49 (34 boys, 15 girls) 3- to 5-year-olds from homeless families participated. Families were residing in temporary shelters and were recruited during the child's intake into the daycare program. Parent interview data, teacher ratings of the children, standardized test scores, and videotaped ...
People will be still be required to wear a mask on public transportation, in K through 12 schools, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities, correctional facilities and homeless shelters. Safeway, Costco and Apple are just some of the companies that are dropping mask requirements for vac...
Researchers interviewed 318 homeless adults aged 18鈥 80 years in city shelters. Regression results indicated that self-esteem, family attachment, weak social networks, drug abuse, and childhood criminal victimization were all significantly related to homelessness. There has been no systematic ...
SHELTERS for the homelessI. INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEMIn June 2005, County Judge David L. Denkin struck down the second...Connor, Elizabeth M. MUniversity of Texas PressTexas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights▸ O'Connor, E. M. M. (2006). The cruel and unusual criminalization ...
There are more benefits than challenges to formerly homeless employee inclusion in homeless shelters. The challenges generally affected the formerly homeless employees themselves, sometimes to the point of addiction relapse. Formerly homeless employee inclusion provides the benefits of self-efficacy, tough ...
Beyond being a means to provide respite for the homeless during severe weather, these shelters are envisioned as immediate response units in the event of emergencies such as earthquakes in urban areas. The article explores the potential impact of this multi-layered approach on transforming urban ...
Dietitians can play a key role in connecting shelters with food sources, educating shelter staff and the individual who is homeless, and providing educational materials to the donors.doi:10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.lb325Ekvall, S MEkvall, V...
A multistage sampling design was used to recruit a probability sample of 121 homeless YMSM (ages: 16鈥 24 years) from shelters, drop-in centers, and street venues in Los Angeles County. Face-to-face interviews were conducted. Because of the different distributions of the three outcome ...
We present a prototype decentralized transactional platform designed to improve the transparency of homeless serving organizations and facilitate their accountability and oversight. In the proposed system, the complete history of transactions between organizations offering homelessness services (e.g., shelters...