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Direct linkAndrade, Naleen N.; Hishinuma, Earl S.; McDermott, John F., Jr.; Johnson, Ronald C.; Goebert, Deborah A.; Makini, George K., Jr.; Nahulu, Linda B.; Yuen, Noelle Y. C.; McArdle, John J.; Bell, Cathy K.; Carlton, Barry S.; Miyamoto, Robin H.; Nishimura, Stephanie T.; Else, Iwalani R. N.; Guerrero, Anthony P. S.; Darmal, Arsalan; Yates, Alayne; Waldron, Jane A. – Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2006
Objectives: The prevalence rates of disorders among a community-based sample of Hawaiian youths were determined and compared to previously published epidemiological studies. Method: Using a two-phase design, 7,317 adolescents were surveyed (60% participation rate), from which 619 were selected in a modified random sample during the 1992-1993 to…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Identification, Incidence, Anxiety
Download full textMacro Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1991
An exploratory study was conducted to examine the ways in which existing programs or service delivery systems have adapted to meet the needs of homeless families with children. Key issues and model and innovative approaches were identified prior to study site visits in five cities: (1) Atlanta (Georgia); (2) Baltimore (Maryland); (3) Boston…
Descriptors: Access to Education, At Risk Persons, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Redekopp, Dave E.; And Others – 1995
A variety of programs have unsuccessfully attempted to address the career development needs of street youth (defined here as 16-24 year olds with no fixed address, low social support, and who support themselves through street activities such as prostitution, theft, and drug-dealing). This digest describes "Skills Plus," a…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Employment Counselors, Employment Potential
Moffett, Patrick Sean – 1995
Founded in response to the needs of children left homeless in Italy in the wake of World War II, Boys' and Girls' Towns have become international communities of children and adolescents separated from their families or homelands because of domestic violence, famine, war or other forms of social upheaval. The towns have been less subject to many of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Characteristics, Community Development
Temelini, David; Fesko, Sheila – 1997
This newsletter issue discusses the results of a survey of 242 Family and Youth Service Bureau agencies that investigated the number of youth (ages 16-21) with disabilities served, and the incidence of and response to youth who did not have an identified disability, but whom staff may have suspected had an underlying learning, emotional, or other…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Taylor, Tawara D.; Brown, Marisa C. – 1996
This monograph describes a University Affiliated Program's (UAP) initiative that targets the development needs of children from birth to 5 years of age who are homeless and the services and supports provided to their families. The Georgetown University Child Development Center, the UAP for the District of Columbia, has implemented a homelessness…
Descriptors: Child Development, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Family Characteristics
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
This guide, which was developed with input from more than 120 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs across the United States, is designed to give JTPA program staff new ideas for conducting their targeting, outreach, and recruitment efforts. Presented first are an overview of the guide's contents and suggestions for using it. The first five…
Descriptors: Adults, Displaced Homemakers, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs
Podlin, Georgette A. – 1994
Rural homelessness in America is difficult to define, to count, and to see. This article reports the findings of a 1993 county-wide study of rural homelessness. During a one year survey, 118 homeless households were interviewed. Of those surveyed, 25.8 percent were male adults, 30.9 percent were female adults, and 43.2 percent were children.…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Family Environment, Family Problems, Homeless People
Vertreace, Martha M. – 1993
Written by and about the homeless, the Chicago newspaper "StreetWise" has potential for use in creative writing classes. An urban community college instructor uses the newspaper to provide material from which her students, many of whom are at or below the poverty level, can derive ideas for writing and to raise her students' level of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Colleges, Creative Writing, Homeless People
Wilson, William Julius, Ed. – The Annals, 1989
This volume presents the research findings of numerous scholars on the theme, The Ghetto Underclass: Social Science Perspectives. The following 13 articles are included: (1) "The Cost of Racial and Class Exclusion in the Inner City" (L. Wacquant and W. Wilson); (2) "Urban Industrial Transition and the Underclass" (J. Kasarda); (3) "Absent Fathers…
Descriptors: Family (Sociological Unit), Fathers, Ghettos, Homeless People
PDF pending restorationInteragency Council on the Homeless. – 1991
This publication is a guide to programs created by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. An opening section describes the McKinney Act itself and the agency that developed the guide. The bulk of the publication lists and describes 24 McKinney Act programs grouped under the following headings: (1) education and training programs;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Emergency Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Adult and Continuing Education Program Development. – 1990
This guidebook is based on telephone interviews, conducted in April and May 1989, with the staff of 19 homeless shelters in California, Delaware, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, and Tennessee, site visits at eight New York State shelter programs, and a review of the research on literacy training for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Homeless People
Burt, Martha R.; Cohen, Barbara – 1988
This report describes the activities and policies for the homeless of six states both before and after implementation of the Federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The states covered are California, Connecticut, Georgia, New Mexico, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The following chapters are included: (1) "Introduction"; (2)…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Federal Programs, Homeless People, Housing Needs
Kyle, John E., Ed. – 1987
This book profiles over 30 local programs and policies designed to meet the needs of children and families in cities and towns. The first chapter concerns the examination of issues related to children and families in the context of policy and planning. It calls attention to the need for comprehensiveness and coordination in the strategic…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Childhood Needs, Community Needs, Community Problems
Stronge, James H.; Tenhouse, Cheri – 1990
This publication summarizes issues relating to the education of homeless children and youth and reviews programs that are effective in the delivery of educational services to this population. The report is comprised of five sections. The first section, "Introduction," surveys factors contributing to homelessness and indicates the special…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation
