Two, shelters act to select from the population of poor families those who are worst off in some ways (housing, income, managing their lives, drug or alcohol addictions) and least able or willing to cope with circumstances other poor families do handle. We then explain that one reason why ...
The organization's Renew Collaborative is an eviction prevention program that helps connect tenants with agencies that can find less expensive childcare, or jobs that offer better pay. They locate organizations that can provide back-to-school supplies or ways to reduce heating bills during Boston's ...
In this second meeting, Maria was told about the photo-elicitation technique, and she chose to use the camera on her own cell phone to take the pictures. It was explained to her that she could take pictures of things, objects, actions, places, or people (with their consent and without t...
Whereas it is helpful in making sense of the particular plight of the homeless in relation to dominant property relations, Waldron's treatment does not explain the ways in which homelessness itself may partly be produced, regulated, and legitimized through property. Put more simply, the ...
“looming budget cliff” and talking about ways to raise more revenue to forestall major cuts. That led to Harrell’s decision, supported by most of the council, to take hundreds of millions of dollars out of JumpStart to close a deficit most recently projected at $260 million. Harrell’s ...
It involves finding ways to pull back from the current system and really engage communities in taking back their power. Engage communities in being a part of the process of making decisions about what does justice look like for us? What do we want our communities to look like?
Fair enough. To shift gears, I’d like to ask you about the beliefs we hold about parking. In some ways parking reminds me of education: Most of us have been to school, and we’ve had to park, so we have that lived experience that can bleed into perceptions of expertise. How do ...
There are a range of risk factors across multiple spheres of influence that likely contribute to adult homelessness, suggesting there are many ways to potentially intervene to promote prevention. The goal of this study was to understand the pathways across the life course that contribute to adult ...
The United States grapples with a solution for the unhoused by employing a patchwork of uneven rhetoric and policy. How can policymakers and public health professionals address this urgent problem in more innovative and sustainable ways? InWay Home, Josephine Ensign explores the contemporary landscape...
The term refers to problem-solving as it occurs in everyday life and is defined as a “complex, cognitive-affective-behavioral process” (p. 156) by which a person attempts to develop relevant ways of coping with stressful situations [28]. A great deal of research has provided evidence for...