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Homelessness Resources
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EDUCATIONAL
Network of Care and Supports for Behavioral Health and Mental Retardation Services This site is a portal to more than 500 service providers in our area. It is also a place where you can get the latest breaking news in the field, such as important news findings published in medical journals. The site also offers a way for you to get your voice heard in policy debates in Harrisburg and Washington.
Five Ways You Can Truly Help The Homeless
General Information about the Homeless This site answers general questions about the homeless : Who are the homeless?; Why are they homeless?; Solutions?; Current HUD Programs?; and Issues face by homeless advocates?
This site contains many facts on the homeless such as housing options; health, substance abuse, mental health; decreased quality of life; and myths and facts about homelessness
"This manual is designed to assist support workers of homeless and similarly disadvantaged people who find themselves in medically challenging situations. Not all the scenarios which occur in the homeless field can be covered in such a guide."
Statistics on Homeless Children & Youth A listing of statistics on homeless children and youth in America done by the National Coalition for the Homeless.
National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness This site contains more than 5,000 published items concerning the homeless and mental illness
Welfare To Work - Reaching a New Workforce A Guide of Welfare To Work Resources and Services for Philadelphia Area Employers
Philadelphia's Experience in Year Two of Welfare Reform Impact of TANF and ACT 35 on Welfare Recipients, State and City Governments, Community Institutions & Greater Philadelphia's Economy (a study done by the 21st Century League)
Homelessness: Programs and People They Serve The National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients that the Federal Interagency Council undertook between the October 1995 to November 1996.
Education of Homeless Children and Youth This site contains the rights homeless children and youth have under the federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.
The Impact of Supportive Housing for Homeless People with Severe Mental Illness on the Utilization of the Public Health, Corrections, and Emergency Shelter Systems: The New York-New York Initiative A Study Funded by the FannieMae Foundation and Other Foundations to Research the Cost of Placing the Homeless with Mental Disorders in Supportive Housing Versus Other Public Programs in New York City during 1988 to 1997.
Lois Lannin Presents Homeless Shelters in the United States A listing of homeless shelters in all 50 states and the district of Columbia
Housing & Mortgages for People with Disabilities A guide to housing and mortgages for people with disabilities. Covers terminology, the process of buying a house, financial assistance and more.
GOVERNMENT
This site includes both a comprehensive study done on the homeless in the mid 1990s, and Former President Clinton's plan to fight the homeless problem in America.
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitative services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
NONPROFIT AND/OR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
The National Law Center's mission is, "The mission of the Law Center is to advocate effectively to protect the rights of homeless people and to implement solutions to end homelessness in America. To achieve its mission, the Law Center pursues three main strategies: impact litigation, policy advocacy, and public education. To amplify the work of its small staff, the Law Center relies on interns, volunteers, and the pro bono assistance of the private bar."
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - The Human Right to Adequate Housing Human Right Fact Sheet Series was published by the United Nations Centre in Gevena, Switzerland. They deal with human rights that are actively under consideration. No. 21 of this series deals with the human right for adequate housing.
National Coalition for the Homeless Fact Sheet
Philadelphia's Committee to End Homelessness A proposal to prevent homelessness through the development of a community based system of income and housing stabilization.
National Alliance to End Homelessness A Great Site for information Dealing with the Homeless, Government Policies Toward the Homeless, and Facts About the Homeless
A community of concerned citizens with a shared belief in the equality, dignity, and worth of every person
One of the Philadelphia region’s largest and most trusted not-for-profit social service providers. The social service agency of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania Episcopal Community Services has continuously served people of all faiths for over 130 years.
Information about homeless shelters, housing, employment, and services throughout the greater Philadelphia region.
Providing permanent solutions to homelessness and poverty through housing, education, employment, health care, and the revitalization of a low-income community.
America's Homeless II: Populations and Services A follow up on the National Survey of Homeless Assistance and Clients done by independents in 2000. They provide estimates of the homeless population which the previous survey did not include.
Lois Lannin Presents Homeless Shelters in the United States A listing of homeless shelters in all 50 states and the district of Columbia
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