CREATING COMPREHENSIVE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS COMMUNITY: EXPLORING NETWORK ACTIVITY AMONG SHELTERS AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE SOUTH-SIDE OF CHICAGO
We may not all agree that the homeless community is increasing and that their essential needs to survive such as food, healthcare and housing are quality of life rights for everyone. We must adopt the compassion of the medical industry and understand the importance of how community programs and services impact their survival. The sense of urgency to address the issues of homelessness does not appear to be moving as fast as other government agendas hindering families and individual’s ability to achieve self-sufficiency. It is expected that the priorities within this population are addressed immediately, it should be understood that all homeless are priority. Studies show that there is a focus on services for special groups within the homeless community. Individuals with various disabilities, women, and children just to name a few are groups that shelters, and homeless providers work with first. They create case-plans supporting them with services, housing placement, and programs. The case plan is to ensure that after an intake and assessment, participants are connected to programs, resources, and services that should encourage and help them on their path to self-sufficiency and sustainability. The plan is a network of organizations forming support systems that include housing, community organizations, hospitals, and other organizations serving homeless clients using collaborative efforts. To understand their relationships and how they support the homeless community; this study explores the network of service systems, the levels of organizations networking together, and how service providers create comprehensive wrap-around services addressing the needs of the homeless.
collaboration, community networks, homeless, homelessness, network, partnership, Health Policy, Policy Design, Analysis, and Evaluation, Policy History, Theory, and Methods, Psychology, Public Administration, Social Policy, Social Statistics, Social Welfare, Social Work, Urban Studies
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