America's Homeless: Numbers, Characteristics, and Programs That Serve Them (Urban Institute Report, 89-3) - Hardcover

Burt, Martha R.; Cohen, Barbara E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0877664714 ISBN 13: 9780877664710

Publisher: Urban Inst Pr, 1989

Synopsis

Drawing on a nationally representative sample of interviews with homeless people who use services and with service providers in several large cities, the authors explore the efforts of various states and localities to provide emergency services to homeless people, to help them get out of homelessness, and to prevent homelessness. They find that services and programs to help people work their way out of their homelessness and to prevent homelessness are not well developed, and that the level of interest in finding solutions and the levels of funding to create these solutions vary greatly from state to state.

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Review

...the first nationwide study of hunger and eating patterns among the homeless. (Contemporary Sociology)

...recommended reading for those interested in the homeless and their problems and should be assigned reading for those charged with finding solutions. (Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences)

The report is a sound database on homelessness and offers an objective analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the efforts by voluntary charities and government to alleviate this social problem. (CHOICE)

Edition details

• Publisher: Urban Inst Pr
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877664714
• ISBN 13: 9780877664710
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176