Responding To Americas Homeless

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313044635
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Responding to America's Homeless written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1986-10-08 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful and clearly written book provides a discussionof the major issues involved in dealing with the homeless, summarizes information available from a number of studies, and draws conclusions about current public policy and future policy alternatives. . . . An important addition to any library dealing with contemporary social concerns. Choice The homeless have become more and more numerous and visible in our society. Responding to America's Homeless presents the most complete, up-to-date scientific evidence concerning the nature, extent, and causes of homelessness. Using an unprecedented survey of 1,000 homeless individuals and families, as well as previous national, local, and scholarly research, the authors draw a vivid portrait of the homeless population and their needs. They challenge the widely held view that most homeless are mentally ill, proposing an original classification of the homeless based on needs for various forms of assistance. On the basis of this empirical research, the authors evaluate current public policies for dealing with the homeless and present alternative plans aimed at returning homeless people to more normal, secure circumstances.

Author : F. Stevens Redburn
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Responding to America's Homeless written by F. Stevens Redburn and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1986-10-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful and clearly written book provides a discussionof the major issues involved in dealing with the homeless, summarizes information available from a number of studies, and draws conclusions about current public policy and future policy alternatives. . . . An important addition to any library dealing with contemporary social concerns. Choice The homeless have become more and more numerous and visible in our society. Responding to America's Homeless presents the most complete, up-to-date scientific evidence concerning the nature, extent, and causes of homelessness. Using an unprecedented survey of 1,000 homeless individuals and families, as well as previous national, local, and scholarly research, the authors draw a vivid portrait of the homeless population and their needs. They challenge the widely held view that most homeless are mentally ill, proposing an original classification of the homeless based on needs for various forms of assistance. On the basis of this empirical research, the authors evaluate current public policies for dealing with the homeless and present alternative plans aimed at returning homeless people to more normal, secure circumstances.

Author : F. Stevens Redburn
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Responding to America's Homeless written by F. Stevens Redburn and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1986-10-08 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful and clearly written book provides a discussionof the major issues involved in dealing with the homeless, summarizes information available from a number of studies, and draws conclusions about current public policy and future policy alternatives. . . . An important addition to any library dealing with contemporary social concerns. Choice The homeless have become more and more numerous and visible in our society. Responding to America's Homeless presents the most complete, up-to-date scientific evidence concerning the nature, extent, and causes of homelessness. Using an unprecedented survey of 1,000 homeless individuals and families, as well as previous national, local, and scholarly research, the authors draw a vivid portrait of the homeless population and their needs. They challenge the widely held view that most homeless are mentally ill, proposing an original classification of the homeless based on needs for various forms of assistance. On the basis of this empirical research, the authors evaluate current public policies for dealing with the homeless and present alternative plans aimed at returning homeless people to more normal, secure circumstances.

Author : Laura DeKoven Waxman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Responding to Homelessness in America's Cities written by Laura DeKoven Waxman and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Interagency Council on the Homeless
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Nation Concerned written by United States. Interagency Council on the Homeless and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309477077
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Permanent Supportive Housing written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic homelessness is a highly complex social problem of national importance. The problem has elicited a variety of societal and public policy responses over the years, concomitant with fluctuations in the economy and changes in the demographics of and attitudes toward poor and disenfranchised citizens. In recent decades, federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the philanthropic community have worked hard to develop and implement programs to solve the challenges of homelessness, and progress has been made. However, much more remains to be done. Importantly, the results of various efforts, and especially the efforts to reduce homelessness among veterans in recent years, have shown that the problem of homelessness can be successfully addressed. Although a number of programs have been developed to meet the needs of persons experiencing homelessness, this report focuses on one particular type of intervention: permanent supportive housing (PSH). Permanent Supportive Housing focuses on the impact of PSH on health care outcomes and its cost-effectiveness. The report also addresses policy and program barriers that affect the ability to bring the PSH and other housing models to scale to address housing and health care needs.

Author : Cynthia J. Bogard
Publisher : AldineTransaction
ISBN 13 : 9780202307244
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seasons Such As These written by Cynthia J. Bogard and published by AldineTransaction. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homelessness had become a social problem that was primarily not about solving the nation's housing crisis. The pressing question becomes: How (and why) did homelessness become the social problem in its own right, one that was only tangentially related to the problem of inappropriate or insufficient housing? Why, when people demanded that something be done about homelessness, did they get specific policies and unintended outcomes? Cynthia Bogard is not content with the shorthand answers that rested on bias and ideology, such as "conservative politics bred conservative policies" or "American individualism precludes government investment in housing." This did not explain homelessness sufficiently, especially given all the advocacy and research that had occurred in the 1980s and 1990s. Examining these "claimsmaking activities," as constructionists call them, however, is a daunting task because the activities engaged in by people in the attempt to persuade others are fluid, subtle, and complicated as are the responses to these social actions. This raised a second set of issues that the author is concerned with: How can we adequately represent and sociologically examine this very complicated human activity of social problems construction? Who does the construction, and to what effect? Bogard's answer to these questions is a book that can be read in two ways and on multiple levels. For those who are interested in the story of the career of homelessness as a social problem in America's two "national" cities, the book should be read from the beginning through the conclusion as a straight narrative. The technical matter in the appendix can be ignored. But for those readers with an interest in social problems constructionism, however, this book is meant as a "cook-book" of sorts. Each chapter emphasizes a feature of constructionism, such as an important group of claims makers or an important aspect of the claims making process. The work highlights a major feature in advanced societies: the intersection of interests and claims. Social constructions may be real, but they are comprised of no less real social interests. The work marks a real departure and advance over the original formulations of construction theory in social research. Cynthia J. Bogard is associate professor of sociology at Hofstra University.

Author : Martha R. Burt
Publisher : The Urban Insitute
ISBN 13 : 9780877667018
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Helping America's Homeless written by Martha R. Burt and published by The Urban Insitute. This book was released on 2001 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longtime Urban Institute researcher Martha Burt and her co-authors provide an in-depth analysis of homelessness, exploring issues such as how many homeless people there are in America, where they are, why they became homeless, how long their homelessness lasts, the different ways programs in different communities are helping the homeless, and how policymakers have approached the problem. Finally, they consider what societies may be willing to do reduce the probability that their members will become homeless. c. Book News Inc.

Author : United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Staff Report on Homelessness in the United States written by United States. Congress. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles A. Kroloff
Publisher : Behrman House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780874415162
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Elijah Knocks written by Charles A. Kroloff and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 1992 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the Jewish responsibility toward the homeless, and includes religious texts as well as practical suggestions.