Submitting Campus
Worldwide
Department
Management & Technology
Document Type
Article
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2015
Abstract/Description
Based on interviews with rural homeless service providers, the authors examine in this practice note how policy has created shifts in practice for organizations serving homeless populations. Homeless individuals find a decreasing opportunity for assistance while awaiting Rapid Re-Housing. Some organizations, dependent on Rapid Re-Housing monies, are facing a lack of funding to pay for general homeless care provision. Organizations are creating care networks to address requirements of the new policy in addition to pooling resources in underserved areas.
Publication Title
Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal
Publisher
University of North Dakota
Scholarly Commons Citation
Sloan, M. F., Merritt, D. M., & Ford, K. A. (2015). Shifts in Practice Based on Rapid Re-Housing for Rural Homelessness: An Exploratory Study of Micropolitan Homeless Service Provision. Contemporary Rural Social Work Journal, 7(2). Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/publication/1490
