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Homelessness

Prevention Strategies and Effectiveness

By: Martha R. Burt

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Homelessness

Prevention Strategies and Effectiveness

By: Martha R. Burt

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.

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Nova Publishers

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1600212085

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9781600212086

Homelessness

Programs and the People They Serve : Findings of the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients : Technical Report

By: Martha R. Burt

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Homelessness

Programs and the People They Serve : Findings of the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients : Technical Report

By: Martha R. Burt

This 1996 Nat. Survey of Homeless Assist. Providers & Clients (NSHAPC) is a landmark study. It was designed to provide updated information about the providers of homeless assistance & the characteristics of homeless persons who use the services. The survey is based on a statistical sample of 76 metropolitan & non-metropolitan areas, including small cities & rural areas. Data for the survey were collected between Oct. 1995 & Nov. 1996. Chapters: design overview; overview of homeless clients; comparing currently with formerly homeless clients & other service users; homeless assistance programs; sampling areas; & program definitions. Charts & tables.

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DIANE Publishing

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0788187546

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9780788187544

Strategies for Improving Homeless People's Access to Mainstream Benefits and Services

By: Martha R. Burt

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Strategies for Improving Homeless People's Access to Mainstream Benefits and Services

By: Martha R. Burt

In 2000, HUD, in recognition that any solution to homelessness must emphasize housing, targeted its McKinney-Vento Act homeless competitive programs towards housing activities. This policy decision presumed that programs such as Medicaid, TANF and General Assistance could pick up the slack produced by the change. This study examines how 7 communities sought to improve homeless people¿s access to mainstream services following this shift away from funding services through the Supportive Housing Program. Provides communities with models and strategies that they can use. Highlights the limits of what even the most resourceful of communities can do to enhance service and benefit access by homeless families and individuals.

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287

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DIANE Publishing

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1437936814

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9781437936810

Life After Transitional Housing for Homeless Families

By: Martha R. Burt

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Life After Transitional Housing for Homeless Families

By: Martha R. Burt

Given the significant investment HUD has made in transitional housing (TH) programs since enactment of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist. Act, it is important to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs. TH has been an important element of HUD¿s efforts to respond to the housing needs of homeless families and individuals through a continuum of care. This study examines whether TH makes a difference in the lives of the families it serves and whether it is more effective for some homeless people than others. This study follows 179 families in 36 TH programs within five communities for one year after leaving the program. TH programs, and certain characteristics of the programs, were found to be associated with positive outcomes. Illustrations.

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291

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DIANE Publishing

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1437936636

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Helping America's Homeless

Emergency Shelter Or Affordable Housing?

By: Martha R. Burt

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Helping America's Homeless

Emergency Shelter Or Affordable Housing?

By: Martha R. Burt

Longtime Urban Institute researcher Martha Burt and her co-authors provide an in-depth analysis of homelessness, exploring issues such as how many homeless people there are in America, where they are, why they became homeless, how long their homelessness lasts, the different ways programs in different communities are helping the homeless, and how policymakers have approached the problem. Finally, they consider what societies may be willing to do reduce the probability that their members will become homeless. c. Book News Inc.

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382

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The Urban Insitute

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0877667012

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9780877667018

Florida Almanac 2002-2003

By: Del Marth,Martha J. Marth

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Florida Almanac 2002-2003

By: Del Marth,Martha J. Marth

A reference guide to the wildlife, geography, people, government, economy, and notable figures from Florida which includes alphabetically arranged entries, maps, and a directory.

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Pelican Publishing

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1565549198

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9781565549197

Florida Almanac, 2000-2001

By: Del Marth,Martha J. Marth

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Florida Almanac, 2000-2001

By: Del Marth,Martha J. Marth

The "Florida Almanac" continues to be one of the best almanacs in the United States. . . . It is a fine example of a comprehensive state handbook and a great reference tool."--"American Reference Books Quarterly." Illustrations.

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1565547683

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9781565547681

Over the Edge

The Growth of Homelessness in the 1980s

By: Martha M. Burt

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Over the Edge

The Growth of Homelessness in the 1980s

By: Martha M. Burt

Often described as an emergency, homelessness in America is becoming a chronic condition that reflects an overall decline in the nation's standard of living and the general state of the economy. This is the disturbing conclusion drawn by Martha Burt in Over the Edge, a timely book that takes a clear-eyed look at the astonishing surge in the homeless population during the 1980s. Assembling and analyzing data from 147 U.S. cities, Burt documents the increase in homelessness and proposes a comprehensive explanation of its causes, incorporating economic, personal, and policy determinants. Her unique research answers many provocative questions: Why did homelessness continue to spiral even after economic conditions improved in 1983? Why is it significantly greater in cities with both high poverty rates and high per capita income? What can be done about the problem? Burt points to the significant catalysts of homelessness—the decline of manufacturing jobs in the inner city, the increased cost of living, the tight rental housing market, diminished household income, and reductions in public benefit programs—all of which exert pressures on the more vulnerable of the extremely poor. She looks at the special problems facing the homeless, including the growing number of mentally ill and chemically dependent individuals, and explains why certain groups—minorities and low-skilled men, single men and women, and families headed by women—are at greatest risk of becoming homeless. Burt's analysis reveals that homelessness arises from no single factor, but is instead perpetuated by pivotal interactions between external social and economic conditions and personal vulnerabilities. From an understanding of these interactions, Over the Edge builds lucid, realistic recommendations for policymakers struggling to alleviate a situation of grave consequence for our entire society.

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Russell Sage Foundation

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1610440994

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The Growth of Homelessness in the 1980s

By: Martha M. Burt

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The Growth of Homelessness in the 1980s

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Book's by Martha R. Burt

Homelessness

Homelessness

Homelessness

Homelessness

Strategies for Improving Homeless People's Access to Mainstream Benefits and Services

Strategies for Improving Homeless People's Access to Mainstream Benefits and Services

Life After Transitional Housing for Homeless Families

Life After Transitional Housing for Homeless Families

Helping America's Homeless

Helping America's Homeless

Florida Almanac 2002-2003

Florida Almanac 2002-2003

Florida Almanac, 2000-2001

Florida Almanac, 2000-2001

Over the Edge

Over the Edge

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