Alliance Against Family Violence Thesis

Problem Statement: Pine Street Inn's President Lyndia Downie is looking to redefine the program’s 40-year organizational strategy of providing shelter to Boston’s most needy homeless, for the provision of more supportive housing. Faced with her proposition of increasing supportive housing units to 300 and decreasing shelter beds by 300, Board Members of the Pine Street Inn have to make a decision on what to do moving forward.

In an effort to end homelessness in Washington, DC, low barrier shelters, such as the Harriet Tubman Woman’s Shelter were implemented. Located in the center of DC General Campus in Southeast, DC, the Harriet Tubman Woman’s shelter, “is a 100 bed low-barrier emergency shelter for women over the age of 18 who are in urgent need of housing, food or case management” (Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Washington, Inc., 2010). A low-barrier shelter is “usually primarily short-term shelter for individuals. Low-barrier shelter is designed to keep people safe, is often open only 12 hours a day, and is often in a congregate setting. This type of program is provided, on a first come, first served basis, to any adult presenting as homeless. It is sometimes also referred to as emergency shelter” (Interagency Council on Homelessness District of Columbia, 2010, p.4) For all shelters in the Washington, DC area the women are to be out of the shelter from the time of 7am until the doors open again at 7pm. For those women who are not a part of the work program or have nothing to do during the day, the women have a chance to participate in the day program located in the shelter.

The Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) channels their focus on ensuring that any type of family violence is handled properly and that services needed by both victim and aggressor are provided to prevent

housing for homeless young adults, many of whom have aged out of foster care. It serves

The Transitional Living Program was designed to promote a transition for these clients to self sufficient living and prevent long-term dependency on social services. Another strength of this policy both micro and macro is that in 2008 when changes were occurring to the preliminaries of the act, the length of stay was increased in the shelters from 14-21 days and in the Transitional Housing Program from 18-21 months. This amount of time stated in the RHYA for an individual’s stay originally worried me only because what if the client’s needs were not met by this deadline what happens next? On the macro level this extension of time gives the agencies more time for implementation of services and programs. Agencies must try there hardest to not turn away any clients, because it could possibly come across as discrimination. It was rewarding to learn that these agencies are well equipped with information and techniques for the various people inquiring about services. As the National Alliance to End Homelessness states the United States served over 500,000 homeless youth in 2005. But the Department of Human Health Services reported that 2,500 people were turned away from agencies and shelters due to the lack of bed space. If I were a major stakeholder or beneficiary of this Act, I would be concerned that not all people in need are getting what they deserve. Although this number is relatively low compared to how many served this shows some changes

S263). This test is “11 questions in the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Module” and was issued on a scale of one to eight (Montgomery et al. S263). Another test conducted by a different team was used on a scale of either affective or psychotic and it was called the IES-R (Helfrich et al. 119). Both testing groups decided that housing and constant therapeutic sessions were key into reintroducing people to society. The most difficult problem with their conclusions is the aspect of housing. Housing First is one of the many healthcare and housing organizations to yield multiple aids for the homeless and mentally ill (Somers et al. 1). These aids consist of sustainable market housing without the requirement of a lease (Somers et al. 1). “Our findings confirm that HF programs- particularly the ones using scattered site format- promote reductions in offending and reconviction among people who were previously homeless and have a current mental illness ” (Somers et al. 6). By using a “scattered site format,” the organization chose a random sample that pulled many subjects from the streets and put them through the HF program. This was one of the first real solutions shown in reintroducing the once homeless into society. Haven for Hope homeless shelter is centered on returning the homeless and mentally ill to community. They have plans on renovating one of the male housings into a psychiatric facility with rooms for the residents

In regards to SAHP collaborations within the homeless care arena include the Union Gospel Mission of Tarrant County, the Presbyterian Night Shelter, the Salvation Army, and the Day Resource Center. The above collaborators currently offer day-to-day temporary shelter and providing more basic and immediate needs, a continuous source of clients, and begin the process of self-sufficiency for the clients. The SAHP agency offers purposeful transitional housing designed to continue what these shelters initiated. Through more intensive individualized case management and more demanding financial literacy, the SAHP agency seeks to complete the efforts of these other shelters and collectively work to end chronic homelessness in the Lancaster

Conducting a focus groups with women that are or have been homelessness and their caseworkers, separately, to (a) see how the living in a shelter on a daily basis can effect these women how to go about finding a more permanent home,

In supporting equity for individuals who are currently homeless, the service provides group work, counselling, mediation and support, in hope to stop the ongoing cycle of homelessness. The program allocates resources to meet the individual needs of the patient, such as trained mental health services and facilities. By doing so, the needs of the

The interviewee talks about the city of Peterborough having six emergency shelters, which are: A men’s only emergency shelter with funding for only 40 beds per night; a women’s only emergency shelter with funding for only 10 beds per night; a co-ed youth emergency shelter with funding for only 15 beds per night; a family emergency shelter with funding for 15 beds per night; a Warming Room that opens in November and closes late April, which provides overnight accommodations where individuals can check in at 8p.m. and must be out of the warming room by 8a.m; and lastly a Domiciliary with funding for three beds per night, and are usually for the elderly who are sick, have a chronic disease and/or

The populations that the organization serves are on a fixed income that may suffer from depression, PTSD or victims of domestic violence and are traumatized. This cut will eliminate and put a strain on the social services that the organization provides to their clients. One of the services that the organization offers is designed as a temporary emergency shelter for women and their children who had to flee from a bad situation. Without shelter programs it would cause women to become a part of the statistics of homeless or lead them back in the hands of their abuser. Also, public housing and rental assistance programs will be hit the hardest because these types of programs help decrease the number of homeless people.

A. The current mission of the Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless is to provide assistance to vulnerable populations in the city of Elizabeth and throughout Union county. The coalition breaks this larger mission among smaller sections that all play a role in helping the Coalition provide advocacy and education for those peoples in need. Since 1981 the Coalition has been housed in a converted church. There have been few noticeable changes outside of the grey security door that allows entrance from the side. Even if one wasn’t sure that this place used to serve as a church there is still the religious sign of the large sloping roof that is commonly associated with certain Christian houses of

Although a person might be receiving a form of temporary shelter, this does not mean that they are non-homeless. If this temporary shelter was unavailable, the person would have no shelter. A person meeting the elements of this aforementioned definition would be assisted within my program and not rejected unless the person shows evidence of remaining stagnant in their effort to become self sufficient. My program is indented to serve all demographics of the homeless regardless of age, sex, educational level, marital status, etc. with the understanding that their pursuit for self sufficiency does not falter. My program is dedicated to partnering with staffing agencies, childcare facilities, educational facilities, medical facilities, nursing home facilities and counseling services to name a few. It is important to serve all demographics within the homeless population and not selected types of

We plan to use the Covenant House of Atlanta as our parent organization. The Covenant House was created in 2000 with the goal of creating a home for Atlanta’s homeless youth. Children are never turned away and are provided shelter and resources, as well as someone to talk to. Their services are designed to help children in need attain self-sufficiency. Their services range from outreach to mental health services and include crisis care and assistance with independent living.

The first kind is called physical violence. Physical abuse, including assault, is the intentional use of force against a person without that person's consent. It can cause physical pain or injuries . Physical abuse includes: