This article presents a combined strengths-feminist framework for
work with homeless women. The framework focuses on the survival
skills of homeless women (many of whom are mothers and victims of
wife abuse)-resources that emergency room social workers and others
who work with homeless women can tap. It contrasts sharply with
much of the social work literature on homelessness that focuses on the
pathology of persons who are homeless, particularly their mental
illness, alcoholism, and drug abuse.
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