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Annotation: This report summarizes the DC Family Policy Seminar about public and low-income housing in the District of Columbia. It discusses the importance of adequate housing, housing improvement stakeholders, resident involvement and responsibility, national and local models, limitations and challenges, and policy considerations. Appendices include a glossary of terms, an overview of the DC Housing Authority, the Renaissance Village covenant, and national and district resources. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: District of Columbia, Families, Housing, Individual responsibility, Local initiatives, Low income groups, Model programs, National programs, Public housing

Annotation: This report addresses community building as an approach to combating poverty. The report is written for public housing managers as well as individuals and organizations concerned with the physical and social revitalization of American communities. The report explains the community building approach and supplies examples of how it has succeeded in several cities. It gives step-by-step guidance that housing managers can follow to work more closely with residents and become involved in the possibilities of community building.

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Keywords: Case studies, Community programs, Poverty, Public housing, Reports

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Keywords: Awards, Community health centers, Health promotion, Model programs, Models That Work, Nurse practitioners, Pennsylvania, Primary care, Public housing, Public private partnerships, Underserved communities

Annotation: This report examines the relationship between housing and family well-being and self-sufficiency. Section one examines subsidized housing, including federal initiatives since the 1930s, characteristics of residents, and gaps between supply and demand. Section two looks at the specific connections between housing and self-sufficiency programs, including the logic of linking the two and an overview of programs that have been developed. Section three discusses current and future challenges for housing-based self-sufficiency programs, including major lessons that have been learned from various early and contemporary initiatives. The report also summarizes a seminar on the same topic. A two-page issue brief on this topic is also available.

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Keywords: Families, Family support, Housing, Individual responsibility, Initiatives, Policy development, Public housing, Self care

Annotation: This report links the issue of family homelessness to the need for a combination of affordable housing and ongoing support services such as financial planning, substance abuse counseling, and parenting classes. After a review of the historical context, the bulk of the report is devoted to considerations of current policies and reforms that directly affect the homeless and those at risk of homelessness, families with children in particular. Topics include the following: 1) a description of the homeless population and who falls into it, 2) the causes of homelessness and the impact on families and children, 3) the role of the federal government in addressing homelessness, 4) state and local programs and policies addressing homelessness, 5) community responses, 6) a review of the ongoing debate about homelessness and suggestions for improving current systems that address and alleviate homelessness, and 7) highlights from a Capitol Hill seminar addressing these issues.

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Keywords: Family support programs, Family support services, Homeless persons, Homelessness, Housing, Public programs

Annotation: This report traces the development of the Farmworker Women's Health Project in 1991. It focuses on the founding conference, the first meeting of the steering committee, and two subsequent conferences that focused on farmworker women and AIDS. The report describes events at each of the meetings that contributed to the formulation of the policy recommendations contained in the report. These recommendations cover specific health issues that are important to farmworker women such as AIDS, health, housing, exposure to pesticides, and wages and working conditions. [Funded in part by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

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Keywords: AIDS, Asian Americans, Blacks, Conferences, Employment, Farm workers, Housing, Mexican Americans, Migrants, Policy development, Public health, Puerto Ricans, Women, Women's health

Annotation: This report provides objective information on the extent and nature of crime in selected public housing developments in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Washington, DC. It analyzes the rates of drug use, violent offenses, and property offenses. It compares the data gathered within the housing developments against data gathered in nearby urban areas and to the rates in the cities overall. The results are intended for the use of federal, local, and private agencies concerned with drug use, crime in public housing, safety issues, and law enforcement.

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Keywords: Arizona, California, Crime, District of Columbia, Drug use, Public housing, Statistics

Annotation: This book describes programs developed by Homes for the Homeless, a public private partnership working to provide services and housing to homeless families in New York City. It provides a brief history of the increase in family poverty and homeless families, the development of the Residential Education Training Center model, the group's efforts to intervene by educating both the children and their parents, efforts to keep the homeless families healthy and together, and to move them into permanent housing programs.

Keywords: Adult education, Children, Education, Health services, Homeless persons, Housing, Intervention, Poverty, Program descriptions, Public private partnerships, Statistics

Annotation: This book examines the current condition of children in America. It examines the operations of services that only deal with specific components of their overall and interrelated needs. It considers factors such as access to services, poverty, insurance, housing, hunger, child care, and Head Start. It advocates an integrated children's network which would guarantee child care, early education, medical care, economic security, nutrition, and shelter.

Keywords: Advocacy, Child care, Child health services, Children, Head Start, Housing, Hunger, Poverty, Public policy, Social services, Uninsured persons

Annotation: This publication is designed to be a foundation for housing ordinance development in many communities. It functions as a guide for public health and other officials involved in community housing programs to use in improving and maintaining the quality of housing and overall health within communities. In the "APHA-CDC Recommended Minimum Housing Standards," the public health requirements of decent housing are outlined. The publication enumerates the minimum conditions required to make dwellings safe, sanitary, and fit for human habitation, with revisions dating to 1986.

Keywords: Building codes, Household safety, Housing, Legislation, Local government, Public health, Public policy, Regulations, State government

Annotation: This book presents standards which are the framework for incremental improvement in community health status in the United States through preventive health service programming. The intended hallmark of these model standards is flexibility. The preamble spells out in detail the background, concepts, scope, definitions, and uses of the standards. The standards cover air quality, chronic disease control, communicable disease control, dental health, emergency medical services, family planning, food protection, genetic disease control, health education, home health services, housing services, injury control, institutional services, maternal and child health, noise control, nutritional services, occupational health, primary care, public health laboratory, radiological health, safe drinking water, sanitation, school health, solid waste management, surveillance and epidemiology, vector and animal control, and waste water management.

Keywords: Air pollution, Animals, Child health, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Communicable diseases, Emergency medical services, Epidemiology, Family planning, Federal government, Food safety, Genetic disorders, Health education, Home care services, Housing, Injury prevention, Maternal health, Nutrition services, Occupational safety and health, Oral health, Population surveillance, Preventive health services, Primary care, Public health, Public health services, Radiation, Sanitation, School health, Standards, Water pollution

Annotation: A publication of the U.S. Department of Labor, Children's Bureau.

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Keywords: Education, Family support programs, Field studies, Health, Housing, Mothers, Program management, Public assistance, Recreation, Reports, State legislation