The Policy Implications of Homelessness

homelessness;Stewart B. McKinney Act;Genesee County;Michigan;College of Arts and Sciences: Public Administration

Piper, Joanne M.Flint ;

University of Michigan

关键词: homelessness;    Stewart B. McKinney Act;    Genesee County;    Michigan;    College of Arts and Sciences: Public Administration;   

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【 摘 要 】

The main objective of this paper was to study the policy implications of homelessness as it relates to the statutory definition of homelessness, and how services are designed in light of the uncertainty of how many people are affected. That is, how the definition of the problem and the number of people involved impacts on designing and implementing services.

The objective of the reseach on the definition of homelessness was to determine whether the Stewart B. McKinney Act (federal funding targeted for homelessness) was meeting the needs of people who are homeless in Genesee County. Data were collected and evaluated to compare how the Act;;s statutory definition of homelessness relates to the local operational definition. The issues were measured by comparing the eligibility guidelines as provided by agencies involved directly or indirectly with the homeless to the statutory definition of homelessness as found in the McKinney legislation. The research and data would indicate if the McKinney Act;;s funding is, in fact, serving the homeless, and how the operational and statutory definitions compare.