What is the Purpose of a Street Outreach Program and How Will it Benefit Lutheran Social Service of Mankato, Minnesota?

Location

CSU 204

Start Date

27-4-2009 1:00 PM

End Date

27-4-2009 3:00 PM

Student's Major

Social Work

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Laurie Strunk

Mentor's Department

Social Work

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

The purpose of this research project is to present information regarding homelessness in a South Central Minnesota city and a new street outreach program. Youth homelessness is not just a big city issue. Every night approximately 1,800 youth are without a home in Minnesota. Information will be gathered by interviewing an Operations Director and grant writer for this new program. Additional information will also be obtained by doing street outreach; interviewing youth; contacting other counties/agencies with similar programs and evaluating their effectiveness in their communities. Various macro social work theories such as, PREPARE; IMAGINE; Systems theory and Economics Perspective will be utilized and implemented to determine the effectiveness of this program. Services provided to youth through this new program are: youth outreach services; individual and family counseling; connection to community services and life skills education. This research project will help gain the communities support, guidance, kindness and empathy to those who are feeling lost.

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What is the Purpose of a Street Outreach Program and How Will it Benefit Lutheran Social Service of Mankato, Minnesota?

CSU 204

The purpose of this research project is to present information regarding homelessness in a South Central Minnesota city and a new street outreach program. Youth homelessness is not just a big city issue. Every night approximately 1,800 youth are without a home in Minnesota. Information will be gathered by interviewing an Operations Director and grant writer for this new program. Additional information will also be obtained by doing street outreach; interviewing youth; contacting other counties/agencies with similar programs and evaluating their effectiveness in their communities. Various macro social work theories such as, PREPARE; IMAGINE; Systems theory and Economics Perspective will be utilized and implemented to determine the effectiveness of this program. Services provided to youth through this new program are: youth outreach services; individual and family counseling; connection to community services and life skills education. This research project will help gain the communities support, guidance, kindness and empathy to those who are feeling lost.

Recommended Citation

Johnston, Rachel. "What is the Purpose of a Street Outreach Program and How Will it Benefit Lutheran Social Service of Mankato, Minnesota?." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 27, 2009.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2009/oral-session-09/4