive housing (PSH), compared to the traditional "Treatment First" approach, has decreased homelessness, improved outcomes for the chronically homeless in terms of access to resources, housing stability, mental and physical health, and quality of life, and has resulted in reduced costs to our public services system. This presentation will highlight the work of the Commission on Homelessness for Evansville and Vanderburgh County and local homeless service providers, such as Aurora, Inc. and ECHO Housing Corporation, who have been leaders throughout Indiana in providing permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless in Evansville.

Each fall and spring semester, USI faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts present individual, free public lectures featuring their current research. To see the current lineup of speakers for this semester, visit USI.edu/liberal-arts/special-programs/liberal-arts-faculty-colloquia.

For more information contact Dr. Sri Dandotkar, assistant professor of psychology, at 812-464-1952 or sdandotkar@usi.edu.