Homeless Family Profile Survey: Abstract

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Project Description

The research study is funded by the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services to determine what impact that welfare reform has had on homelessness in Georgia. Data developed as a result of the study will be distributed to agencies which provide various types of services for homeless persons. The Department of Family and Children's Services will also use the data to determine what role it will play to prevent and reduce homelessness in Georgia.

Project duration: Feb 1999 - Jan 2000

Sites studied include Ten counties which include metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia

Sample Characteristics and Sites Studied

Non-probability sample
Sample size: 700 interviews conducted by MSW students.
Unit of analysis: 46 item questionnaire.

Recent Findings in Brief

Contact

Dan P. Young (midpass@bellsouth.net)
Clark Atlanta University, School of Social Work
223 James P. Brawley Drive
SW
(T) (404) 880-6716
(F) (404) 880-6434