Article Title
The Last Thing We Need Is Another Shelter
Abstract
Segre suggests that family homelessness is merely the latest and most devastating example of America's lack of commitment to children and families. The history of human services for children is presented to show that, both at the community and at the policy levels, this population and its needs have been neglected, subjected to fragmentation, and consistently downgraded on our lists of priorities. The societal values that have led to this situation are discussed and revealed as still reflecting an individualistic, frontier outlook, which is, however, becoming an anachronism. The need for a child/family policy is stressed, as is the urgency of reexamining and modifying some of our basic tenets in order to prevent the recurrence of such inhumane outcomes as homelessness.
Recommended Citation
Segré, Jessica
(1992)
"The Last Thing We Need Is Another Shelter,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 8:
Iss.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol8/iss1/10