Still on our streets: Results of the 2008 Metro Vancouver homeless count
Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness (2008).
This count measured homelessness in the region at a point-in-time – one 24-hour period (from 12:01 am to 11:59 pm) on March 11th, 2008. A point-in-time count tells us how many homeless people were cou...
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The relationship between social support and family homelessness: A comparison study of homeless and housed mothers
Goodman, L. A. (1991). Journal of Community Psychology. 321-332.
The present study investigated the nature of social support in the lives of 50 homeless mothers and 50 housed mothers receiving public assistance. It was hypothesized that mothers who do not have stro...
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Supportive housing for the chronically mentally ill. Matching clients with community environments.
Bassuk, E. & Clark, R. & Dziobek, J. & Goldstein, J. (1990). Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 7: 415-422.
The need for permanent housing for the chronically mentally ill has received a great deal of attention over the last several years. One response to the problem has been the development of supportive h...
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Characteristics of persons who are homeless for the first time
Boydell, K. & Goering, P. & Sheldon, T. & Tolomiczenko, G. & Wasylenki, D. (2002). Psychiatric Services. 11: 1472-1474.
The Pathways Into Homelessness project in Toronto interviewed 300 unaccompanied adult users of homeless shelters to identify characteristics of individuals who are homeless for the first time. The sam...
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