Site Index

About Us

Helping Clients Plan for the Future

• Phase I (engagement with clients/customers),
• Phase II (realities and aspirations in planning) , and
• Phase III (acquiring resources and maintaining stability).
• handouts/planning tools
• online survey

Advocacy and Service Provision

• a description of advocacy activities by workers;
• a description of advocacy activities by agencies;
• a description of successful efforts to involve clients in advocacy and decision-making;
• an analysis of the legality of non-profits engaging in advocacy;
• information on influencing public policy and testifying before decision-makers;
• ways to be informed on potential policy changes affecting homeless families;
• websites on advocacy and electronic advocacy.
• Understanding Homelessness

Parenting while Homeless

• Impact of homelessness on children
• Respecting the parent's role
• Working with parents who are homeless
• Parent-Child Communication
• Physical discipline
• Stress and parenting
• Handouts respect the parent's role
• impact of homelessness on children
• communicating with children
• stress and parenting
• working with parents who are homeless
• physical discipline

Starting Points in working with People who are Homeless

• Focusing on the person, "not the homeless person"
• Treating the residents/clients with dignity and respect
• Being nonjudgmental
• Paying attention to and building on strength
• Encouraging hope and dreams
• Assisting, not doing for
• understanding homelessness and poverty
• clear communication

Perspectives on Shelter Life from Residents and Staff

Sharing Expertise and Questions

• subscribing to one of these listservs
• survey at
  http://www.inetsurvey.com/Survey.cgi/HomeWords/UWWHome/

Future Plans for HomeWords

• suggestions

Related Links

Contact Us

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Last Updated January 24, 2001