Describes the efforts of the Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres to find an alternative settlement for homeless women living on the street in Bombay. (JOW)

Broken free of any semblance of family control or community restraints, thousands of American youth roamed entirely at will throughout the cities of 19th-century America and supported themselves alternately from the legitimate street trades and from outright thievery. The invention of modern adolescence was partially a response to this neglected…

Presents a grounded theory study of coordination and communication in the provision of service to the urban homeless, to understand the social world of agencies providing such services. Concentrates on interorganizational relationships that facilitate (or hinder) coordinated efforts to provide homelessness services. (SR)

Describes an attempt at the University at Albany, State University of New York, to compile a bibliography of government documents on homelessness published before 1960. Indexing problems are discussed; use of Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) is considered; further research is suggested; and the bibliography of 80 documents is appended.…

Discusses the "Orphan Train" (homeless children in the midnineteenth-century United States sent to new homes in the west by the Children's Aid Society of New York) through three different literary perspectives. (RS)

Profiles the career of Jonathan Kozol, especially reactions to his books "Death at an Early Age" (1967), "Illiterate America" (1985), and "Savage Inequalities" (1991). (SK)

A long-distance friendship between two elementary school principals began when staff of a Duluth (Minnesota) elementary school read the December 1989 "Executive Educator" cover story about the condition of homeless children at a Rockaway Beach (New York) elementary school. Both schools worked on fundraisers to send Rockaway youngsters to summer…

Analyzes arguments for strengthening the roles of the federal government, states and localities, and the private sector in funding low-income housing. Recommendations are offered, including targeting funds to enhance the effectiveness of existing monetary support and using community loan funds and pension plan assets as additional resources.…

The Workers Educational Association collaborated with a support program for homeless people in England to provide adult-education opportunities. Focus is on small groups and community learning, designed to overcome barriers these adults face. (SK)

Findings of a qualitative study of three health and human services agencies determined that strategies of survival inherent in the culture of homelessness are rarely considered by those agencies in providing services to homeless people. Programs should develop cultural sensitivity and use a cultural perspective in planning. (JOW)

Providing stable housing for runaway and homeless youth is a major function of a transitional living program. This article introduces the focus of one program working with LGBTQ youth in New York City and discusses some issues to consider when working with this population. The article also presents data associated with young people's lives after…

In a study exploring the relationship between typology and risk, we investigated the daily routines of a heterogeneous sample of young men and women from two sites who had been homeless for varying periods (N=1289). Cluster analysis yielded four groups--"Partnered", "Socially engaged", "Service connected-harm avoidant", and "Transgressive"--based…

Street children in Makutano, northwest Kenya, form strong, stable social groups. Group activity functions through a well-defined structure involving leadership and close personal and economic relationships. This article shows how group solidarity is maintained through the sharing of a common subculture of spatial understandings, games, activities,…

Children and youth in homeless situations, particularly unaccompanied youth and survivors of domestic violence, are at a high risk for experiencing violence and victimization. Frequently, unaccompanied youth become homeless after leaving abusive or destructive home environments. In turn, their homelessness, which often involves "couch…

Children and youth in homeless situations, particularly unaccompanied youth and survivors of domestic violence, are at a high risk for experiencing violence and victimization. Frequently, unaccompanied youth become homeless after leaving abusive or destructive home environments. In turn, their homelessness, which often involves "couch…