Blue Sky Institute

How can Boise State University engage with Ada County stakeholders to end homelessness? To answer this question, the Blue Sky Institute at Boise State University partnered with the Idaho Policy Institute to analyze Ada County’s homelessness service provider network. The research included conducting Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis, mapping the network, interviewing stakeholders and analyzing provider operations.

Completed: Summer 2018

Vanessa Fry, Principal Investigator
Sally Sargeant-Hu, Co-Principal Investigator

Research Methods

Interviews, Network Analysis, Program Evaluation, Surveys