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Homeless Children
homelessness
homelessness, the condition of not having a permanent place to live, widely perceived as a societal problem only beginning in the 1980s. Estimates of the number of homeless people in the United States are imprecise, but in the late 1990s ranged from 700,000 per night to 2 million per year. A survey made in 1994 found that 12 million Americans had experienced homelessness at some point in their lives; the vast majority of those who are homeless consists of single men and families with children. The problem exists in all major cities and many smaller communities. The causes range from large-scale deinstitutionalization of mentally ill people to disintegration of the social fabric in minority communities, drug and alcohol abuse, relatively stagnant wages at lower income levels, cutbacks in federal social-welfare programs, job loss, reductions in public housing, and rent increases and real-estate speculation. The McKinney Act (1987) established federal support for the building and maintenance of emergency homeless shelters; some 3,700 agencies and organizations now operate shelters.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2013, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
Public Perceptions of, and Reactions to, Street Children
Roux, Johann le; Smith, Cheryl Sylvia. Adolescence, Vol. 33, No. 132, Winter 1998
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Roux, Johann le; Smith, Cheryl Sylvia. Adolescence, Vol. 33, No. 132, Winter 1998
Youth Crisis: Growing Up in the High-Risk Society
Nanette J. Davis. Praeger, 1999
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Nanette J. Davis. Praeger, 1999
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 6 "The Descent into Homelessness"
Homelessness in the United States--Data and Issues
Jamshid A. Momeni. Praeger Publishers, 1990
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Jamshid A. Momeni. Praeger Publishers, 1990
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 8 "Homeless Children and Their Caretakers"
Children on the Streets of the Americas: Homelessness, Education, and Globalization in the United States, Brazil, and Cuba
Roslyn Arlin Mickelson. Routledge, 2000
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Roslyn Arlin Mickelson. Routledge, 2000
Braving the Street: The Anthropology of Homelessness
Irene Glasser; Rae Bridgman. Berghahn Books, 1999
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Irene Glasser; Rae Bridgman. Berghahn Books, 1999
Librarian’s tip: "Homeless Children" begins on p. 23
America's Shame: Women and Children in Shelter and the Degradation of Family Roles
Barbara A. Arrighi. Praeger Publishers, 1997
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Barbara A. Arrighi. Praeger Publishers, 1997
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 4 "Shelter Life and Its Effects on Children's Development"