2025
Federal Priorities to Address Homelessness as a Community Health Problem
Tsai J. Federal Priorities to Address Homelessness as a Community Health Problem. Family & Community Health 2025, 48: 57-69. DOI: 10.1097/fch.0000000000000419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHousing instabilityCommunity health problemsGender minority individualsFederal agenciesFederal prioritiesInter-agency collaborationUS federal agenciesHousing assistanceNative American communitiesMinority individualsHomelessnessInter-agencyAmerican communityHealth problemsGovernment supportUnsheltered individualsHousingAgenciesUnited StatesNational recognitionCommunityLearning agendaCOVID-19 pandemicAgendaGovernment
2023
Changes in criminal justice involvement among renters in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties
Witte L, Tsai J, Cuccaro P, Link A, Cox V, Schick V. Changes in criminal justice involvement among renters in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties. Housing Studies 2023, ahead-of-print: 1-22. DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2266383.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCriminal justice involvementLow-Income Housing Tax CreditJustice involvementExperience of homelessnessExtensive criminal historiesLIHTC housingHousing residentsFederal governmentCriminal historyLow-income individualsHousingTax creditsUnited StatesConvictionMain waysResidentsNegative binomial regressionGovernmentHomelessnessRentersCommunityBinomial regressionExperienceInvolvementCredit
2019
Peer support on the “inside and outside”: building lives and reducing recidivism for people with mental illness returning from jail
Bellamy C, Kimmel J, Costa M, Tsai J, Nulton L, Nulton E, Kimmel A, Aguilar N, Clayton A, O’Connell M. Peer support on the “inside and outside”: building lives and reducing recidivism for people with mental illness returning from jail. Journal Of Public Mental Health 2019, 18: 188-198. DOI: 10.1108/jpmh-02-2019-0028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUS prison populationRe-incarceration ratesAdequate housingSuccessful reentryLocal authoritiesPrison populationRecidivism ratesMental illnessPrisonCriminal recidivismRecidivismSurvival analysisJailSupport programsKaplan-Meyer survival analysisKaplan-Meier survival analysisIncarcerationCommunitySerious mental illnessPeopleMental illness diagnosisProgram impactPeer support programSubstance abuse treatmentPeer supportPeer support on the “inside and outside”: building lives and reducing recidivism for people with mental illness returning from jail
Bellamy C, Kimmel J, Costa M, Tsai J, Nulton L, Nulton E, Kimmel A, Aguilar N, Clayton A, O’Connell M. Peer support on the “inside and outside”: building lives and reducing recidivism for people with mental illness returning from jail. Journal Of Public Mental Health 2019, ahead-of-print DOI: 10.1108/jpmh-02-2019-0028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUS prison populationRe-incarceration ratesDesign/methodology/approachAdequate housingSuccessful reentryLocal authoritiesMethodology/approachOriginality/valuePrison populationRecidivism ratesPrisonMental illnessCriminal recidivismRecidivismJailSupport programsIncarcerationSurvival analysisKaplan-Meyer survival analysisCommunityKaplan-Meier survival analysisPeopleProgram impactPeer support programSerious mental illness
2010
A Geographic Analysis of Chronically Homeless Adults Before and After Enrollment in a Multi‐Site Supported Housing Initiative: Community Characteristics and Migration
Tsai J, Mares AS, Rosenheck RA. A Geographic Analysis of Chronically Homeless Adults Before and After Enrollment in a Multi‐Site Supported Housing Initiative: Community Characteristics and Migration. American Journal Of Community Psychology 2010, 48: 341-351. PMID: 21080219, DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9363-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousing initiativesHigh crime ratesLarge black populationsCommunity characteristicsHomeless adultsHousing programsCrime ratesImproved communityLast residenceHomeless clientsHousingHigh population densityLower income levelsBlack populationCommunityGeographic analysisSocial supportIncome levelDistance participantsInitiativesHigh social supportEducation levelBlack participantsGeographic information systemResidence