Mental health

Maternal depression is a widespread public health concern that has been linked to negative impacts on child development and health outcomes. Within home visiting programs serving low-income women, maternal depression rates have been measured as high as 61 percent.

Introduction to supportive housing and notes from the field

Information on PHPC Programs

Trauma is a set of normal human responses to stressful and threatening experiences (National Center for PTSD, 2007).

Everyone needs safe, decent, stable housing. For some of the most vulnerable people in America — people with mental illness, chronic health conditions, histories of trauma, and other struggles — a home helps them to get adequate treatment and start on the path toward recovery.