A Status Report on Homeless Families in America's Cities : (Record no. 80697)
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| Stock number | ED296018 |
| Source of stock number/acquisition | ERIC |
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| Transcribing agency | BD-DhUL |
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| Classification number | 362.580973 |
| Item number | WAS |
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| Microfilm shelf location | mfm |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Waxman, Laura DeKoven. |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Status Report on Homeless Families in America's Cities : |
| Medium | . A 29-City Survey / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Laura DeKoven Waxman, Lilia M. Reyes. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1987. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 57 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This survey assesses the status of homelessness among families in cities. The data were collected from city officials during April 1987. The findings include the following: (1) the number of homeless families increased by 31 percent during the last two years; (2) families represented one-third of the homeless and a single parent headed two-thirds of those families; (3) the number of families temporarily living with friends or relatives has increased; (4) the most serious problem faced by the homeless was lack of food and/or poor nutrition; (5) the major consequence of homelessness was emotional and psychiatric problems; (6) a main cause of homelessness was lack of affordable housing; (7) the number of shelter beds in the survey cities had increased over the last two years; (8) families must break up in order to be accommodated in most shelters; (9) 30 percent of the families seeking emergency shelter were turned away; (10) use of the shelters during specific times of the day and the length of stay in the shelters were limited; (11) most cities provided assistance in obtaining permanent housing and emergency food assistance; (12) low-income housing was the service most lacking; (13) the number of homeless families was expected to increase; and (14) every city cited the lack of affordable housing as a major barrier to permanently housing families in the future. Statistical tables, a copy of the survey questionnaire responses, and comments from respondents are included. (FMW) |
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| Type of reproduction | Microfiche. |
| Place of reproduction | [Washington D.C.]: |
| Agency responsible for reproduction | ERIC Clearinghouse |
| Physical description of reproduction | microfiches : positive. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Emergency Programs. |
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| Genre/form data or focus term | Reports, Research. |
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| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Reyes, Lilia M., |
| Relator term | author. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States Conference of Mayors, Washington, DC. |
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