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Metraux, Stephen; Byrne, Thomas; Culhane, Dennis P. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
This study empirically examines the link between homelessness and discharges from other institutions. An administrative record match was undertaken to determine rates of discharge from institutional care for 9,247 unaccompanied adult shelter users in New York City. Cluster analysis and multinomial logistic regression analysis was then used to…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Multivariate Analysis, Housing Needs, Emergency Shelters
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Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Cotton, Janice N.; Zhao, Wen; Muntaner-Gelabert, Jeronia – Young Children, 2010
In 1998 a group of American adoptive parents led by Jenny Bowen created Half the Sky Foundation (HTS) to provide nurturing care and education for children living in Chinese orphanages (known as children's welfare institutions). Jenny, a former screenwriter and film director, and her husband Richard wanted to ensure that the children still waiting…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Child Welfare
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Sheldon, Nicola – History of Education, 2009
Little attention has been paid to the role of band music in the lives of young people in the first half of the twentieth century. For those in institutional care, musical education represented a rare opportunity to prepare for a specialist career in the armed forces. For the care institutions, the boys' band provided many benefits as it presented…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Vocational Education, Military Service