Modern homelessness: a reference handbook
This in-depth examination reviews fundamental changes of the past decade that have reduced homelessness in the United States and other Western democracies.
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- Full title :Modern homelessness : a reference handbook / Mary Ellen Hombs ; foreword by Philip F. Mangano.
Summary
This in-depth examination reviews fundamental changes of the past decade that have reduced homelessness in the United States and other Western democracies.
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- Publication Date:©2011
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):ABC-Clio
- Place of Publication:Santa Barbara, Calif
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011
Notes
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 ressource en ligne (94 éléments) : : 1 image, fichiers numériques.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781849729086, 1849729085, 9781598845372, 1598845373
- oclc:ocn843068850
- LC Classification:HV4493
- Dewey Decimal:362.5
Table of Contents
1. Background and history -- Introduction -- What Changed in the United States? -- Developing policy and investment with data -- Partnership, investment, and innovation -- New federal funding approaches -- Identifying and adopting innovation -- Unprecedented reductions in homelessness -- Research and resources for homeless populations -- Background to the early response to homelessness -- Recent issues in federal programs -- International developments -- Other European action -- Australia's national plan -- Canada's national partnering strategy -- References.
2. Introduction -- Defining and measuring homelessness: a new debate -- Increasing resources, prioritizing populations -- What about poverty? -- How many people are homeless? -- Ten-year plans: rhetoric, restrictions, or results? -- Where are the resources to prevent and end homelessness? -- Federal spending on homelessness -- Mainstream resources -- What about prevention? -- Discharge into homelessness from other systems -- Homelessness and legal issues -- Civil rights -- Siting homeless housing and the "Not in my backyard" problem -- References.
3. Worldwide perspective -- Introduction -- Homelessness in the United Kingdo…
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