MANDEL SCHOOL
NEWS AND EVENTS
February 26, 2010
Prof. Collins on WCPN, Doubled-Up in Northeast Ohio Friday, February 26, 2010
A WCPN radio article Doubled-Up in Northeast Ohio, on Friday, February 26, 2010, cites part of a longer interview with Prof. Cyleste Collins of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development regarding the number of doubled-up homeless families in Cuyahoga County.
This article, in part refers to her white paper on the topic and its policy brief summary, "Briefly Stated No. 09-03, Family Homelessness in Cuyahoga County" which was released in July of 2009. A brief description of this work can be found here.
A brief radio article, also on WCPN, referencing this white paper was previously released and can be read or heard here.
This homelessness research was by funded by the Sisters of Charity Foundation, and research dissemination support was provided by both the George Gund Foundation, and the Cleveland Foundation.
The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, is located at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, a graduate school of social work, at Case Western Reserve University.