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Item Open Access Publication Open Access Establishing Priorities for Academic-Practice Partnerships to Address Health and Homelessness: Findings from a Rapid Analysis of Key Informant Interviews(2025)Key findings indicate that the homeless-serving system in Atlanta provides a wide variety of housing-related and supportive services and resources and possesses several strengths. While results suggest that the city, organizations and systems serving the homeless operate with good intentions and to the best of their ability, there are gaps in and barriers to effective service provision and collaboration. Interviewees recommended several strategies to bridge these gaps and address the barriers. Overall, findings suggested several ways in which the Center can support current services and strengths and conduct meaningful work to address the gaps and research opportunities for improvement.Publication Open Access Measuring What’s Been Missed: A Countywide Assessment of Families Living in Extended Stay Hotels(2026)Families living in extended-stay hotels make up one of DeKalb County’s largest but least recognized homeless populations. Because they are not included in federal homelessness counts, thousands of children, parents, and other adults go uncounted when resources and funding are allocated. The lack of resources and support leaves many trapped in unstable, costly, and unsafe housing. Extended-stay hotels house a large population. Monthly rates range from $1,752 when paying weekly (single room) to $2,661 when paying daily (double room), and over 30% of families pay the higher daily rate. These costs exceed average rent for a studio ($1,563) and one-bedroom ($1,629) apartment in DeKalb County. Families paying the daily rate pay more than the average rent for a four-bedroom ($2,031). To better understand the true scale of this issue, the Single Parent Alliance & Resource Center partnered with the Georgia State University Center on Health and Homelessness to conduct the county’s first large-scale assessment of families living in extended-stay hotels. Through door-to-door enumeration and surveys, we gathered data on household composition, income, hotel conditions, school impacts, and barriers to permanent housing.Publication Open Access A Familiar Face, A Forgotten Name: Neuroscience of Social Memory(2025)Imagine walking through campus and seeing a familiar face approaching your direction. Knowing you have met them before, you smile, but their name eludes you. Why does this happen? Why is remembering faces so easy compared to remembering names? The answers lie in the intriguing science of social memory.Publication Open Access If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On: Neuroscience of Music and Its Application(2025)So if music is not just sounds and not how it is composed, what is it? What does it really do? Why does it make us feel some type of way? In this article, we are going to delve deep into the neuroscientific realm of music and learn about music and its magical ways.
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