Talk:Crisis accommodation

Possible Expansion References
For a class project, I have complied a few references which could help expand this article.

Homeless Families with Children. (2009, July). National Coalition for the Homeless. Retrieved 12 October 2013 from http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/families.html

This article is about obstacles homeless families face. In particular, homeless people with children. It elaborates on the consequences of children being homeless - such as delayed development, and having higher rates of mental health problems compared to their non-homeless peers. I believe the information is accurate, but some of the cited statistics are somewhat dated. It was last revised in October, 2013, but some of the statistics and references were published in the 1990's. This article provides insight to   an often overlooked demographic who might use crisis accommodations, but are thought of as the fastest growing segment of the homeless population.

Kesler, S. M. (2012). PA Safe Place to Start Over: The Role of Design in Domestic Violence Shelters. ''Undergraduate Research Journal for the Human Sciences'', 11(1). This article addresses the issue of domestic violence shelter design, and how it affects the residents who use these facilities. Because there is limited information about emergency housing design; particularly domestic violence shelters, a study had to be done I order to get a better idea. This work suggests that the overall design will have a more positive impact on the residents, as well as the staff who work with domestic violence victims, if these shelters are designed around research findings about how the victims fare better if they are sheltered in a supportive environment. The article contains much information about the design trends of emergency accommodations which house battered women. There is also a lot of information concerning the cycle of domestic violence, which is how the victims end up in these shelters to begin with.

Kilbane, K. (2013, October 04). Fort Wayne Rescue Mission taking steps to deal with alleged gang violence against the homeless. The News-Sentinel. Retrieved from http://www.news-sentinel.com/ The above reference is a newspaper article about violent acts committed against the homeless around shelter property. This would be of use when writing about further obstacles that people who are already having a tough time have to contend with.

Kushel, M. (2012). Older Homeless Adults: Can We Do More? Journal of General Internal Medicine, 27(1), 5-6.

In this article, the author explains that the growing older homeless population that has chronic health problems or are physically frail is not near adequately served by the temporary shelters which most of them end up residing in. Kushel then asked the question about whether the older homeless population can best be served by supportive housing as opposed to traditional homeless shelters which are often not designed with the older population in mind. The information contained in this article is very credible because it appeared in the peer -reviewed Journal of General Internal Medicine. Also, the author, Margot Kushel, is a graduate of Yale School of Medicine and has been practicing doctor for almost 20 years.

Morrison, S. R. (2009). The Fourth Amendment’s Applicability to Residents of Homeless Shelters. "Hamline Law Review", 32, 319. Retrieved from http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1687427 The residents of homeless shelters routinely have their constitutional right violated at homeless shelters because there is not really much legal precedent or even knowledge about how the Fourth Amendment should apply to the residents in a shelter for the homeless. This article discusses in length how the Fourth Amendment to U.S. Constitution might apply to residents of homeless shelters. This article would be of value to anyone who wanted to dramatically expand this stub to include how the Constitutional rights of people living in crisis accommodations may be violated. This is an excellent article with hundreds of legal footnotes.

Nunez, R. (2013). Rapidly rehousing homeless families: New york city-a case study. New York, NY: Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness Retrieved from http://www.icphusa.org/index.asp?page=16&report=107&pg=96 This case study is about a newer strategy that the author refers to as “rapid rehousing/housing first”. The idea was for New York City to subsidize moving homeless families from homeless shelters to a permanent housing so they would no longer be homeless. After they found stable housing, it was though that these families would gain employment and be able to pay for housing themselves. As   could be predicted by most normally functioning adults, the aforementioned attempt at reducing family homelessness was an abysmal failure because there are too many variables involved with homelessness. I had to include this because it was a form of crisis accommodation that New York and other cities in America have tried or are trying. Sguegila, K. ( 2012, January 17 ) Homeless science scholar to attend State of the Union speech. CNN. Retrieved from http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/17/us/new-york-homeless-scholar/

This news report is about a young lady named Samantha Garvey. She was living in a homeless shelter with her family because they were kicked out of their home when she was invited by New York Rep. Steve Israel to president Obama's State of the Union speech. She drew attention because she was currently a semifinalist in a science talent search contest sponsored by Intel Corporation. This and similar stories would be useful if doing a part about notable people who have lived in an alternative shelter at one time.

Shelter Life for Homeless Men: Risk or Respite? (2008). In R. H. McNamara (Ed.), ''Praeger Perspectives. Homelessness in America'' (Vol. 1, pp. [43]-59). Westport, CT: Praeger. Retrieved from Gale Virtual Reference Library.

The author examines whether homeless shelters are more harmful to the homeless than they are helpful by giving the readers an  accurate portrayal of shelter life using data that he collected from the focus groups comprised of actual homeless persons. The information in this chapter is highly credible because R. H. McNamara has authored or contributed to numerous books covering a wide range of social issues. Also, there are numerous references cited. This information is relevant to the topic because it contains information and insight from actual homeless people about life in homeless shelters. It also gave me a little information about kinds of crisis accommodations (like outdoor homeless camps) that I didn't even think about.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA (2013). Retrieved from website: http://asd.fema.gov/inter/hportal/home.htm This government run Web site is dedicated to assisting people who have been displaced from their housing because of a disaster. It   allows people who need emergency housing to find it in their particular area using a simple drop down menu. This may be an    important link if expanding the article included writing about this type of crisis accommodation.

Walsh, S. M., & Donaldson, R. E. (2010). Invited commentary: National safe place: Meeting the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 39(5), 437-445. This piece is about National Safe Place. NSP is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing homelessness among youth as   well as putting youth who are experiencing a crisis in touch with people who can help with their basic and immediate needs such as    a safe place to sleep and food. It is a better alternative to seeking help from state run child welfare organizations who are perceived in their communities as basically cold, culturally insensitive bureaucrats. The NSP program puts emphasis on helping the child and his/her family before the problems which led to the child running away spiral out of control.

Steve L. Desoto (talk) 16:27, 20 October 2013 (UTC)