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Wynne, Martha Ellen; Ausikaitis, Ashley Etzel – Communique, 2013
Homelessness has long been a concern throughout the United States. In the Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2012 Point in Time Estimate of Homelessness, on a given night in 2012, there were 633,782 homeless people in the United States. During the 2011-2012 school year, the U.S. Department of Education (National Center for Homeless…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Homeless People, Student Needs, Federal Legislation
Byerts, Thomas O.; Heller, Tamar – 1985
Congregate living may offer great potential for serving the frail elderly in public housing. To examine the short- and long-term outcomes of relocation to congregate housing, a 4-year longitudinal study compared the health, well-being, and satisfaction of 67 single individuals who moved into the Chicago Housing Authority's first congregate housing…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Health, Housing Needs, Individual Needs
Wright, David J.; Ellen, Ingrid Gould; Schill, Michael H. – 2001
This study examined the impact of welfare reform on housing owned by community development corporations (CDCs), investigating how early implementation of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) affected the financial status of CDCs' affordable housing developments. Five types of financial impacts were…
Descriptors: Community Development, Employment Patterns, Housing Needs, Job Training
Archiquette, Robert, Ed.; Delgado, Louis, Ed. – 1981
A total of 135 representatives of 35 tribes and members of 22 Indian community organizations, program, and clubs providing services to the approximately 20,00 people who make up the Chicago American Indian community, participated in this conference whose goals were: (1) to develop statements on common issues, (2) to develop a more effective agency…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Economic Development
Kim, Bok-Lim C.; Condon, Margaret E. – 1975
The study described in this paper focused upon providing baseline demographic data and data concerning the need for social, employment, and health services in four Asian American communities in Chicago. The methodology of the research, which included interviewing 800 Korean, Filipino, Japanese, and Chinese individuals, is explained. Demographic…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Chinese Americans, Community Services, Demography
Parker, Trisha; Warner, Lindsay; Zasadny, Julie – 2002
This Kids Count data book examines statewide trends in the well-being of Illinois' children. The statistical portrait is based on 24 indicators in the areas of family, health, safety, education, and economic security. The indicators are: (1) living arrangements for children; (2) teen births; (3) children in foster/substitute care; (4) foster…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asthma, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women