Articles for the Topic "Shelters"

Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population 2000

2007-02-07T07:30:35

This report presents tabulations on people enumerated at emergency and transitional shelters – that is, at emergency shelters for people experiencing homelessness; shelters for children who are runaways, neglected, or without conventional housing; transitional shelters for people without conventional housing; and hotels and motels used to provide shelter for people without conventional housing. It does not include people enumerated at shelters for abused women (or shelters against domestic violence), transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing. It is important to stress that these figures do not constitute and should not be construed as a count of people without conventional housing. (Authors)

Homeless Shelter Directory

2009-03-19T12:20:58

This is a directory built by Mike Manning, a concerned citizen, to help people find local shelter resources. Mr. Manning is always seeking new resources to add, and hopes that others will find the user-friendly site to be helpful.

Shelter Blues: Sanity and Selfhood Among the Homeless

2007-08-07T10:50:01

Shelter Blues is an innovative portrait of people residing in Boston's Station Street Shelter. It examines the everyday lives of more than 40 homeless men and women, both white and African-American, ranging in age from early 20s to mid-60s. Based on a sixteen-month study, it draws readers into the personal worlds of these individuals and, by addressing the intimacies of homelessness, illness, and abjection, picks up where most scholarship and journalism stops. (UPenn Press)

Sleeping Rough: Exploring the Differences Between Shelter-using and Non-shelter-using Homeless Individuals

2007-04-06T12:54:50

Research has revealed that homeless individuals are not a homogenous group of individuals but are members of distinct subpopulations united by a common need for shelter. Very little research has been done to understand the subpopulation of homeless individuals that opt to avoid using homeless shelters and prefer "sleeping rough." Using a case control study design, this article compares the characteristics of 85 homeless individuals who use shelter services with 45 homeless individuals that choose not to use the shelters in Phoenix, Arizona. The homeless individual that opts not to use the shelter is more likely to have experienced court-ordered psychiatric treatment, consumes larger quantities of alcohol more regularly, is more likely to be Native American, and more frequently works as a day laborer. A social ecology model is proposed as an interpretation tool to understand the connections between this group’s behavior and the environmental conditions. (Authors)

Understanding the Shelter Plus Care Program

2007-07-11T01:31:18

This guide highlights key aspects of the S+C program. It was designed to provide HUD field office personnel, potential S+C program operators, and S+C grantees with basic information. (HUD)

Uniting for Solutions Beyond Shelter

2007-01-24T06:12:45

In November 2003, Mayor Bloomberg convened a group of public, private, and nonprofit leaders to develop a multi-sector strategy to end homelessness in New York City. From November 2003 through April 2004, a 41-member coordinating committee as well as hundreds of task force participants worked to produce the nine-point strategy. Included in the strategy were analyses of existing plans from various jurisdictions. The current plan "Uniting for Solutions Beyond Shelter," includes an extensive action plan and the current status of the plan's components.