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No place like home: A study of two homeless shelters

Friedman, Bruce David
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1060183341

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1993, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Social Welfare.
Homelessness has become a major problem in the 1980s. Society has responded to the problem with the creation of homeless shelters. Yet, no one describes how the homeless shelter should operate in order to address the problem of homelessness. This study was an exploratory study to begin to understand what shelters are doing to address the problem of homelessness. Two single adult shelters were selected. Both shelters defined themselves as emergency homeless shelters, yet the interventions performed by each were quite different. One shelter provided basic shelter, food, and linkage to other support services (house services) within the community. The other shelter addressed the problem through the creation of informal social supports among the guest. Through the development of the informal supports, the shelter was able to build a supportive environment which encouraged linkages to formal support systems. These services were referred to as home services. The author identified a number of factors which contributed to the development of home services. These were differences in each shelter's structure, policies, and staffing arrangements. The interaction of these factors led to the development of home services. The author also showed an inverse relationship between the use of informal social supports and homelessness. This suggested the need for further study on the development of informal social supports within the shelter setting to address the problem of homelessness
Arthur Naparstek (Advisor)
258 p.
Social Work
Homeless shelters

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  • Friedman, B. D. (1993). No place like home: A study of two homeless shelters [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1060183341

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Friedman, Bruce. No place like home: A study of two homeless shelters. 1993. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1060183341.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Friedman, Bruce. "No place like home: A study of two homeless shelters." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1060183341

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