Evidence-based Strategies to Address Homelessness A Clinical Sociology Assessment

Yvonne Vissing is Professor of Healthcare Studies and Founding Director of the Center for Childhood & Youth Studies, at Salem State University, Massachusetts. She started her work on homelessness in 1990, which makes her work in the field over 35 years long. She has published two books on homelessness - Out of Sight, Out of Mind (University of Kentucky Press 1997) and Changing the Paradigm of Homelessness (Routledge 2020) and also published dozens of articles about homelessness, as peer-reviewed articles, chapters in books, and on social media platforms.  She has given many keynote presentations at different conferences on homelessness, especially on the impact of housing distress on children and families. She was the winner of the social action film on Homelessness in New Hampshire at the One Heart One World Festival by the Ben and Jerry’s Foundation.   She was awarded the distinguished career award by the American Sociological Association’s section on Children and Youth.  She served on the board of the National Coalition for the Homeless and the New Hampshire Coalition for the Homeless, and continues to work with organizations and nonprofit organizations about youth homelessness and community strategies to prevent housing distress, including The Initiative for Civility in Everyday Life, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Vissing is an international human rights expert who has published 33 books in the field.