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Books on: homeless families

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The New Poverty: Homeless Families in America

Book by Ralph Da Costa Nunez; Insight Books, 1996

Subjects:

Homeless Children--United States, Homeless Persons--Services For--United States, Homeless Persons--United States

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...century. However, these families are more than simply homeless...demonstrate that homeless families across the country are caught...health care, and basic family support systems. Indeed...factors best explain why most families are homeless see Table 1.1 . In general...
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Homeless Mothers: Face to Face with Women and Poverty

Book by Deborah R. Connolly; University of Minnesota Press, 2000

Subjects:

Homeless Families--Oregon--Case Studies, Homeless Women--Oregon--Case Studies, Social Service--Oregon--Case Studies

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...Only 16 percent of the families I worked with at WCC had...father present in the family. This picture mirrors...overwhelming majority of homeless families are headed by single mothers (Homes for the Homeless 1998). 3 Giving the...
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Parenting in Public: Family Shelter and Public Assistance

Book by Donna Haig Friedman, Rosa Clark, Brenda Farrell, Deborah Gray, Michelle Kahan, Margaret A. Leonard, Mary T. Lewis, Nancy Schwoyer, Elisabeth Ward, Sarah Haig Friedman; Columbia University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Family Social Work--United States, Homeless Families--Government Policy--United States, Homeless Families--United States, Shelters For The Homeless--United States, Social Work With The Homeless--United States

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...Shelter:The characteristics of Homeless Families. In M. J. Robertson and M...Press. Bassuk, E. L. 1993a. Homeless Women: Economic and Social Issues...Social and Economic Hardships of Homeless and Other Poor Women. American...
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America's Shame: Women and Children in Shelter and the Degradation of Family Roles

Book by Barbara A. Arrighi; Praeger Publishers, 1997

Subjects:

Family Policy--United States, Homeless Children--Kentucky--Case Studies, Homeless Women--Kentucky--Case Studies, Poor Children--Kentucky--Case Studies, Poor Women--Kentucky--Case Studies, Shelters For The Homeless--Kentucky--Case Studies

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...Transforming, and Implementing Family Policies." Journal of Family and Economic Studies...A. Hall. 1988. Homeless Children and Their Families: A Preliminary Study...Kathy. 1996. "Work, Family, and the Good Provider...Hiro Ota. 1989. "Homeless Women with Minor Children...
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Homeless Children: Problems and Needs

Book by Panos Vostanis, Stuart Cumella; Jessica Kingsley, 1999

Subjects:

Homeless Children, Homeless Children--Great Britain, Homeless Children--Services For--Great Britain

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...substantial minority of homeless families in some London boroughs...based services among homeless families has also been...schemes among homeless families than among other low...comparable studies of homeless families contacts with...

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Journal Articles on: homeless families

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Homeless Policy: the Need to Speak to Families

Journal article by Elaine A. Anderson, Sally A. Koblinsky; Family Relations, Vol. 44, 1995

Subjects:

Domestic policy, Families & family life, Homeless people, Social research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...that incorporate family principles. CHARACTERISTICS OF HOMELESS FAMILIES Recognizing that...single-parent homeless families, the functional family may include ones...of the homeless family. Homeless families will benefit from...
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Are There Different Types of Homeless Families? a Typology of Homeless Families Based on Cluster Analysis

Journal article by Evangeline R. Danseco, E. Wayne Holden; Family Relations, Vol. 47, 1998

Subjects:

Families & family life, Homeless people

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...different types of homeless families were analyzed to determine what type of homeless family was most likely to...identify what type of homeless family was most likely to...for this study were families participating in a...
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A Qualitative Study of Homeless Fathers: Exploring Parenting and Gender Role Transitions*

Journal article by Holly S. Schindler, Rebekah L. Coley; Family Relations, Vol. 56, 2007

Subjects:

Families & family life, Homeless people, Men, Parents & parenting

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...children with other homeless families due to different family values (Hodnicki...also suggested that homeless mothers in shelters...their role in the family and seeking out...In the case of homeless families, however, fathers...
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"We're Locking the Door": Family Histories in a Sample of Homeless Youth

Journal article by Shahid Alvi, Hannah Scott, Wendy Stanyon; The Qualitative Report, Vol. 15, 2010

Subjects:

Behavior, Children & youth, Drug use, Families & family life, Homeless people, Research & development--R&D, Violence, Young adults

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...nurturance so needed by all family members. Thus, one...be to intervene with families to help mediate and...Another is to help families reunite after the youth has become homeless, or to provide counseling...not being abused by family members. Furthermore...Hotaling, Sedlak, 1990) homeless youth are not a homogenous...
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Social Support of Homeless and Permanently Housed Low-income Mothers with Young Children

Journal article by Bethany L. Letiecq, Elaine A. Anderson, Sally A. Koblinsky; Family Relations, Vol. 45, 1996

Subjects:

Homeless people, Low income groups, Mothers, Personal relationships, Research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...networks than homeless families, as well as more extended family living nearby...with other family members or...reveal that homeless families receive substantial...shelters. Family professionals...encourage homeless families involvement...

