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Connell, Karen; Milenkiewicz, Margie – 1997
In the 1995-96 school year, seven Colorado school districts, including urban districts, received grants under the federal McKinney Program for the homeless (Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act). The grant awards totaled $225,580 and served a total of 2,100 children. Although the same number of districts were funded as in the preceding…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Budgets, Children, Federal Aid
Institute for Children and Poverty, New York, NY. – 2000
This report describes a survey of homeless families from shelters in Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. The typical family included a 32-year-old single woman with two young children who was more likely to be African American, had a high school education, and had a 50-50 chance of being employed. Most children attended preschool, most were…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Homeless People
McCarthy, Sarah – 2000
To update previous reports about the education provided for homeless children, the National Law Center conducted a survey of providers of services for the homeless and of other advocates for the homeless. The 80 respondents represented 64 family shelter providers in 33 states. Nearly 79% of respondents reported that transportation is a barrier for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment

Beach, Mary-Elizabeth – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1996
Learning environments and assessments must be designed to include homeless children in their reform efforts. Although homelessness is not a problem educators can solve, they must be sure that they do not contribute to its problems through neglect of disadvantaged children. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Assessment, Educational Change

Boxill, Nancy A.; Beaty, Anita L. – Child and Youth Services, 1990
Looks at the impact of life in shelters on relationships between mothers and children. The overarching theme is the difficulty the mothers and children face in establishing and maintaining ordered mother-child relationships. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Homeless People, Interpersonal Relationship

Nurss, Joanne R.; And Others – Children Today, 1993
Describes the Atlanta Children's Shelter, a day shelter for infants through five-year-olds, and for school-age children during holidays, whose families are currently living in a night shelter. Discusses how the shelter's educational program is tailored to the special needs and characteristics of homeless children. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children, Coping

Dail, Paula W. – Child Welfare, 1990
Study explores the psychosocial difficulties facing homeless mothers with young children. Variables include impulse control, emotional tonality, social relationships, morality, goal orientation, coping, psychopathology, social adjustment, and sense of fatalism or control. Addresses value of results for designing social intervention programs for…
Descriptors: Children, Etiology, Homeless People, Housing Needs

Horowitz, Sandra V.; And Others – Journal of Social Issues, 1994
Presents findings concerning conflict management and coping behavior of homeless adolescents. Interviews with 176 families (mother-adolescent dyads) indicate peer conflict was the worst problem of the previous month. Homeless adolescents demonstrated conflict management and coping patterns differing in certain aspects from that described in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Conflict Resolution

Van Beers, Henk – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Argues that street children's public image does not consider root causes of homelessness or children's perceptions. Notes that the relationship of children to urban life is seldom analyzed, and that references to street girls commonly link them to prostitution. Advocates a more child-centered, participatory approach to research and discusses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Females

Rossatto, Cesar Augusto – Childhood Education, 2001
Describes three school programs designed to provide alternative schooling for Brazilian street children and illiterate adult students with the basic skills to survive in their world. Directly or indirectly embedded in Freirean principles, the three programs are: (1) Sao Paulo Interdisciplinary School Reform; (2) Projeto Axe: Schooling for Street…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Children, Foreign Countries
Duyan, Veli – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2005
Throughout its history, street children have been a major concern of Turkish society and have lately been uppermost on social workers agenda. This study examines the relationships between sociodemographic and family characteristics, family relations, street life experiences and the hopelessness of street children. The study focuses on a population…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Characteristics, Social Work, Homeless People
Washington, Wanda – Online Submission, 2008
This report summarizes 2007-2008 school year activities and services in Austin Independent School District funded through the federal NCLB Title I Part A and Part D grants to serve eligible students and staff at facilities for neglected youth or delinquent youth located in the AISD attendance zone.
Descriptors: Delinquency, At Risk Students, Institutionalized Persons, Child Abuse
Powers, Jane Levine; And Others – 1988
Although research has established a linkage between maltreatment and running away, there have been few in-depth investigations of this phenomenon. This study was conducted to: (1) describe the nature of maltreatment among runaway and homeless youth; (2) provide a profile of their family and demographic characteristics; (3) examine how maltreated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Maza, Penelope L.; Hall, Judy A. – 1988
A preliminary study of homeless children and their families served by Travellers Aid agencies attempted to obtain basic information about them, and to test the methodology for use in future studies on this topic. Two data collection instruments were developed, one for use with families, the other for single persons. Agency staff completed study…
Descriptors: Children, Employment Level, Family Characteristics, Family History
Mumola, Christopher J. – 2000
This report presents information on the characteristics of parents incarcerated in state or federal prisons. Data were obtained from personal interviews conducted for the 1997 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities. Findings indicated that a majority of state and federal prisoners were the parents of at least one minor…
Descriptors: Children, Criminals, Demography, Drug Abuse