The cycle of family homelessness
Subtitle: a social policy reader.
Contributors: Institute for Children and Poverty.
Publisher: Institute for Children and Poverty
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 67
Subjects: Homeless families -- United States.; Homeless children -- United States.; Homeless persons -- Services for -- United States.; Family social work -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Cover title.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The new poverty: a generation of homeless families; title: Access to success: meeting the educational needs of homeless children and families; title: Homelessness: the foster care connection; title: Job readiness: crossing the threshold from homelessness to employment; title: An American family myth: every child at risk; title: A tale of two nations: the creation of American poverty nomads; title: The age of confusion: why teens are getting pregnant, turning to welfare and ending up homeless; title: Common sense: why jobs and training alone won't end welfare for homeless families; title: For whom the bell tolls: the institutionalization of homeless families in America; title: Day to day ... parent to child: the future of family violence among homeless children in America; title: Homeless families today: our challenge tomorrow; title: Appendix A: case studies; title: Appendix B: the American family inn model.