A study of the state program that provided private hotel and motel rooms for homeless people during the COVID pandemic found it improved healthcare for thousands.
The state program that provided private hotel and motel rooms for homeless people during the
pandemic improved healthcare for thousands and provided valuable lessons for how shelters could better serve their clients, a two-year study has found. The study released Monday by the research and consulting firm Abt Global concluded that Project Roomkey served its primary goals of saving lives during the pandemic and relieving stress on the healthcare system.
isolation may also have been a factor. 'Physically I was getting better when I was at the ... hotel, but mentally … I was too isolated,' one client told the researchers. 'I needed more interaction. It eventually came to a point where I was talking to the TV and arguing with myself in my room.' The report listed several other obstacles including the uncertainty of federal funding.
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