James Sullivan (IMAGE) University of Notre Dame Caption Homelessness has become an increasingly worrisome crisis in our nation over the past several years, but a new study from the University of Notre Dame shows that efforts to prevent homelessness work. Researchers from Notre Dame found that individuals and families offered emergency financial assistance were 81 percent less likely to become homeless within six months and 73 percent less likely within 12 months, as reported in their study recently published by The Review of Economics and Statistics. Credit University of Notre Dame Usage Restrictions Use with credit License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.