Poster Presentations
Session Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
There are extended shelter stay increase among homeless millennials nightly in New York City (NYC). The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to explore the experiences of 4 long-term-stay millennials, 25 to 34 years of age, residing in single adult NYC shelters to understand how they explain and interpret their extended stays. Arnett’s interpretation of emerging adulthood as part of generational theory provided the study’s conceptual framework. The study findings contribute to social change by helping human service professionals identify the challenges among millennials currently in shelter for an extended stay and barriers to exiting successfully.
Recommended Citation
Rivera, X. Z. (2020, October 1-2). The extended shelter stay of homeless millennials in NYC shelter [Poster presentation]. Walden University Research Conference 2020 (online). https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/researchconference/2020/posters/37/
The Extended Shelter Stay of Homeless Millennials in NYC Shelter
There are extended shelter stay increase among homeless millennials nightly in New York City (NYC). The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to explore the experiences of 4 long-term-stay millennials, 25 to 34 years of age, residing in single adult NYC shelters to understand how they explain and interpret their extended stays. Arnett’s interpretation of emerging adulthood as part of generational theory provided the study’s conceptual framework. The study findings contribute to social change by helping human service professionals identify the challenges among millennials currently in shelter for an extended stay and barriers to exiting successfully.
Recommended Citation
Rivera, X. Z. (2020, October 1-2). The extended shelter stay of homeless millennials in NYC shelter [Poster presentation]. Walden University Research Conference 2020 (online). https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/researchconference/2020/posters/37/
