Download or read book Permanent Supportive Housing for Women and Families in Dallas Texas written by India Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative study examines the lived experience of homelessness from the perspective of women in permanent supportive housing programs. Fifteen formerly homeless women residing in permanent supportive housing, along with eleven service providers, were interviewed to determine patterns of service utilization and unique aspects of women's experience of homelessness. Findings suggest that women's experience of homelessness is characterized by increased vulnerability compared with their male peers and often impacted by the presence of children. This vulnerability appears to influence women's decisions to access shelter and services, with women reporting far less "on the street" homelessness and more willingness to enter and remain in shelter programs than their male counterparts. Women with children present have greater access to mainstream benefits and use these resources, along with limited support from family, to maintain stability while in permanent supportive housing. Participants did not observe significant differences in the services needed by male and female clients, but noted that gender, and investment in traditional gender roles, influences how these services are perceived by recipients. Men were believed to feel more stigmatized by the experience of requesting assistance and more reluctant to seek help than their female counterparts. Women demonstrated greater willingness to access services, but many faced barriers related to a diminished sense of self-efficacy, along with concerns related to securing transportation and childcare. The majority of women interviewed viewed permanent supportive housing as a temporary home that allowed them the time and space to pursue educational, employment, and parenting goals absent the financial pressures they experienced while independently housed. These women, particularly those younger than 35, were confident in their ability to achieve self-sufficiency within one to five years. Older residents expressed somewhat more modest goals related to managing disabilities and navigating pension systems. Women and families are a unique population in permanent supportive housing and face multiple barriers to self-sufficiency. Practitioners and policymakers must begin to recognize these differences in designing programming that addresses this population's specific needs in permanent supportive housing.
Download or read book The Search for Clarity written by Patricia M. Chen and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homelessness is one of the most visible social problems. Effective policies and programs require an understanding of the complexity of homelessness, including its intersection with other policy areas like health and criminal justice. In recent years, the federal government has embraced the Housing First approach to address chronic homelessness. This resulted in widespread adoption of Housing First, and subsequent programmatic variation, by homeless service providers across the nation. This study consists of two parts: an impact assessment of permanent supportive housing in Dallas, Texas, and comparative case studies of Housing First programs in five cities. The impact assessment uses administrative data from four sources: the Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance Beacon Health, Inc., the Texas Department of State Health Services, and Dallas County. Results show housing placement and tenure are associated with decreased acute healthcare and jail use by homeless individuals. The findings from this study may be informative to local policymakers as they discuss potential solutions to the homeless problem in Dallas. The comparative case studies explore the variation in the implementation of Housing First programs in five select cities: Dallas, Austin, Houston, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles. Data collection entailed interviews with homeless service providers, documentation review, and site-visits. Findings highlight the dynamic environment in which Housing First programs operate and the challenges faced in service delivery. Furthermore, the findings underscore the importance of contextual factors, which affect how Housing First is implemented.
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 2018-08-11 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.
Download or read book Life After Transitional Housing for Homeless Families written by Martha R. Burt and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal legislation to support the development of transitional housing programs for homeless people (TH) was first introduced in 1986, and ultimately incorporated into the first Stewart B. McKinney Act in 1987 as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Supportive Housing Program (SHP). HUD's division of Community Planning and Development has had responsibility for the SHP since 1989, when a new administration brought all the McKinney Act housing programs together within the new Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, which manages and directs the program. By 1996 there were about 4,400 transitional housing programs offering about 160,000 beds (Burt et al. 1999). By 2007 there were almost 7,300 transitional housing programs offering about 211,000 beds. About 53 percent of the TH beds reported in 2007 are designated for families (HUD 2008), creating a capacity to serve about 40,000 families at a time.
Download or read book Home Safe Home written by Hilary Botein and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Housing matters for everyone, as it provides shelter, security, privacy, and stability. For survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), housing takes on an additional meaning; it is the key to establishing a new life, free from abuse. IPV survivors often face such inadequate housing options, however, that they must make excruciating choices between cycling through temporary shelters, becoming homeless, or returning to their abusers. Home Safe Home offers a multifaceted analysis that accounts for both IPV survivors’ needs and the practical challenges involved in providing them with adequate permanent housing. Incorporating the varied perspectives of the numerous housing providers, activists, policymakers, and researchers who have a stake in these issues, the book also lets IPV survivors have their say, expressing their views on what housing and services can best meet their short and long-term goals. Researchers Hilary Botein and Andrea Hetling not only examine the federal and state policies and funding programs determining housing for IPV survivors, but also provide detailed case studies that put a human face on these policy issues. As it traces how housing options and support mechanisms for IPV survivors have evolved over time, Home Safe Home also offers innovative suggestions for how policymakers and advocates might work together to better meet the needs of this vulnerable population.
Download or read book A Place to Call Home written by Steven J. Hackbarth and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Permanent Supportive Housing for Families with Multiple Needs written by Christine Walsh and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grants for Women and Girls written by Foundation Center and published by . This book was released on 1997-12 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essentials of Human Behavior written by Elizabeth D. Hutchison and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 1283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essentials of Human Behavior combines Elizabeth D. Hutchison’s two best-selling Dimensions of Human Behavior volumes into a single streamlined volume for understanding human behavior. The text presents a multidimensional framework integrating person, environment, and time to show students the dynamic, changing nature of person-in-environment. In this Third Edition, Hutchison is joined by new co-author Leanne Wood Charlesworth, who uses her practice and teaching experience to help organize the book’s cutting-edge research and bring it into the classroom. The text will thoroughly support students′ understanding of human behavior theories and research and their applications to social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation across all levels of practice. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.
Download or read book Departments of Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Dimensions of Human Behavior written by Elizabeth D. Hutchison and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 981 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated Edition of a Best Seller! Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course presents a current and comprehensive examination of human behavior across time using a multidimensional framework. Author Elizabeth D. Hutchison explores both the predictable and unpredictable changes that can affect human behavior through all the major developmental stages of the life course, from conception to very late adulthood. Aligned with the 2015 curriculum guidelines set forth by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the Sixth Edition has been substantially updated with contemporary issues related to gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and social class and disability across the lifespan. The companion volume, Dimensions of Human Behavior: Person and Environment, Sixth Edition, examines the dimensions of person and environment and their impact on individual and collective behavior.
Download or read book Homicide and Violent Crime written by Mathieu Deflem and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-22 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume includes chapters, written by experts in the field, dealing with the social-scientific study of the causes, patterns, and consequences of violent crime and homicide in the contemporary world. The themes range from domestic abuse to racial violence and killings in the United States and across the world.
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