Publications

McCabe Johnson, J.K., Saran, I., Marques, B. S., Seamans, L., Bartley, S., Dickenson, E., McNabb, M. E., & Yadama, G. N. (October, 2023). A school-based partnership for stability: Indications of success and opportunities for system change. Boston College School of Social Work. Chestnut Hill, MA.

Werner, K., McCabe Johnson, J. K., Bartley, S., Dickenson, E., Woodsby, A., & Tine, E. R. (February, 2023). Capacity, burnout, and trust: Insights from frontline housing crisis responders. United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley.

This report summarizes findings from our United Way Learning Community system modeling activities.

American Journal of Community Psychology

McCabe Johnson, J. K., Werner, K., Bartley, S., Dickensen, E., Woodsby, A., & Tine, E. R. (2025). Using community-based system dynamics to understand connections between housing and education: A case study with implications for homelessness prevention school-housing partnership.  .

Journal of Community Practice

McCabe Johnson, J. K., Klein, E. K., Guterres, T. A., & Juste, A.  (2025). Observations from social work researchers on assessing a homelessness prevention research-practice partnership. 

Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness.

Saran, I., McCabe Johnson, J. K., Fusaro, V. (2025). The relationship between housing insecurity and adolescent academic outcomes: evidence from a 15-year longitudinal study. 

Journal of Social Service Research

McCabe Johnson, J. K., Byrne, T., Saran, I., Harris, K. A. & Marques, B. S., Seamans, L., & Nelkin, G. (2024). Experiences of Participants in a School-Housing Partnership.  

McCabe Johnson, J. K., Saran, I., Byrne, T., Teixeira, S., & Yadama, G. N. (January, 2025). Advancing the science and capacity for preventing family homelessness in school settings. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

Byrne, T., McCabe Johnson, J. K., & Saran, I. (January, 2025). Housing outcomes among housing unstable families served by a novel school district - housing agency partnership. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

Werner, K., & McCabe Johnson, J. K. & Yadama, G. N. (January, 2025). Dynamics of a homelessness prevention research-practice partnership. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

Saran, I., McCabe Johnson, J. K. & Byrne, T. (January, 2025). The relationship between housing status and parent and child well-being: Evidence from a research-practice partnership. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

McCabe Johnson, J. K., Saran, I., Byrne, T., Harris, K., & Marques, B. (January, 2025) Identifying students at risk of homelessness: Evidence from Boston. Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

McCabe Johnson, J. K. (October, 2024). Early Homelessness Intervention and Prevention research update. Homeless Liaison Convening, Boston, MA. 

Saran, I., McCabe Johnson, J. K., Fusaro, V. (Jan 2024). Housing hardship and adolescent academic outcomes: Examining the role of school mobility. Society of Social Work and Research Annual Conference, Washington D.C.

McCabe Johnson, J. K., Bartley, S., Seamans, L., & Saran, I. (April, 2023). Family homelessness prevention for educational equity: Building evidence of collective impact and developing practice capacity. Greater Boston’s Annual Insight-To-Impact Summit, Cambridge, MA. 

William T. Grant Foundation

Yadama, G. N., Werner, K., Saran, I., Johnson, J., Klein, E., Seamans, L., Bartley, S., & Dickensen, E. (July, 2021). Responding to complexity: Co-producing knowledge and interventions to improve the well-being of youth and families. William T. Grant Foundation