Family homelessness in New York City: A case study

Political Science Quarterly

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 367-379

  Nunez, Ralph ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0035465722     PISSN: 00323195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/798021     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Institute for Children and Poverty, Multiple Families: Multiplying Problems (New York: Institute for Children and Poverty, 2000), 1.
2. Institute for Children and Poverty, The New Poverty (New York: Institute for Children and Poverty, 1992), 3.
3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, The 2000 HHS Poverty Guidelines (Washington, DC, 2000).
4. Sheridan Bartlet, "The Significance of Relocation for Chronically Poor Families in the USA," Environment and Urbanization 9 (April 1997):122.
5. National Center for Health Statistics, Number of Selected Reported Chronic Conditions Per 1,000 Persons by Age: United States, 1995 (Washington, DC, 1999).
6. David H. Rubin et al., "Cognitive and Academic Functioning of Homeless Children Compared with Housed Poor Children," Pediatrics 97 (March 1996): 289.
7. National Center for Education Statistics, "Grade Retention, by English Language Usage and Proficiency, and Disability Status" in The Condition of Education 1997 (Washington, DC, 1997).
8. Yvonne Rafferty and Marybeth Shinn, "The Impact of Homelessness on Children," American Psychologist 46 (November 1991): 1175.
9. Laurene M. Heyback and Patricia Nix-Hodes, "Reducing Mobility: Good for Kids, Good for Schools," The Beam: The Newsletter of the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth 9 (July 1999): 5.
10. Supporting Housing Network, Tier II Coaltion et al., "A Blueprint to End Homelessness in New York City," New York, 6 March, 2001; Tier II shelters are New York City's version of transitional housing. Practically every shelter in New York City is of the Tier II variety. Tier I shelters are congregate facilities.
11. Supporting Housing Network, Tier II Coaltion et al., "A Blueprint to End Homelessness in New York City," New York, 6 March, 2001; Tier II shelters are New York City's version of transitional housing. Practically every shelter in New York City is of the Tier II variety. Tier I shelters are congregate facilities.
12. Institute for Children and Poverty, A Shelter is Not a Home - Or Is It? (New York: Institute for Children and Poverty, 2001).
13. For an example, see http://www.homesforthehomeless.com and Ralph Nunez, The New Poverty: Homeless Families in America (New York: Plenum, 1996) for information about American Family Inns.