Homeless Outreach and Law Enforcement : A Community Based Partnership and Autoethnography
Abstract
The aim of this project was to create an opportunity to meet community partner
needs. The student researcher’s primary role was to collaborate with a
local not-for-profit organization during the 2017-2018 academic year to develop
plans for a pilot program for a homeless outreach team that would improve
connections and services between mental health providers and local law
enforcement. The primary goal of the homeless outreach team is to bridge the
gap between local social service agencies and law enforcement often working
with similar members of the homeless population in the area but not directly in
support of one another. Through the use of observations, interviews, and
interactions with members of each population, the research team developed an
implementation plan and reinforced contact between members of law
enforcement, staff at the local not-for-profit, and members of the homeless
population. All of this was done with the intention of implementing this plan in
the near future to create a sustainable, long-term, and positive partnership between these parties.
Subject
Posters
Homeless
Social work
Law enforcement--Eau Claire
Mental health
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/79849Description
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