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cs.CY2022
A Simpler Method for Understanding Emergency Shelter Access Patterns
Geoffrey G. Messier
The Simplified Access Metric (SAM) is a new approach for characterizing emergency shelter access patterns as a measure of shelter client vulnerability. The goal of SAM is to provid…
cs.CY2021★ 12 cited
Predicting Chronic Homelessness: The Importance of Comparing Algorithms using Client Histories
Geoffrey G. Messier, Caleb John, Ayush Malik
This paper investigates how to best compare algorithms for predicting chronic homelessness for the purpose of identifying good candidates for housing programs. Predictive methods c…
cs.CY2021
The Best Thresholds for Rapid Identification of Episodic and Chronic Homeless Shelter Use
Geoffrey Guy Messier, Leslie Tutty, Caleb John
This paper explores how to best identify clients for housing services based on their homeless shelter access patterns. We focus on counting the number of shelter stays and episodes…