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1. Advocacy Center (2002). Faces of Homelessness in Rural Area: Housing Issues and Homelessness in the West Kootenay Boundary Region. Nelson, BC; VisionLink Consulting.

2. BC Interior Health Authority (IHA). Health Status Vignette, 2004. A Snapshot of Health: Souther Okanagan Local health Area

3. BC Stats, Ministry of Management Services, Population 19-64 Receiving Basic Income Assistance or Employment Insurance-March 2004

4. BC Stats (2004). Local Health Area 14 – South Okanagan Statistical Profile.

5. Blair, F., Matson, J. & Rothenburger, J. (2001). Inventory of service assets and gaps for the homeless Kamloops, BC. Kamloops, BC: The City of Kamloops and the Kamloops Steering Committee on Homelessness

6. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Housing Now: Kelowna/Southern Interior of BC. February 2005

7. Gabor, P. & Grinnell, R. (1994). Evaluation and Quality Improvement in the Human Services. Needham Heights, Massachusetts: Allyn and Bacon.

8. Kelowna Steering Committee on Homelessness (2001). Community plan: Reducing homelessness in Kelowna, British Columbia. Kelowna, BC: Kelowna Steering Committee on Homelessness.

9. Nelson’s Committee on Homelessness (2002). Nelson’s community plan to prevent and reduce homelessness. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Housing

10. Neuber, K. (1986). Needs Assessment: A Model for Community Planning. Thousand Oaks California: Sage.

11. Oliver Chamber of Commerce (2005). website: http://www.oliverchamber.bc.ca/

12. Osoyoos Chamber of Commerce (2005). website: http://www.osoyooschamber.bc.ca/

13. Patton, M. (1997). Utilization-Focused Evaluation: The New Century Text (3rd Ed.) Thousand Oaks California: Sage.

14. Perrisini, T., McDonald, L., and Hulchanski, D. (1995). Estimating Homelessness: Towards a Methodology for Counting the Homeless in Canada. Toronto, ON: Centre for Applied Social Research

15. Rossi, P., Sandefur, G., & Freeman, H. (2003). Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, Seventh Edition. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.

16. Statistics Canada (2001). Community Profiles, Okanagan Similkameen Regional District.

 

South Okanagan Homelessness Project 2005