Homeless women with minor children in the Detroit metropolitan area.
Homeless women with minor children in the Detroit metropolitan area.
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底特律都会区带着未成年子女的无家可归妇女。
作者：
Crystal S. Mills;Hiro Ota
87个无家可归的家庭服务的紧急庇护所的联盟在底特律的临时住所在1987年第一季度的研究，通过审查入院数据。大多数家庭是黑人，有一个成年女性和一两个未成年孩子。大多数母亲都很年轻，没有高中文凭，也没有收入。有些人有精神疾病或药物滥用史。许多人在无家可归之前一直处于依赖性生活状态。在研究期间，儿童占入学人数的四分之一以上。政策应通过收入支助方案、提供低收入住房、基本生活技能培训方案和提供心理健康服务来预防无家可归。如果现有资源无法预防，方案拟订应解决无家可归对儿童的影响，因为这些影响会使今后几代无家可归人口不断增加的循环持续下去。
Eighty-seven homeless families served by the emergency shelter of the Coalition on Temporary Shelter in Detroit during the first quarter of 1987 were studies through a review of admission data. Most of the families were black and contained an adult female with one or two minor children. Most of the mothers were young, did not have a high school diploma, and had no income. Some had histories of psychiatric disorders or substance abuse. Many had been in a dependent living situation before becoming homeless. Children accounted for more than one-fourth of admissions during the study period. Policies should address prevention of homelessness through income support programs, provision of low-income housing, basic living skill training programs, and mental health service delivery. When available resources fail in prevention, programming should address the effects of homelessness on children, because these effects perpetuate a cycle that will increase the homeless population in future generations.