Integrated Program Development

A Model for Meeting the Complex Needs of Homeless Persons

Bibliographic Data

ID6076949
AuthorsEricka Johnson (0000-0001-5041-5018, Case Western Reserve University), Alice K Johnson, Alice Rollins Castengera
Year1994
Volume1
Issue3
Pages29-47
Publication date1994-11-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1070-5422 • E-ISSN: 1543-3706
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j125v01n03_03
OpenAlexW2069333655
LanguageEN
Citations received2

Homelessness is caused both by structural and personal factors. Thus, comprehensive services are required to meet the complex needs of homeless persons. This article reviews case management and group work practice with homeless persons and argues that effective social work practice must incorporate both intervention methods. Integrated Program Development (IPD), a program framework for shelter services, is presented. A pilot project at the Salvation Army Family Haven in St. Louis, Missouri illustrates the costs and benefits of empowerment-oriented group work with homeless persons. Three approaches for establishing group work for homeless people are suggested. Each approach requires that group workers, with community organizing skills, be employed by social service administrators

Business · Case management · Empowerment · Group work · Haven · Intervention (counseling · Medical education · Political science · Public relations · Service (business · Sociology · Work (physics · Engineering · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work · Marketing

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