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Miller, Peter M.; Pavlakis, Alexandra; Samartino, Lea; Bourgeois, Alexis – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2015
This qualitative study in a Midwestern US city examines how school and community-based organizations support homeless students' connections to education-related resources and relationships. Drawing from organizational brokerage theory, which delineates how individuals' chances to thrive are shaped by the organizations in which they participate,…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Homeless People, Qualitative Research, Community Organizations
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Rissel, Christopher; And Others – Health Values: The Journal of Health Behavior, Education & Promotion, 1995
Surveys of factors associated with mothers' interest and participation in community task forces for preventing adolescent alcohol use, as part of Minnesota's Project Northland, found nine factors related to interest and participation (e.g., membership in community organizations and contact with parents of children's friends to discuss…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Community Action, Community Organizations