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1.	Pina, Gabriel Pirog, Maureen
1.	The Impact of Foreclosure Prevention Policies on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors Presented: Chicago IL, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Fall Research Conference, November 2017 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS); Foreclosure; Geocoded Data; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Home Ownership; Smoking (see Cigarette Use); State-Level Data/Policy Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A relative large body of literature shows how mortgage delinquency and foreclosure can negatively impact the well-being of individuals. Foreclosure and mortgage delinquency can have adverse effects on health, mental health, and risky health behaviors. During the financial crisis, several new public and private mortgage assistance programs were implemented in an attempt to prevent the large increase in foreclosures across the nation. Recent research finds that these programs are associated with lower rate of foreclosures and delinquencies, but no research has examined the impact of these policies on health outcomes. This study attempts to fill this gap by studying the impact the Hardest Hit Fund, a 2010 program that provided $7.6 billion of funding to 18 states that were most severely affected by the foreclosure crisis. Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we estimate a difference-in-differences model that compares states that did and did not receive HHF funds for a subset of potentially eligible low income homeowners. We examine the impact of the program on preventive care (e.g., routine checkup), risky health behaviors (e.g., smoking, heavy drinking), and self-assessed health. Preliminary results show that the program increased the use of certain forms of preventive care and improved self-assessed health, but there is no evidence of an impact on risky health behaviors, neither on any mental health outcome.
	Bibliography Citation Pina, Gabriel and Maureen Pirog. "The Impact of Foreclosure Prevention Policies on Preventive Care and Health Behaviors." Presented: Chicago IL, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Fall Research Conference, November 2017.

2.	Pina, Gabriel Pirog, Maureen
2.	The Impact of Homeless Prevention on Residential Instability: Evidence from the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program Presented: Washington DC, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Fall Research Conference, November 2016 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Keyword(s): Economic Changes/Recession; Geocoded Data; Homelessness; Household Composition; Program Participation/Evaluation; Residence Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Homelessness and residential instability impose a high cost on families' wellbeing and health. Federal and local governments have implemented new strategies for preventing homelessness through financial assistance and other related services, but few methodologically rigorous evaluations of homeless prevention programs have been conducted. This paper explores the impact of the largest homeless prevention program in U.S. history, the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP). The research question is: did HPRP prevent young adults and students from becoming homeless or doubling up with other families? I exploit the fact that this program was not implemented at the same time across U.S. counties. This study conducts two separate analyses to examine the impact of HPRP on families' residential instability. The first is to estimate the impact of HPRP on the proportion of K-12 students experiencing homelessness at the county level, by matching HPRP funding availability with this information. The second is to estimate the impact of HPRP on the probability of young adults' families doubling up (moving to live with another family), with the unit of observation being the individual families (from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth). Preliminary results show that in counties where the funds were exhausted earlier, young adults' families were more likely to double up relatively to places where the funds were still available until the end of the program. However, there is no discernible impact on students' homelessness, suggesting that HPRP was more effective in preventing undesired moves than entry to shelters.
	Bibliography Citation Pina, Gabriel and Maureen Pirog. "The Impact of Homeless Prevention on Residential Instability: Evidence from the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program." Presented: Washington DC, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Annual Fall Research Conference, November 2016.

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