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- Title
Toward a Common Goal for Shelter Service.
- Authors
Walsh, Christine; Graham, John; Shier, Michael
- Abstract
Shelter service has been a local response to the increasing prevalence of homelessness in North America and Europe. Prior research conducted by this research team using people- and- place theories and methods identified three interrelated factors that affect shelter success: community relationships, the built environment, and the provision of service. The present research sought to explore the implications of these three characteristics by interviewing shelter operators from sixty different shelters across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Findings provide further evidence of the need to consider factors related to community relationships, the built environment, and service delivery to improve the success of the shelter.
- Subjects
HOMELESS shelters; HOMELESS persons; HOMELESSNESS; COMMUNITY involvement; SOCIAL participation; PUBLIC welfare
- Publication
Social Development Issues (Follmer Group), 2009, Vol 31, Issue 2, p57
- ISSN
0147-1473
- Publication type
Article