How to open and sustain a drop-in center for homeless youth

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 727-734

  Slesnick, Natasha ^a   Glassman, Michael ^a   Garren, Rikki ^a   Toviessi, Paula ^a   Bantchevska, Denitza ^a   Dashora, Pushpanjali ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop in centers; Homeless youth; Intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649125651     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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