A Solution to Homelessness

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This paper proposes a program which is designed for the needs of homeless families (both two-parent and single-parent) in New York City, where an estimated 23,000 people reside in a publicly funded or private sector shelter on any given night. The program proposed in the paper moves away from simply taking homeless people off the street and placing them temporarily in emergency shelters. The proposed program involves converting a select number of existing emergency shelters into adequate short-term and long-term transitional housing. These facilities would be designed to remain open for 24-hours a day and provide comprehensive support services that target families and assist them in moving into long-term or permanent housing.

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"Included in case management activities will be linking families to any of the extant public assistance programs currently available in New York City. This includes Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Medicaid, nutrition programs both in and out of school, and programs which provide Section 8 housing subsidies to the homeless and the poor. The literature strongly supports the belief that linking the homeless family to affordable housing is an effective measure associated with a prevention of repeat spells of homelessness (Metraux & Culhane, 1999)."

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