Homeless service delivery in the context of continuum of care

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-94

  Wong, Yin Ling Irene ^a   Park, Jung Min ^b   Nemon, Howard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuum of care; Homeless service delivery; Management practices; Organizational analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646722022     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: 15444376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v30n01_05     Document Type: Article

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