Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness
Current Practices and Future Directions
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Beschreibung
“This book is an extremely welcome addition to the literature on homelessness, and the only one solely devoted to the needs of families and children. This timely volume is a creative compendium of chapters that explores every aspect of the issue and describes the cutting edge of the field.” – From the foreword, Ellen L. Bassuk, M.D., National Center on Family Homelessness, Center for Social Innovation, and Harvard Medical School
With more American families being increasingly forced into homelessness, Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness aims to raise the standard and scope of services provided to families without homes through practices that are both strengths-based and culturally competent. All major aspects of this important topic are analyzed, with recommendations for what is needed to improve current programs or establish new ones. Chapters set out the particular needs of parents, children, and teens as well as homeless subpopulations, such as youth who age out of foster care. This book presents a real-world framework for services that are client-centered, are integrated across provider systems, and follow families in their transition to stable housing. Included in this volume:
- The ecology of family homelessness.
- Developmental and mental health outcomes of sheltered infants, children, and adolescents.
- Parenting in the face of homelessness.
- Trauma-informed practices in shelters and other programs serving homeless families.
- Cultural competence and individualized care in service provision.
- Evidence-based and promising approaches to service provision and intervention.
A groundbreaking volume, this book is a must-read for students preparing for careers in human services, all frontline providers working with those at-risk for housing instability or currently living without homes, and researchers and policy-makers working to enhance outcomes for familiesexperiencing homelessness.
Homelessness among families with children in the U.S. is rising rapidly due to the economic downturn. Supporting Homeless Families: Current Practices and Future Directions aims to raise the standard of services provided to families without homes through practices that are strengths-based and culturally competent. This book provides a contextual overview of family homelessness. An ecological and developmental framework for understanding the implications of homelessness from infancy through adulthood are presented with reference to existing research. The book also addresses innovative designs for providing collaboration between and among diverse services that interface with families experiencing homelessness. In doing so, the importance of providing families with culturally competent services that support them during episodes of homelessness as well as the period of re-housing are addressed. Examples of empirically proven interventions and best practices are showcased, and roadblocks to success and sustainability are discussed.
Addresses the ecology of family homelessness Reviews the current research on educational, developmental and mental health risks associated with homelessness Covers trauma-sensitive practices and program designs to reduce re-traumatization Provides a multidisciplinary approach to service delivery Emphasizes cultural competence Offers recommendations for future research and policy implications Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Mary E. Haskett
Themen in »Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness«
Adolescents Without Homes Child Welfare Homeless Children and Youth Homeless Families Service Delivery for Homeless Families Services for Families Without Homes
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From the reviews:
“This edited volume provides a comprehensive look at the needs of homeless families, the human service system’s responses to those needs, and the effectiveness of those interventions. … Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries.” (A. Dworsky, Choice, Vol. 51 (8), April, 2014)
“This book is an extremely welcome addition to the literature on homelessness, and the only one solely devoted to the needs of families and children. This timely volume is a creative compendium of articles that explores every aspect of the issue and describes the cutting edge of the field.” – Ellen L. Bassuk, M.D., National Center on Family Homelessness, Center for Social Innovation, and Harvard Medical School
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