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The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs. Conclusions
Faith-based and other community-based non-profit organizations have a long history of helping people in need. The NSHAPC data analyzed here provide yet more evidence of the continuing importance of faith-based organizations in serving people who are homeless or on the brink of homelessness. Faith-based non-profits run the majority of homeless
The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs. Government Funding of Homeless Assistance Programs
Revenue streams in non-profit organizations are “a complex mix of private and public dollars raised through grants, contracts, fees for services, sales, donations, investment income, special events income, and income from commercial ventures” (Boris 1998) and NSHAPC collected only very limited funding information from service providers. The
The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients: A Comparison of Faith-Based and Secular Non-Profit Programs. Referrals to and from Programs
The CATI survey asked respondents where most of their clients came from — referrals from other programs, self-referral, outreach by program staff, or other. 21 Respondents were also allowed to report that there was no single source from which most of their clients came. Responses to this question are reported in Table 9 for faith-base
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Appendix F: Bibliography
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Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. E.3 Measuring Household Income and Poverty Sample
As noted in the report, two samples of families from the Fragile Families dataset were selected for re-analysis. An initial sample was limited to families where the mother is 18 years of age or older and has a household income at their Year 1 interview at or below the national poverty threshold based on the year of their interview (1999 through 20
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. E.2 Overview of Fragile Families Data Set
Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study
Conducted by
Princeton University’s Center for Research on Child Wellbeing and Columbia University’s Social Indicators Survey Center
Principal Investigators:
Sara McLanahan, Irwin Garfinkel, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Christina Paxson
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. E.1 Outcome Tables for Fragile Families Data Set
Table E-1.
Demographic and background characteristics households
at least 50 percent below poverty line
Stably
Significant Group Comparisons
Stable
At Risk
Dbld
Housed
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Endnotes
* Direct all correspondence to: David Reingold, Associate Professor, Indiana University, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, 1315 E. 10 th Street, Rm. 410, Bloomington, Indiana 47405. Reingold@indiana.edu.
Biographical Statements
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. References
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Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Discussion & Conclusion
Our analytic approach is designed to measure the multiplicity of individual and structural factors that may be associated with increased risk of becoming homeless, while also measuring those characteristics thought to protect families from this unfortunate hardship. The design of the Fragile Families Study allows us to estimate these effects on
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Families at-Risk of Being Homeless: A Comprehensive Empirical Inquiry
In order to expand our understanding of the current characteristics of homeless families, while comparing the importance of individual and structural factors that represent both proximate and distal risk and protective dimensions, we analyze data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. This new longitudinal birth-cohort sample of ap
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. At Risk Families & Homelessness
This fragmentation in the literature has created a perception that many hypothesized correlates of family homelessness matter equally. Whether it is domestic violence, drug use, weak labor force attachment, lack of informal social support, high housing costs, climate, the decline in the value of cash welfare benefits, etc., all have some empir
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Theoretical Background
Typologies are ubiquitous in the social sciences. They are frequently used to help provide clarity and improve understanding of a given population, situation, or pattern of social organization. They are not designed to capture all subtle variation in a given context, but function as a heuristic device to provide theoretical clarity to help for
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Introduction
Scholarly research over the past twenty-five years has firmly established the emergence and persistence of family homelessness in the United States. The homeless household – usually a mother and her children – represents a departure from the stereotypical image of skid-row residents (sometimes referred to as the “old homeless”) who are
Characteristics and Dynamics of Homeless Families with Children. Abstract
This paper explores the characteristics and causes of homelessness among poor families with children.