This Libguide was created to serve as a research tool and guide for the issue of Homelessness in the state of California
The number of people experiencing homelessness served by California’s homelessness response system (Continuums of Care) increased from 188,000 in 2017 to 255,000 in 2020.
People Experiencing Homelessness in California Almanac, 2022, California Health Care Foundation
DESERT MANNA HOMELESS SHELTER
209 N. 1st Avenue, Barstow, CA 92311
(760) 255-9025
www.desertmana.com
GLOBAL ONE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
724 East Virginia Way #B, Barstow, CA 92311
(310) 365-4928
www.globalonedevelopment.org
100 W Fredricks St
Barstow, CA 92311
(760) 256-1900
https://newhopevillageinc.org/
At New Hope Village we offer safe, decent, and affordable apartments and homes to support the homeless. We have maintained a 96% success rate in moving clients from homelessness to self-sufficiency and permanent housing
H.E.A.P. Funding
Home Emergency Aid Program
Research related to questions:
Causes and Risk Factors,
Housing Solutions,
Access to services,
Health & Wellbeing,
Policy & Advocacy,
Homelessness Prevention
Infobase - Issues and Controversies - Homelessness
How to House the Homeless, editors Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brendan O'Flaherty propose that the answers entail rethinking how housing markets operate and developing more efficient interventions in existing service programs. The book critically reassesses where we are now, analyzes the most promising policies and programs going forward, and offers a new agenda for future research.
This book on counting sheltered homeless persons is part of HUD's larger technical assistance effort to help Continuums of Care (CoCs) prepare annual applications for homeless assistance funds and meet Congressional directives on improving the quality of information on homelessness. This book describes recommended methods for collecting data on sheltered homeless populations, that is, homeless persons residing in emergency shelter or transitional housing.
Young homeless people are ordinary young people trapped in an extraordinary situation. This accessible guide provides information and advice on how to understand the needs of these young people, and how to ensure they are supported effectively. It combines the latest research and practice to establish what works best when helping young homeless people and provides insights into their world through diary excerpts and interviews.
The homeless have the legal right to exist in modern American cities, yet anti-homeless ordinances deny them access to many public spaces. How did previous generations of urban dwellers deal with the tensions between the rights of the homeless and those of other city residents?
As intimate as they are inspiring, these stories of transformation, drawn from the oral histories of formerly homeless adults, testify to the determination of the human spirit and the healing power of sharing one's journey.
This edited volume illuminates critical research issues through the particular lens of homelessness, bringing together some of the leading scholars in the field, from an array of disciplines and perspectives, to explore this condition of marginalization and the ethical dilemmas that arise within it.
