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Title: Family Homelessness in Cuyahoga County

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Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: This paper discusses the problem of family homelessness in Cuyahoga County, and provides baseline estimates of risk and shelter use. The issue was addressed using a two-pronged approach. The first approach used data from a large, representative sample of persons living in the county to estimate how many people below the poverty level live in doubled up housing situations. Given that many people who become homeless live in doubled up housing situations prior to becoming homeless, this estimate was intended to provide a baseline estimate of possible risk of homelessnessamong the countys poor population. The second approach was to examine a much smaller data set, containing information on persons actually using residential homeless services. Data were provided by the Cuyahoga County Office of Homeless Services as part of a nationwide attempt to document and count the numbers of sheltered homeless persons in the United States. This analysis detailed the numbers of persons living in families in the county who used emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent supportive housing facilities.

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Authors: Coulton, Claudia J.; Kim, Seok-Joo; Collins, Cyleste C.

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Institution: Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Case Western Reserve University

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Housing and Segregation

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