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Homeless persons Homeless persons Services for Homeless persons Substance use Homelessness Homelessness Government policy Homelessness United States Itinérance Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Libraries and community Sans-abri Usage de substances psychoactives États-Unis United StatesDowd, Ryan
Summary: "Homelessness is a perennial topic of concern at libraries. In fact, staff at public libraries interact with almost as many homeless individuals as staff at shelters do. In this book Dowd, executive director of a homeless shelter, spotlights best practices drawn from his own shelter's policies and training materials"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Editions 2018
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 020 DOWWalls, Jeannette.
Summary: Journalist Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary and their four children lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary painted...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 362.82 WALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD B WALLSSummary: The story of Craig Castalso, better known as Radioman for the stereo boombox worn around his neck. This New York film set mascot overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the New York film industry, with over 100 small parts to his name.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC RADSummary: "Many people helped improve the quality of this book-its accuracy, its clarity, the force of its presentation. Four people were kind enough to read the entire manuscript, and they made helpful comments and corrections throughout: Paul Dornan, formerly responsible for research on homelessness at HUD; Lucie Khadduri, who lives in Olympia WA, a city with a recent upsurge in homelessness; Daniel...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2020
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Summary: "How do individuals move from being homeless to finding safe, stable, and secure places to live? Can we recreate the conditions that helped them most? What policies are needed to support what worked-and to remove common obstacles? Addressing these questions, Jamie Rife and Donald Burnes start from the premise that the most important voices in efforts to end homelessness are the ones most often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.5 RIFColburn, Gregg
Summary: "In Homelessness is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United States. In a departure from many analytical approaches, Colburn and Aldern shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area. Using accessible statistical analysis, they test a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 2022
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.5 COLColburn, Gregg
Summary: "In Homelessness is a Housing Problem, Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern seek to explain the substantial regional variation in rates of homelessness in cities across the United States. In a departure from many analytical approaches, Colburn and Aldern shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area. Using accessible statistical analysis, they test a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 0000