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Moving Out, Moving Up: Families Beyond Shelter - $10.95 Moving Out, Moving Up is the second book in a collection profiling homeless families and highlighting the achievements of those who have broken the cycle of family homelessness. The six individuals depicted here had nowhere to turn and found themselves walking their children through the shelter door. Through participation in programs like GED classes, parenting support groups, and job training, they were able to lead their families to the other side of the door - to self-sufficiency, success, and homes to call their own.

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A Shelter is Not a Home... Or is it? - $14.95 By exploring the evolution of New York City�s shelter system over a twenty-three year period, this work suggests that shelters have perhaps become a surrogate for traditional low-income housing. By harnessing the power to foster change within shelters themselves, it offers a blueprint to successfully move families from homelessness to permanent independent living.

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Beyond the Shelter Wall: Homeless Families Speak Out - $10.95 Beyond the Shelter Wall gives readers a rare look at the other side of homelessness, the side that goes beyond a single need for housing. Whether it is the story of Rose, a twenty-one-year-old mother of five, Anita, a product of over twenty foster homes and mental institutions, or Denise, a recovering addict, these mothers describe the confusion, challenges, and desperation that brought them to the shelter system. At a time when family homelessness has reached an all-time high, these first-hand accounts provide insight and clarity into the growing epidemic of America's poorest.

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The American Family Inn Handbook- A How To Guide - $10.00 The key to ending family homelessness lies in a continuum of services that meet the complex needs of homeless families and their children. The American Family Inns were created to provide residential, educational, training centers where a true community of opportunity is formed. This handbook provides the program planning, budgeting, staffing, and evaluation tools necessary for those interested in implementing this approach.

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Homeless in America, Part Two: A Statistical Reader - $5.00 A companion to Homeless in America: A Children's Story, this report provides in-depth statistical analyses of the national survey data, divided into four chapters based on the region in which survey participants reside, their racial background, their ages, and the number of times they have become homeless. Each chapter offers a unique perspective for understanding the similarities and differences among homeless families in the United States. The analysis also contributes to a fuller picture of what factors cause some families to lose their housing, and what results from their homelessness.

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Homeless in America: A Children's Story - $10.00 The Institute for Children and Poverty surveyed almost 2,000 families and more than 4,000 children in twenty-four locations across the country to assess the state of homeless children in America. This full-length report is their story-one of constant upheaval, educational struggles, declining health, and violence. It is also a story of opportunity for those with the will and the power to influence policy and create change. The book serves as one of the only comprehensive national data sources on homelessness in the country.

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The Cycle of Family Homelessness Social Policy Reader - $5.95 This reader explores the multiple facets of family homelessness, formulating a comprehensive picture of the demographics of homeless families, policy objectives and model programs for the future.

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Ten Cities: A Snapshot of Family Homelessness Across America - $3.00 This is a data book designed to arm communities with information with which to build strategies and advocate against homelessness in their areas. In addition to a local picture, Ten Cities also provides a national context in which to view individual communities� battles so that they may work together toward a unified agenda.

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The New Poverty: Homeless Families in America - $16.95 Dr. Nunez explores the complex issues surrounding the epidemic of homelessness and presents plausible solutions to reverse the spread of this scourge. Supported by compelling interviews and photographs of homeless families, the author contends that with education, support services, and job training these families can become self-sufficient.

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Hopes, Dreams & Promise: The Future of Homeless Children in America - $10.00 By looking not only at the personal and communal forces fostering homelessness, but also at the institutional framework in which this epidemic has evolved, this work presents an effective public policy blueprint for ending homelessness in America.