Describe the various policies in place and their goals that address the housing needs and rights of people who experience poverty.
What will be an ideal response?
1. The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974-Created the Housing Choice Voucher Program, also known as Section 8 housing. This program allows eligible participants to use federal vouchers to choose housing, including nonpublic dwellings, that meets program requirements.
2. The McKinney-Vento Act of 1987-Established funds to maintain emergency shelters for temporary housing.
3. The Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Act of 2008-Provided funding for supportive housing, case management, and clinical services for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs.
4. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009-Created the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program to provide resources to newly displaced families in an effort to help them immediately secure housing.
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A. confidentiality B. voluntary participation C. harm D. justice
For the remainder of chapters, this text will view organizations from the ________ perspective.
A. ecosystems B. contingency C. institutional D. cultural
Very few social workers have found working within an organization sometimes antithetical to professional obligations
to their clients.
a. True b. False
When you tell a client that his cat was just hit by a car and died, he falls down and rolls
around on the ground laughing. He is displaying derailment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.