Social Problems

• The Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness

  A national organization based in New York City focused on providing empirical and numerical research on child and family homelessness in the United States, focusing both on national trends and local specifics.
• The National Alliance to End Homelessness

  This is a nonpartisan, mission-driven organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States. This site provides information about homelessness and how to prevent it. It also has separate sections about different homeless focus groups: i.e. veterans, youth, etc.
• National Coalition for the Homeless

  Grassroots organization dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness and protecting the civil rights and immediate needs of homeless persons. Works with Americorps.
• The National Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Council

  This is a group for those who work to improve the health of homeless people and who seek housing, health care, and adequate incomes for everyone. Focuses on health care for the homeless.
• National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty

  The mission of this group is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness. Focuses on legal issues surrounding homelessness.
• New York Times Topics: Homelessness

  A subject guide containing background information and recent New York Times news articles on the topic of homelessness. Also contains links to other sites and organizations.
• Veteran's Administration: Homeless Veterans

  Guide from the VA with resources and information for and about homelessness among veterans.

   

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  STATISTICS

  US Census American Fact Finder

  Provides government statistics, taken from the census. The American Fact Finder provides an easy-to-use interface to find census data, including reports on emergency and transitional shelter-using populations.

  HUD USER Policy Development and Research Information Service

  Provides government statistics provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. A number of reports published on the site report figures relating to homelessness.

Try these keywords when searching for information about your topic. 

• Emergency shelter
• Homeless children
• Homelessness
• Homelessness -- Government policy
• Homeless persons
• Housing policy
• Public welfare
• Runaway youth
• Shelters for the homeless
• Social welfare
• Street children