Faculty Serving on New Elder Homelessness Research Project Panel

Professors Sara Bachman and Judith Gonyea are part of the Research Advisory Panel for a new research project being conducted collaboratively by Hearth (formerly The Committee to End Elder Homelessness) and the Boston University School of Social Work. The $65,000 grant funded by The Boston Foundation will be used to conduct an assessment of Hearth’s approach to housing formerly homeless elders and to make recommendations for improving public policy and funding priorities for this most vulnerable population.

Hearth will use this grant as part of its initiative to end homelessness among Massachusetts elders.”Our organization has brought the issue of elder homelessness into the spotlight during its 17 years of operation,” Hearth’s President and CEO Mark Hinderlie said. “This grant from the Boston Foundation will enable us to demonstrate clearly that providing homeless elders with permanent homes not only results in better outcomes in terms of health and well-being, but also costs the public less than ignoring the problem.”