Drop-in centers have the potential to facilitate engagement of homeless youth into treatment and back into the mainstream. However, little guidance was found in the literature regarding how to open and sustain a drop-in center for homeless youth. This paper offers such guidance, including ...
Most high schools in Dallas, TX, now have drop-in centers where homeless students can find resources such as food, grooming supplies, backpacks and counseling, NPR reports. In the school district, there are an estimated 3,600 homeless students who could be served by the centers, but the...
Since homeless persons can be reluctant to leave the streets and accept emergency shelter or transitional housing, we operate transition centers — places where homeless youth or adults can get off the streets and find a temporary safe haven. And often, when homeless persons begin to trust drop-...
Drop-in centers for homeless youth address basic needs for food, hygiene, and clothing but can also provide critical services that address youth's "higher level" needs (e.g., substance use treatment, mental health care, HIV-related programs). Unlike other services that have restrictive rules,...
Understanding homeless youths' gender-based differences in the prevalence and impact of sexual victimization can inform trauma-based interventions. Methods: As part of a longitudinal study of homeless youth utilizing drop-in centers in Los Angeles, 652 homeless and unstably-housed youth (ages 14-25)...
Drop-in centers, which is another mode of support for homeless youth, are in place to provide necessities such as hygiene items, food, and someplace to wash clothes. According to, “How sports and arts can help prevent youth homelessness”, “Research shows that meaningful and accessible ...
They were identified and referred by staff of the homeless shelters, drop-in centers, and short-term housing units. The staff of these shelters, drop-in centers, and short-term housing units agreed to voluntarily assist in this project. The staff at these sites agreed to post flyers and to...
Recruitment was done through flyers placed in mental health and teen drop-in centers, the local Homeless Collaborative, as well as shelters, libraries, and public service agencies. Flyers were also distributed on the street. Participants were asked to complete a self-administered survey to obtain ...
” shifts in the homeless population, and changes in how the homeless perceive the supportive services that are available. Those offerings, which supplement the work of the city’s Department of Homeless Services, include stabilization beds, public and private shelters, drop-in centers, and ...
Hostels and drop-in centers not only provide shelter, they have also assumed most of the responsibility for feeding the homeless. It is their poverty ... T Bunston,M Breton - 《Women & Health》 被引量: 27发表: 1990年 Health Behaviors and Infant Health Outcomes in Homeless Pregnant Women ...