Homelessness Prevention and Intervention in Social Work

2019-06-26 Social Science

Author : Heather Larkin
Release : 2019-06-26
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Homelessness Prevention and Intervention in Social Work written by Heather Larkin. This book was released on 2019-06-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important text provides a comprehensive survey of homelessness in America: its scope and causes, its diverse populations, and the array of responses at the individual, community, and systems levels. Expert contributors explore the links between trauma and homelessness, the cycle of homelessness and health/mental health problems, and barriers preventing people from accessing services. Case studies of effective programs and practices focus on science-based interventions, broad understanding of client needs, and close coordination between systems and agencies. Finally, specialized chapters discuss issues and experiences common to homeless youth and young adults, including housing instability on college campuses and empowerment-based strategies for engaging youth voice in programming . Included in the coverage: Homelessness and health disparities: a health equity lens Affordable housing and housing policy responses to homelessness Street talk: homeless discourses and the politics of service provision Multisectoral collaborations to address homelessness Trauma-informed care in homelessness service settings: challenges and opportunities Incorporating youth voice into services for young people experiencing homelessness Homelessness Prevention and Intervention in Social Work fills a critical gap in the social work curriculum as a main or a supplementary text. It also makes an accessible resource for clinicians and community practitioners seeking current knowledge on the topic, practical approaches to working with clients experiencing homelessness, and useful information for effective program and policy design.

Homelessness

2007 Political Science

Author : Martha R. Burt
Release : 2007
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Homelessness written by Martha R. Burt. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homelessness prevention is an essential element of any effort to end homelessness either locally or nation-wide. To close the front door of entry into homelessness, the central challenge of prevention is targeting our efforts toward those people that will become homeless without the intervention. This book identifies elements of community homelessness prevention strategies that seem to lead to reductions in the number of people who otherwise would become homeless. The contributing elements include targeting through control of the eligibility screening process; developing community motivation; maximising mainstream and private resources; fostering leadership; and ensuring the availability and structure of data and information used to track progress, improve on prevention efforts, and facilitate outcome-based contracting. Evidence from the six communities studied indicates that those employing the most elements seem to be more successful at prevention and better able to document their achievements. This book also identifies four promising homelessness prevention activities that may be used alone or in combination as part of a coherent community-wide strategy: (1) supportive services coupled with permanent housing, particularly when combined with effective discharge from institutions, especially mental hospitals; (2) mediation in Housing Courts; (3) cash assistance for rent or mortgage arrears; and (4) rapid exit from shelter. This study provides insight into approaches that will help prevent homelessness. It is an important contribution to our understanding of how to help homeless Americans.

Homelessness and Social Work

2016-11-25 Medical

Author : Carole Zufferey
Release : 2016-11-25
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book Homelessness and Social Work written by Carole Zufferey. This book was released on 2016-11-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on intersectional theorising, Homelessness and Social Work highlights the diversities and complexities of homelessness and social work research, policy and practice. It invites social work students, practitioners, policy makers and academics to re-examine the subject by exploring how homelessness and social work are constituted through intersecting and unequal power relations. The causes of homelessness are frequently associated with individualist explanations, without examining the broader political and intersecting social inequalities that shape how social problems such as homelessness are constructed and responded to by social workers. In reflecting on factors such as Indigeneity, race, ethnicity, gender, class, age, sexuality, ability and other markers of identity the author seeks to: • construct a new intersectional framework for understanding social work and homelessness; • provide a critical analysis of social work responses to homelessness; • challenge how homelessness is represented in social work research, social policy and social work practice; and • incorporate the stories of people experiencing homelessness. The book will be of interest to undergraduate and higher research degree students in the fields of intersectionality, homelessness, sociology, public policy and social work.

Diversity Within the Homeless Population

1997 Psychology

Author : Elizabeth M. Smith
Release : 1997
Genre : Psychology
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Download or read book Diversity Within the Homeless Population written by Elizabeth M. Smith. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid growth of the homeless population and its diversity suggest the importance of identifying the characteristics of the various subpopulations of homeless—women with children, adolescents, young adults—in order to develop programs that address their special needs. Diversity Within the Homeless Population examines the characteristics and needs of homeless children, adolescents, and women; describes programs developed to meet the needs of crack-addicted homeless mothers and of homeless families; and describes an innovative program designed to make housing options available to the homeless through employment.

Homelessness

1992 Medical

Author : René I. Jahiel
Release : 1992
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book Homelessness written by René I. Jahiel. This book was released on 1992. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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