Author ORCID Identifier
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2001
Abstract
The effects of homeless assistance services at the local level are tremendously difficult to ascertain. In this study, a four-month sample of homeless persons served by a local homeless shelter and case management program were contacted nine to eleven months after receiving services. The findings suggest that the program had some initial success in assisting the homeless clients to locate housing within the first year after leaving the shelter. However, the housing costs paid by these formerly homeless were quite high, with nearly three-quarters of them spending forty percent or more of their income on housing.
Publication Title
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Volume
28
Issue
4
Rights
© Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Recommended Citation
Glisson, George M.; Fischer, Robert L.; and Thyer, Bruce A. (2001) "Serving the Homeless: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Homeless Shelter Services," The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 28: Iss. 4, Article 6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.2767. Available at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/jssw/vol28/iss4/6
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