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Magazine Articles on: homeless families

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Family Values among Homeless Families

Magazine article by Ralph Da Costa Nunez; Public Welfare, Vol. 53, Fall 1995

Subjects:

American Family Association, Families & family life, Homeless people, Homes for the Homeless-New York, New York City New York, Social research, Social services, Values

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Family Values among Homeless Families by Ralph Da Costa...the heads of homeless families whom we serve through the American Family Inns; 498 families...research with families indicates that the typical homeless family in New York City...
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Organizations Band Together to Strengthen Services for Homeless Families

Magazine article; Children's Voice, Vol. 16, November 2007

Subjects:

Children & youth, Families & family life, Homeless people

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...innovative programs for homeless children and their families, with plans to share...National Center on Family Homelessness, and...young, at-risk or homeless mothers, age 25 or...About 500 children and families annually across the...housing stability and family functioning and preservation...young mothers who are homeless or on the verge of...
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Services to Homeless Students and Families: the Mckinney-vento Act and Its Implications for School Social Work Practice

Magazine article by Debra M. Hernandez Jozefowicz-Simbeni, Nathaniel Israel; Children & Schools, Vol. 28, January 2006

Subjects:

Affordable housing, African Americans, Behavior, Blacks, Child development, Children & youth, Educational evaluation, Families & family life, Federal legislation, Homeless people, Poverty, Psychology, Risk factors, Social work, Students, Urban areas

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...risks and barriers encountered by homeless students can be linked to the struggles of their parents and to family functioning. Strengths of Homeless Children and Their Families Finally, although homeless students and families display...
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Reinvent Shelters for Homeless Families

Magazine article by Ralph Nunez; Insight on the News, Vol. 10, June 6, 1994

Subjects:

Community centers--Services, Homeless persons--Services

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...dimension, that of homeless families. Family homelessness...the 1970s, family homelessness...early 1980s, homeless families began to multiply...generation of homeless families headed by single...traditional family structure nearly...
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Commission for Social Development Adopts 16 Texts; Homeless, Family, Youth among Its Concerns

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, May 1987

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International Year of Shelter for the Homeless--International aspects, United Nations. Commission for Social Development--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.

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...Development adopts 16 texts; homeless, family, youth among its...International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (1987). The 32-member...situation in Africa to youth, the family, co-operatives and the...York. In the text on the Homeless Year,the Economic and Social...rate, drug abuse and broken families have been aggravated. The...

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Newspaper Articles on: homeless families

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County Support for Homeless Families Desperately Needed

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 4, 2011

Subjects:

Family, Homeless shelters

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...County Support for Homeless Families Desperately...provide services to families in crisis, including...for ShelterCares Family Housing Program...safety net for families with children is...recognized that homeless populations differed...solution. The Family Housing Program...particular population - families. Lane Countys...its support to homeless families makes...
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Suburban Shelters See More Families in Need Children AmidThe Homeless

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 14, 2010

Subjects:

Family, Homeless shelters

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...on children, as more families are being forced into homeless shelters across the...other assistance to homeless people. Some shelter...PADS now operates a family-only shelter at rotating...believes homelessness among families is on the rise now...said. The increase in homeless families is particularly...
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SCOTS HOME LOANS CRISIS; Homeless Fears as Middle-Class Families Are Hit by Credit Crunch; Homeless Nightmare Faces Scots

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 12, 2010

Subjects:

Credit--Economic aspects, Family--Economic aspects, Homeless persons--Economic aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

SCOTS HOME LOANS CRISIS; Homeless Fears as Middle-Class Families Are Hit by Credit Crunch; Homeless Nightmare Faces Scots. Byline: Alan Simpson...revealed. The number of people being made homeless has risen by a staggering 42 per cent since...
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Homeshow Funds Give Hope to City's Homeless Families

Newspaper article; The Observer (Gladstone, Australia), June 7, 2011

Subjects:

Homeless persons--Government finance

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Homeshow Funds Give Hope to Citys Homeless Families. ROSEBERRY House has been struggling...year we were approached by four families who had nowhere to go and needed...this year, weve already had 26 families in the same predicament.Cyen...
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YOU PAY OUT Pounds 800,000 IN HOTEL BILLS FOR HOMELESS; One Family of Six Stayed in Pounds 180 a Night Three-Star Accomodation for 10 Days

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 24, 2011

Subjects:

City councils, Homeless persons, Hotels and motels--United Kingdom

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...being spent on putting up homeless people in hotels in Coventry...secured. The council says the family would have otherwise been...200,000 was spent on 181 homeless cases - single people or families - between July and September...single people reporting as homeless soared in the economic downturn...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: homeless families

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Social Work

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...effort to help individuals and families to adjust themselves to the...the needs of such persons and families. Modern Social Work Modern...which individual persons and families are assisted. The person in...are: the unemployed, the homeless, members of broken families...
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Homelessness

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Estimates of the number of homeless people in the United States...vast majority of those who are homeless consists of single men and families with children. The problem...and maintenance of emergency homeless shelters; some 3,700 agencies...
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Volunteers of America

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Founded (1896) by Ballington and Maud Booth (see Booth , family) after their withdrawal from the Salvation Army, the Volunteers...programs for abused and neglected children, youths, the homeless, and others. The group operates nursing and assisted...retirement communities and provides affordable housing for families, seniors, and the disabled. Other services include substance...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cooperatives into communes, which disrupted family life but offered a maximum use of the...the government instituted a law limiting families to one child, but protests and widespread...over 2,000 people and leaving millions homeless. In May, 1999, during the Kosovo crisis...
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Korea

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...results, such as the exchange of family visits organized in 1989...for permitting visits between families long divided as a result of...2007, left some 300,000 homeless and ruined a tenth of the nations...which involved the presidents family. The government suffered further...

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