TY - JOUR
T1 - Shelters for houseless youth
T2 - A follow-up evaluation
AU - Dekel, Rachel
AU - Peled, Einat
AU - Spiro, Shimon E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was commissioned by the steering committee of “Makom Acher” and “Atnachta” and supported by The Interdisciplinary Center for Children and Youth Studies, Tel-Aviv University Bob Shapell Scholl of Social Work.
PY - 2003/4
Y1 - 2003/4
N2 - This study followed 345 Israeli youngsters who had been residents of two shelters for runaway and homeless youths, 6-12 weeks after their departure. Telephone interviews were conducted with the youngsters, their parents, and social workers in the community. A majority of the youngsters had either returned to their family homes, or had been placed out of home. Their residential stability was found to be low. Post-shelter place of residence was related to length of stay at the shelter, amount of contact with their family while at the shelter, and manner of departure. Our findings lead to a typology of shelter uses, and also raise questions about the extent to which shelters achieve their declared goals.
AB - This study followed 345 Israeli youngsters who had been residents of two shelters for runaway and homeless youths, 6-12 weeks after their departure. Telephone interviews were conducted with the youngsters, their parents, and social workers in the community. A majority of the youngsters had either returned to their family homes, or had been placed out of home. Their residential stability was found to be low. Post-shelter place of residence was related to length of stay at the shelter, amount of contact with their family while at the shelter, and manner of departure. Our findings lead to a typology of shelter uses, and also raise questions about the extent to which shelters achieve their declared goals.
KW - Follow-up studies
KW - Runaway and homeless youths
KW - Shelters
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037398829&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0140-1971(02)00130-6
DO - 10.1016/S0140-1971(02)00130-6
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???
AN - SCOPUS:0037398829
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 26
SP - 201
EP - 212
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 2
ER -