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Has the McKinney Act Helped to Create a Universal Definition of Homelessness?

Has the McKinney Act Helped to Create a Universal Definition of Homelessness? AbstractUsing the knowledge of how shared definitions affect interagency collaboration and client access to services, the present study aims to examine how the McKinney-Vento Act (Pub. L.100-77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482, 42 U.S.C. § 11301 et seq.) has impacted agency definitions of homelessness. A random sample of 104 social service agencies from one country in the northwest were queried about the Act's influence on their definition of homelessness and its impact upon services provided. Significant findings include the broad range of definitions used among agencies and the high percentage of responses that support the need for a universal definition. Adoption of a universal definition is recommended to best serve the wide diversity of the needs of people who are homeless. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Social Distress and Homeless Taylor & Francis

Has the McKinney Act Helped to Create a Universal Definition of Homelessness?

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2007 Maney
ISSN
1573-658X
eISSN
1053-0789
DOI
10.1179/sdh.2007.16.1.1
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Abstract

AbstractUsing the knowledge of how shared definitions affect interagency collaboration and client access to services, the present study aims to examine how the McKinney-Vento Act (Pub. L.100-77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482, 42 U.S.C. § 11301 et seq.) has impacted agency definitions of homelessness. A random sample of 104 social service agencies from one country in the northwest were queried about the Act's influence on their definition of homelessness and its impact upon services provided. Significant findings include the broad range of definitions used among agencies and the high percentage of responses that support the need for a universal definition. Adoption of a universal definition is recommended to best serve the wide diversity of the needs of people who are homeless.

Journal

Journal of Social Distress and HomelessTaylor & Francis

Published: Mar 1, 2007

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