The McKinney-Vento Act Implementation Scale: A second validation study

Journal of Children and Poverty

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-64

  Canfield, James P ^a  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

homelessness; implementation; McKinney Vento Act; measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902996523     PISSN: 10796126     EISSN: 14699389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2014.918026     Document Type: Article

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