11.421 | Spring 2005 | Graduate

Housing and Human Services

Calendar

lec # TOPICS GUEST speakers
1 Introduction: Course Requirements, Goals, Framework  
2 The Housing and Human Service Systems: Interface and Interaction  
3 Frame Reflection and Best Practice Debates: Confronting Homelessness  
4 The Mental Health Housing System: The Theory  
5 The Mental Health Housing System: The Practice Buddy Baker-Smith, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DUSP/MCP)
6 Elderly Housing and Service Needs: The Theory  
7 Elderly Housing: The Practice  
8 Transitional Housing: The Theory, the Practice and the Debate  
9 Constructing Special Categories: AIDS Housing Richard Cho, Corporation for Supportive Housing, New York (DUSP/MCP)
10 Deinstitutionalization: Ex-Offenders in the Community David Thatcher
11 Placed-Based Services in Public Housing: The Jobs Plus Program  
12 People-based Services in Public Housing: Family Self-Sufficiency and JobLink Laurie Goldman (DUSP PhD Candidate)
13 Student Presentations  
14 Student Presentations and Wrap Up