Independent living with support services: The goal and future for mental health consumers.
Harp, H. (1990). Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal. 4: 85-89.
Provides a consumer viewpoint on housing preferences of mentally-ill persons and describes the Oakland Independence Support Center.
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Urban Aboriginal people in Western Canada: Realities and policies
Hanselman, C. (2001).
More Aboriginal people live in urban centres in Canada than on reserves, and the urbanization of Aboriginal people is especially apparent in western Canada. Two-thirds of Canada's urban Aboriginal peo...
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Still on our streets: Results of the 2008 Metro Vancouver homeless count
Greater Vancouver Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness (2008).
This count measured homelessness in the region at a point-in-time – one 24-hour period (from 12:01 am to 11:59 pm) on March 11th, 2008. A point-in-time count tells us how many homeless people were cou...
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The relationship between social support and family homelessness: A comparison study of homeless and housed mothers
Goodman, L. A. (1991). Journal of Community Psychology. 321-332.
The present study investigated the nature of social support in the lives of 50 homeless mothers and 50 housed mothers receiving public assistance. It was hypothesized that mothers who do not have stro...
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