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54 Ways You Can Help The Homeless: Book outlining the nature of homelessness and suggesting specific steps to help, such as understand who the homeless are, respond with kindness, buy street news, give money and clothing.
Author: Kroloff, Charles A.
Subjects: homelessness, social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.5
Resource type: book
Charity Choice: Encyclopaedia of UK Charities on the Internet: Directory of more than 7000 UK charities listed by category and searchable by name, town, county and Charity Commission registration number. Telephone numbers are supplied for all entries, and some have further details.
Author: Waterlow
Subjects: animal rights, charity directories, health charities, humanitarian relief, social welfare
DeweyClass: 361.7
Resource type: directory
CHST: Centre for Human Service Technology: Aims to maintain and enhance the quality of learning, and increase the effectiveness of teaching, through the application of appropriate learning technologies. Provides a directory of social work resources in addiction, homelessness, ethnicity, disability, children, and mental health among other topics.
Author: Southampton University Department of Social Work
Subjects: addiction, child welfare, disability, homelessness, mental health links, social services, social welfare, social work
DeweyClass: 360
Resource type: documents
Citizens Advice: National organisation offering articles covering social policy issues including social security, housing, employment, immigration, discrimination and health. Details are given on how to become a volunteer or get advice and a bureaux directory is provided.
Author: Citizens Advice
Subjects: employment, housing, social policy, social services, social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.8
Resource type: articles
Introduction to Social Policy: Resource relating to the study of social policy, with information about welfare, political issues, social need, and associated services. A bibliography of reading material for students is provided for each area.
Author: Spicker, Paul
Subjects: social services, social welfare
DeweyClass: 361
Resource type: documents
Intute: social sciences - social welfare: Set of links to selected, evaluated and annotated Internet resources relevant to social welfare.
Author: Intute
Subjects: social welfare
DeweyClass: 361
Resource type: index
National Nightline: Information about a student telephone helpline operating within the majority of UK universities and colleges. Explains that sympathetic listeners are available to offer advice on a range of student problems, to provide details of referral agencies dealing with issues such as abortion, cross-dressing, debt, and exam stress, and to give local addresses of doctors and dentists, transport timetables, course details, and exam timetables.
Author: National Nightline
Subjects: social services, social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.8
Resource type: documents
National Resource Center On Homelessness and Mental Illness: Extensive information on homelessness and mental illness, most notably in the form of a subject index with links to bibliographic records and abstracts. Additional information is supplied by selected research articles and papers.
Author: National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness
Subjects: homelessness, mental illness, social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.5
Resource type: articles, bibliographies
Real Change: Seattle's Homeless Newspaper: Non-profit newspaper from Seattle on homelessness and poverty. News, art, poetry, and opinion. Two full issues and an index of archives provided.
Author: Real Change
Subjects: homelessness, housing, poverty, social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.5
Resource type: magazine
SIRCC: Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care: The Centre is a resource and information point for all people working in and alongside residential child care services in Scotland, which exists to improve the quality of the service offered to children and young people, by the provision of information, training, research and consultation. The Current Awareness Bulletin contains news, references and detailed article abstracts relating to children's homes, residential schools, secure units, respite and long-term care for children with disabilities, services for young homeless people, and adolescent psychiatric units services for young people leaving care.
Author: Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care
Subjects: child abuse, homelessness, social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.7
Resource type: bibliography, magazine
Social Disadvantage Research Group Home Page: Includes articles from current research projects, which cover topics like the dynamics of parents on benefit; the impact of poverty on minority ethnic groups; mapping rural poverty; and educational disadvantage and local school choice.
Author: Oxford University Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research
Subjects: poverty, social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.5
Resource type: articles
Social Security Online: Includes information on obtaining Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate statements via email, social security news, SSA online services and benefits, SSA publications and Medicare information. Also includes downloadable SSA forms, information on social security law, and links to other servers of interest.
Author: US Social Security Administration
Subjects: social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.5
Resource type: documents
Supporting Families in Transition: A Guide to Expanding Health Coverage in the Post-Welfare Reform World: Publication providing information on Medicaid coverage expansion options. Organised into four chapters, the publication deals with Reaching Families Who Seek TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) Assistance, Maintaining Coverage for Families Who Leave TANF Assistance, Reaching Families Outside the TANF System and Funding Opportunities.
Author: US Department of Health and Human Services
Subjects: poverty, social welfare
DeweyClass: 362.5
Resource type: document
UK Department of Social Security: Official information from the UK Government department responsible for the development, maintenance, and delivery of the social security programme and of the Government's policy for child support.
Author: Department of Social Security
Subjects: social welfare
DeweyClass: 361
Resource type: documents