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"Sylvia Frumkin" Has a Baby: A Case Study for Policymakers
...treatment issues; and (3) family support issues. The authors conclude that adequate cost-effective services cannot be developed until the needs of families are identified and until data on effective ...
Authors: Nicholson, J.;Geller, J.L.;Fisher, W.H.;
Tags: families;advocacy and policy;mental health;serv...
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1933/1983 Never Again
...es unemployment, the scarcity of affordable housing, deinstitutionalization, and cutbacks in social services as the main causes of homelessness. The report states that in New York City the estimates ...
Authors: Cuomo, Mario M.;
Tags: research and evaluation; mental health; service...
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2006 Street Needs Assessment: Results and Key Findings
This report outlines the results and key findings of the April 19, 2006 Street Needs Assessment, which provide a better understanding of the service needs of individuals who were homeless on that nigh...
Authors: Brown, Phil;DeJong, Iain;
Tags: service providers;services;Homeless;access to s...
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20th Anniversary of McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Today marks the 20th Anniversary of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. On this date, NPACH reaffirms our commitment to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. We call on all ...
Authors: Jeremy Rosen;
Tags: assistance;services;homelessness;access to supp...
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A Consumer-Constructed Scale to Measure Empowerment Among Users of ...
...: A scale to measure the personal construct of empowerment as defined by consumers of mental health services was developed and field tested.
METHODS: After extensive development, pilot testing, and ...
Authors: Rogers, E. Sally;Chamberlin, Judi; Ellison, Mar...
Tags: mental health;research and evaluation;consumer ...
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A Continuum of Care: More Is Not Always Better
...es an $80 million project designed to test whether a continuum of mental health and substance abuse services for children and adolescents is more cost effective than services delivered in the more typ...
Authors: Bickman, Leonard;
Tags: youth; services; mental health; substance use;
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A Count of Homeless Persons in Edmonton: November 1999
...ount. -Issues: Demographics of homeless, Aboriginals, families, youth, seniors, shelters, available services. -Problems: Probably an under-representation, does not include those who stayed with family...
Authors: Edmonton Homelessness Count Committee;
Tags: shelter; services; demographic analysis; Defini...
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A Multi-Perspective Survey of Mental Health Consumer Needs
...oordinate their efforts toward shared goals to better meet important consumer needs by prioritizing services, improving practitioner training, and coordinating advocacy. (Author)
Authors: Hammaker, Robert;
Tags: mental health;services;consumer involvement;int...
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Affordable Housing & CD Directory
This is the only directory with detailed listings and descriptions of hundreds of firms specializing in low-income housing and economic development, including: financial service providers, joint ventu...
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Tags: housing;financing and sustainability;services;
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African Americans and Comprehensive Service Use
This study examined African Americans' use of comprehensive mental health services. Long term users of self-help agencies were interviewed about their use of thirty-seven different mental health serv...
Authors: Theriot, Matthew;Segal, Steven;Cowsert, M.;
Tags: research and evaluation;services;mental health;...
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