Award Date

5-2009

Degree Type

Capstone

Degree Name

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

Department

Public Administration

First Committee Member

Christopher Stream, Chair

Number of Pages

40

Abstract

Our group conducted a program evaluation of HELP Las Vegas Genesis Apartments (HELP Genesis). We began the evaluation on November of 2008 and concluded May 2009. HELP Genesis is a permanent supportive housing facility for veterans and homeless with disabilities. It was a concern that they may be a transitional housing facility because of their turnover rate. We concluded that this was not the case.

We have identified the following limitations in our analysis. There was a lack of accessibility to the budget and accounting documents, limited access to key contacts for necessary information, and time constraints which prohibited us from investigating the claim that there was a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) iolation in providing supporting documents.

We have identified two recommendations, (1) Include more transparency in the budgeting and accounting processes, (2) HELP Genesis is a permanent supportive housing facility and should continue to receive funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Keywords

Homelessness; Low-income housing; People with disabilities – Housing; Public housing; Veterans – Housing

Disciplines

Other Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Public Administration | Public Affairs | Social Policy | Social Welfare

File Format

pdf

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Comments

Presentation and emails attached

Presentation: 11 PowerPoint slides

Additional Files
Presentation.pdf (3926 kB)
Emails_redacted.pdf (29368 kB)

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