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Skills for Collaboration: Training Graduate Students in Using Evidence to Evaluate a Homelessness Program
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Lery, Bridgette; Haight, Jennifer Miller; Roscoe, Joseph N. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2020
This article describes how a university and public child welfare agency partnership and a federal demonstration project trained MSW and PhD social welfare students in homelessness intervention research using a continuous quality improvement approach. Over a period of 5 years, the Cal-Child Welfare Leadership Training model between University of…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Program Evaluation, Homeless People, Child Welfare
Young Children and Their Families Who Are Homeless. A University Affiliated Program's Response.
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Taylor, Tawara D.; Brown, Marisa C. – 1996
This monograph describes a University Affiliated Program's (UAP) initiative that targets the development needs of children from birth to 5 years of age who are homeless and the services and supports provided to their families. The Georgetown University Child Development Center, the UAP for the District of Columbia, has implemented a homelessness…
Descriptors: Child Development, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Family Characteristics
Providing Support for Families in Special Circumstances.
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Goetz, Kathy, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1992
This newsletter issue focuses on collaborating and coordinating services to assist families in stressful situations such as being afflicted with AIDS, being homeless, and experiencing intervention from child protection authorities. The newsletter includes the following articles: (1) "Finding Sources of Public Funding for Your Family Resource…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Welfare, Cognitive Style, Coping
Evaluating Programs for the Homeless.
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Rog, Debra J., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1991
Six articles provide an overview of the multiple approaches to evaluating the problems of homelessness and introduce the challenges of evaluating interventions for the homeless. The first part focuses on research about homelessness, and the second part describes major demonstration programs and their evaluations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Epidemiology, Estimation (Mathematics)
Community Response to Homelessness: Evaluation of the HACAP Transitional Housing Program. Final Report.
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Richardson, Brad B.; Landsman, Miriam J. – 1996
The causes and consequences of homelessness have been the subject of considerable social science research. This report details recovery from homelessness, or "exits from homelessness," through analysis of descriptive demographic data and correlation of success rates with participant behavior and intervention context. The 2-year…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Crisis Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged
Family Policy and Practice in Early Child Care. Advances in Early Education and Day Care.
Reifel, Stuart, Ed.; Dunst, Carl J., Ed.; Wolery, Mark, Ed. – 1997
Family issues are an abiding concern for members of the profession of early education, and debate regarding government policies about families and child care continues to be timely. This volume provides a foundation for understanding programs, families, and the current social context, as well as particular areas of concern for families and child…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect, Childhood Needs