April 4-5, 2003
The Grand Hyatt New York Hotel
New York City
 

A national conference sponsored by Homes for the Homeless, the Institute for Children and Poverty, and the Academy of Political Science.
 

Tonight, over one million children in America will be homeless. They and their families are living in shelters and hotels, doubled-up with friends or relatives, on the streets and in parks. As a result of their homelessness, children are struggling in school, their health is hindered, and they are not getting enough to eat. In response to these trends, the service providing community has grown to meet the needs of homeless children and their families nationwide and developed into an irreplaceable source of experience and knowledge. It is our goal to provide a forum in which professionals can share best practices, disseminate research, discuss strategies, identify resources, and stimulate and guide national dialogue on behalf of America's neediest children.

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  Volume 116 · Number 4 · Winter 2001-2002
Ending Welfare As We Know It: A Reform Still in Progress		 pp. 525-560

DEMETRIOS JAMES CARALEY summarizes the political and social dynamics that brought about the repeal of Aid to Families of Dependent Children (AFDC) and analyzes the effects of the new Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program over its first four years. He considers possibilities for further changes in cash assistance for poor families during the program’s necessary reauthorization in 2002.
 

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  Volume 116 · Number 3 · Fall 2001
Family Homelessness in New York City: A Case Study		 pp. 367-379

RALPH NUNEZ examines the recent rise in family homelessness in New York City and details the underlying causes and characteristics of family homelessness and its effect on children. He discusses political trends affecting affordable housing and new strategies for transitional housing.
 

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  Volume 114 · Number 2 · Summer 1999
A Snapshot of Family Homelessness Across America		 pp. 289-307

RALPH NUNEZ and CYBELLE FOX provide the most current snapshot of family homelessness in America. Looking at ten diverse cities this study examines the demographics and housing, education, and income histories of homeless families within the context of changing social policies.
 

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  Volume 113 · Number 2 · Summer 1998
Kathryn Edin and Laura Lein, Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work		 pp. 350-351

Reviewed by Ralph da Costa Nunez

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  Volume 111 · Number 4 · Winter 1996-1997
The Failure of Liberal Homeless Policy in the Koch and Dinkins Administration		 pp. 639-660

J. PHILLIP THOMPSON examines how the flawed policy positions of homeless advocates and of the administrations of Edward I. Koch and David Dinkins led to unworkable housing policies in New York City. He suggests that support for social welfare programs would be better served through a more self-limited role on the part of legal advocates and the courts.
 

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  Volume 111 · Number 3 · Fall 1996
Sanford F. Schram, Words of Welfare: The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty		 pp. 541-542

Reviewed by Randy Albelda

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  Volume 111 · Number 2 · Summer 1996
Dismantling the Federal Safety Net: Fictions versus Reality		 pp. 225-258

DEMETRIOS CARALEY shows that arguments for dismantling the federal social safety net and devolving parts of it to the states have been based on six major claims about reality, but that five of those claims are fictional and the sixth only partially true. Nevertheless, he concludes that the forces for dismantling the safety net and for cutting the federal government's revenues to make it constantly broke have formidable staying power and may eventually succeed in weakening the federal government as an effective instrument of governance.
 

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  Volume 104 · Number 4 · Winter 1989-1990
Sheltering the Homeless in New York City: Expansion in an Era of Government Contraction		 pp. 607-623

DONNA WILSON KIRCHHEIMER assesses the proximate political factors that caused the New York City government to expand emergency shelters for homeless persons during 1978-1988, a period dominated by governmental retrenchment. She concludes that three factors were most influential: the rise of a new policy community about homelessness, the media agenda, and the response of state courts to a litigation campaign.
 

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