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.
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
