HOMELESSNESS: SPECIAL POPULATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. HIV-AIDS
2. Rural Populations
3. Women, Domestic Violence and Homelessness
4. Homeless Youth
5. Homeless Families with Children
6. Homelessness Among Elderly Persons
7. Hurricane Katrina Victims
8. Veterans
9. Homeless Patients with Mental Health Issues
10. The Addicted Homeless Person
11. Resources

	CEU Article #1
	HIV/AIDS and Homelessness – Fact Sheet

2. RURAL POPULATIONS

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	CEU Article #2
	Rural Homelessness – Fact Sheet

3. WOMEN, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS

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	CEU Articles #3
	Some Facts on Homelessness, Housing, and Violence Against Women

Housing, Homelessness, and Domestic Violence

	CEU Articles #4
	Domestic Violence and Homelessness

4. HOMELESS YOUTH

	CEU Articles #5
	Understanding Homeless Youth: Numbers, Characteristics, Multisystem Involvement, and Intervention Options

5. HOMELESS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN

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	CEU Articles #6
	Responding to America 's Challenges – The Problem: Ending & Preventing Family Homelessness

National Center on Family Homelessness – for every child a chance

	CEU Articles #7
	Homeless Families with Children

Education of Homeless Children and Youth

Characteristics of Transitional Housing for Homeless Families

Homelessness & Family Trauma: The Case for Early Intervention

6. HOMELESS AMONG ELDERLY PERSONS

	CEU Articles #8
	Homelessness among Elderly Persons

End-of-Life Care for Homeless Patients

Senior Homeless Persons – Regional Task Force on the Homeless (short)

7. HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS

Aid for Katrina's disabled homeless population could be cut

New Orleans ' homeless rate swells to 1 in 25 (USA Today)

Resources Scarce, Homelessness Persists in New Orleans (NY Times)

Issues and Insights after Hurricane Katrina

 

8. VETERANS

Homeless Veterans Fact Sheet

Substance abuse and psychiatric illness account for the majority of hospital admissions among homeless veterans

Vital Mission : Ending Homelessness Among Veterans- National Alliance to End Homelessness Nov 2007

	CEU Articles #9
	Homelessness among U.S. Veterans

Homelessness: Tragic side effect of non-treatment

	CEU Articles
	Article #10 Mental Illness and Homelessness – Fact Sheet Article #11 Work as a Priority: A Resource for Employing People who have Serious Mental Illness and are Homeless

The Case Management Relationship and Outcomes of Homeless Persons with Serious Mental Illness

More Homeless Mentally Ill Than Expected According To UCSD Study: Interventions Urged

Cost-effectiveness evaluation of three approaches to case management for homeless mentally ill clients

“Assertive community treatment has better client outcomes at no greater cost and is, therefore, more cost-effective than brokered case management”

10. THE ADDICTED HOMELESS PERSON

	CEU Articles #12
	Addiction Disorders and Homelessness

Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2004

A case management plan for a chemically dependent homeless man

Managing Acutely Ill Substance-Abusing Patients in an Integrated Day Hospital Outpatient Program: Medical Therapies, Complications, and Overall Treatment Outcomes

11. RESOURCES - Medication Assistance – Food Resources – Shelter Resources, etc.

Medication Resources

NeedyMeds.com

Partnership for Prescription Assistance

Free Medicine Foundation (Application)

Food Resources
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Food Stamps: Some Facts and Your Rights

Food Stamps and Homelessness

Food Stamps for Homeless Individuals – A Fact Sheet for Advocates

Food Stamp Program - Outreach

Find Your Local Food Bank

Shelter Resources

Find a Shelter

Shelters and Soup Kitchens – A Searchable Map

HUD Issues Instructions for 2008 Homeless Assistance Funding

Miscellaneous Resources

Homeless Empowerment Sites

The Homeless Home Movie

Supportive Links

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