Volume 2 Issue 3

Volume 2 Issue 3

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Fannie Mae Annual Housing Conference, May 14, 1991

Counting the Homeless: The Methodologies, Policies, and Social Significance Behind the Numbers

Session 1A: Critical Issues in Counting Homeless Persons

What's Behind the Numbers?
Difinitional Issues in Counting the Homeless
By David S. Cordray and Georgine M. Pion
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Federal Homeless Information Needs and Local Practice
By Christopher Walker
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Session 1B: The Importance of Numbers

Estimates and Public Policy: The Politics of Numbers
By Anna Kondratas
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Images of The Homeless: Public Views and Media Messages
By Barrett A. Lee, Bruce G. Link, and Paul A. Toro
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Politics, Policy Making, Data, and the Homeless
By Eleanor Chelimsky
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Changing the Conventional Rules: Surveying Homeless People in Nonconventional Locations
By Michael L. Dennis
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Counting Homeless Persons with Surveys of Users of Services for the Homeless
By Franklin J. James
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Section 2B: Who Are the Homeless? Current Knowledge

Homelessness Old and New: The Matter of Definition
By Kim Hopper
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The Physical and Mental Health Status of Homeless Adults
By Deborah L. Dennis, Irene S. Levine, and Fred C. Osher
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Alcohol and Other Drug Problems Among the Homeless: Research, Practice, and Future Directions
By James Baumohl and Robert B. Huebner
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Session 3A: Alternative Modes of Estimating the Homeless Population

Estimating Census and Survey Undercounts Though Multiple Service Contacts
By Charles D. Cowan
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Using Local Longitudinal Records to Estimate Transient and Resident Homeless Populations
By Douglas L. Anderton
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Session 3B: The Causes and Prevention of Homelessness

Causes of the Growth of Homelessness During the 1980s
By Martha R. Burt
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Is Homelessness a Housing Problem?
By James D. Wright and Beth A. Rubin
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Toward a Comprehensive Homelessness-Prevention Strategy
By Eric N. Lindblom
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Section 4: Next Steps in Homelessness Knowledge Acquisition and Social Policy

Strategies for Homeless Research in the 1990s
By Peter H. Rossi
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Federal Homeless Social Policies for the 1990s
By Cushing N. Dolbeare
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