| Methods | Design: Randomized control trial |
| Setting: Philadelphia, United States | |
| Follow up: 6 months | |
| Participants | Population: Adult males experiencing homelessness with alcohol and/or drug problems and stable mental health |
| Sample size: Total sample size n = 722, Group 1 n = 220, Group 2 n = 200, Group 3 n = 302 | |
| Interventions | Intervention: |
| Group 1: Integrative Comprehensive Residential Services: A 6‐month treatment program with a variety of services on site, such as individual counselling, group therapy, lectures, life skills preparation, job search skills training, and vocational and educational training | |
| Group 2: On‐Site Shelter‐Based Intensive Case Management: 4 to 9 months of ICM, case workers referred patients to a community network of services, caseloads were approximately 15 clients per case manager | |
| Comparator: | |
| Group 3: Usual Care Shelter Services with Case Management: City‐staffed case managers with caseloads of approximately 50‐75 per manager. The case managers primarily linked with ancillary supportive services and aided them in finding stable housing | |
| Outcomes | Housing stability, mental health, substance use, employment |
| Notes |