Evaluating a community-based homelessness prevention program: A geographic information system approach

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 21-45

  Wong, Yin Ling Irene ^a   Hillier, Amy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based interventions; Geographic information system; Homelessness prevention; Social service utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039301658     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v25n04_02     Document Type: Article

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