MADD: Homeless Research Guide
INFORMATION ON THE HOMELESS AND
HOMELESSNESS
Part I. DEFINITIONS, PREVALENCE, AND
CAUSES |
A Selected Bibliography of Federal Government Publications
Listed below are selected federal government publications on the homeless and homelessness. This guide covers definitions,
prevalence, and causes. Consult the companion research guide Information on the Homeless and Homelessness: II.
Programs and Solutions to find information on programs and solutions. The literature concerning the homeless and
homelessness is extensive. Many non-government sources of information are located on the third floor. To locate additional
government publications as well as books, use LUIS, the online catalog. Use the following subject headings to search for
additional publications:
s=homeless
s=homeless persons
s=homeless persons--United States
s=homelessness
s=homelessness-government policy--United States
s=homelessness-law and legislation--United States
s=homelessness--United States
American Statistics Index/Statistical Masterfile
Location: MADD Index Tables or click on Other Indexes and
Databases on Library Homepage
Call Number: Ref folio Z 7754 .U5 A46
Commonly referred to as ASI. Indexes and abstracts federal government publications which contain statistical
information on many subjects including the homeless and homelessness.
Behavioral and Mental Disorders of the Homeless
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: HE 20.3615/2:89-8
Bibliography covers deinstitutionalization, mental disorders, crime, the
legal system, services, and treatment.
Bureau of Primary Health Care (Internet Site)
Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1995: Report
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 1.1/8:104-398
Report to Congress describes need to make health services available to underserved populations including the
homeless.
Field Hearing on Homelessness, Operation of the Cemetery, and
Operation of the Home Loan Guaranty
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.V 64/3:102-13
Homeless veterans and their problems. Suggests remedies.
Field Hearing on the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.ED 8/1:102-20
Grim testimony on the need for legislation to help abandoned infants.
Health Care for the Homeless
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.EN 2/3:101-176
Investigates the severe mental and physical health problems faced by the
homeless.
Hearing on Babies without Homes: Babies Abandoned at Birth
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.ED 8/1:102-132
Examines adoption measures, problems, and reasons for abandonment.
Homeless Children: Are We Losing a Generation?
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG. 101-384
Testimony from children and social workers on the effects of life in
homeless shelters.
Homeless Veterans in Washington State
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.V 64/3:103-55
Examines the special needs of the one third of the Washington State
homeless who are veterans.
Homeless Youth
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 100-1071
Testimony of homeless youth and social workers.
Homelessness: An American Tragedy
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG. 101-806
Testimony by the homeless, social workers, and celebrities examines the health and human service aspects of
homelessness.
Homelessness: Homeless and Runaway Youth Receiving Services at
Federally Funded Shelters
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: GA 1.13:HRD-90-45
Basic characteristics of this population, problems, and programs designed to help them. Data gathered from
shelters 1985-88.
Homelessness, Alcohol, and other Drugs
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: HE 20.8302:H 75/3
Conference proceedings examine connections and discuss treatment.
Homelessness in America - The Need for Permanent Housing
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.B 22.1:101-19
Investigates causes of homelessness on national, regional, and local
levels.
Housing and Urban Development Issues
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: GA 1.13:OCG-89-22TR
Brief examination of housing crisis provides estimates and
statistics.
Housing Needs of Persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS)
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.B 22/1:101-99
Massive study discusses special plight of this population of
homeless.
Housing the Elderly: A Broken Promise?
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.AG 4:S.HRG. 100-532
Analyzes present and future crisis in affordable housing for the elderly
living on fixed incomes.
Meeting the Needs of Homeless Veterans
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.V 64/4:S.HRG. 103-597
Congressional hearing describes roots of homelessness among veterans.
Statistics and analysis.
National Affordable Housing Act
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 101-175
Examines need for affordable housing. Demonstrates disappearance of such
housing during the 1980's.
National Affordable Housing Act
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.B 22/3:S.HRG. 100-948
Same as above plus testimony from manufacturers of low-cost housing.
Also discusses rural versus urban needs.
Nation's Affordable Housing Crisis
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4. B 22/3:S.HRG. 102-585
Investigates crisis and proposes solutions through increased federal aid, community development, and aiding first-
time home buyers.
Need for Permanent Housing for the Homeless
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.B 22/1:103-21
Testimony of social workers before Congress.
New Homeless Crisis: Old and Poor in the Streets
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.AG 4/2:H 75/17
Traces emerging crisis to changing demographics and decline in low-rent
housing.
1990 Census Microform: Limitation in Methods and Procedures to Include
the Homeless
Location: MADD Government Microfiche
Call Number: GA 1.13:GGD-92-1
Government Accounting Office report assesses procedures used to count homeless on S-night (March 20-21,
1991).
No Place to Call Home: Discarded Children in America
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.C 43/2:H 75/2
Describes plight of discarded children, crisis in services, and programs
to help. Statistics.
Outcasts on Main Street
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 3.H 75:2 OU 8
Report of Federal Task Force on Homelessness and Severe Mental Illness defines population, analyzes factors
contributing to homelessness, and suggests strategies to help.
Prevalence of Drug Use in the D.C. Metro Area Household and
Nonhousehold Population, 1991
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: HE 20.8236:8
Detailed statistical analysis conducted by the National Institute on Drug
Abuse
Prevalence of Drug use in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area Homeless and
Transient Population, 1991
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: HE 20.8236:2
Detailed statistical study provides information on drug use, crime, health, employment, and receipt of services
among this population.
Publications Relating to Homelessness: A Working Bibliography
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: HH 1.23:H 75/5
Reauthorization of the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program and the Interagency Council on the
Homeless
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.G 74/9:S.HRG. 102-676
Testimony on need to continue federal aid to the homeless.
Statistics.
Rural Homeless
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: HE 20.6512/6:R 88
Study compares rural homeless population of two regions and analyzes differences between rural and urban
homelessness.
Staff Report on Homelessness in the United States
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.SE 2:H 75
Report compiled in compliance with Helsinki Accords on human rights provides broad summary of United States
homeless situation in 1990. Definitions, causes, responses, and
recommendations.
Street Kids - Homeless and Runaway Youth
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.L 11/4:S.HRG. 101-822
Defines population, discusses needs, and describes types of shelters
available.
Timothy Dodge
Microforms and Documents Department
97-102