Author: Carole ChanPublisher:
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Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Homeless Families and Children in Los Angeles County
Author: Carole ChanAmerica's Youngest Outcasts
Author: Ellen L. BassukPublisher:
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Category : Homeless children
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Rachel and Her Children
Author: Jonathan KozolPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307764192
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
"Extraordinarily affecting....A very important book....To read and remember the stories in this book, to take them to heart, is to be called as a witness." THE BOSTON GLOBE There is no safety net for the millions of heartbroken refugees from the American Dream, scattered helplessly in any city you can name. RACHEL AND HER CHILDREN is an unforgettable record for humanity, of the desperate voices of the men, women, and especially children, and their hourly struggle for survival, homeless in America.
The Housing Crisis in Los Angeles and Responses to Preventing Foreclosures and Foreclosure Rescue Fraud
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Housing and Community OpportunityPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Homelessness, Health, and Human Needs
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309038324
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
There have always been homeless people in the United States, but their plight has only recently stirred widespread public reaction and concern. Part of this new recognition stems from the problem's prevalence: the number of homeless individuals, while hard to pin down exactly, is rising. In light of this, Congress asked the Institute of Medicine to find out whether existing health care programs were ignoring the homeless or delivering care to them inefficiently. This book is the report prepared by a committee of experts who examined these problems through visits to city slums and impoverished rural areas, and through an analysis of papers written by leading scholars in the field.
Homeless Families
Author: Barry Jay SeltserPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252063275
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
How do homeless people perceive their plight? Specifically, how does their situation affect their sense of personal dignity? In intensive interviews with one hundred adult heads of homeless families, Barry Seltser and Donald Miller ask these questions, previously not dealt with in the growing literature on homelessness. Homeless Families sensitizes readers, challenging them to consider their own moral and social responses to homeless people.
Homeless Children and Youth
Author: Julee H. Kryder-CoePublisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412825511
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In his preface to this volume, Lester M. Salamon writes that "Homelessness among children and youth is too serious a problem to be ignored in our national social policy. Both for its immediate effects on those who are homeless, and for the inadequacies it reveals in our social support systems, homelessness among children and youth has truly become a national tragedy. If this book helps to bring this problem to national attention, to document its scope and consequences, and to point the way toward possible solutions, it will have amply served its purpose." Based on a conference sponsored by The Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies last year, this volume brings together some of the best research and policy analysis ever assembled on this important issue. Among the contributors are Lisa Mihaly, Marjorie J. Robertson, James D. Wright, Yvonne Rafferty, Kay Young McChesney, Chester Hartman, Michael A. Stegman, Linda A. Wolf, and Carol W. Williams. The volume covers issues from the scope of child homelessness to its broader impacts and causes and the social responses needed to copy with it. The volume focuses on two populations with differing needs and solutions: very young children (infants, pre-schoolers, and school age children) who are part of homeless families, and older young people who are homeless but on their own (pregnant teens and teen parents, runaways, and older adolescents). Central to the volume is a critical examination of the health, mental health, developmental and educational impacts produced by homelessness; causes of the problem in society, the economy, and our housing market, and the levels of existing support systems. In short, this is a comprehensive state-of-the-art examination of homelessness as it affects children, and will be greeted as such by policy-makers at all levels of government and by professionals in economics, sociology, social work, and urban studies.
Toward Understanding Homelessness
Author: The Crisis in Homelessness
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and FamiliesPublisher:
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Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Young Children in Crisis
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and FamiliesPublisher:
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Category : Child abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description