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Culhane, Dennis P.; Park, Jung Min; Metraux, Stephen – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
This study examines families' use of behavioral health hospitalization and foster care placement before, during, and after shelter use, comparing families based on shelter pattern and type of housing exit. Results show that inpatient and foster care services use drops in the homelessness period, but rebounds after exit, regardless of pattern of…
Descriptors: Housing Needs, Placement, Homeless People, Costs
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Park, Jung Min; Metraux, Stephen; Brodbar, Gabriel; Culhane, Dennis P. – Child Welfare, 2004
An analysis of 8,251 homeless children in New York City found that 18% of them received child welfare services over the five-year period following their first shelter admission, and an additional 6% had a history of having received such services before their first shelter admission. Recurrent use of public shelters, exposure to domestic violence,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Welfare Services, Housing Needs, Family Violence