An Exploratory Study of Children’s Mental Health Needs in the Pact Target Area of Southeast Portland
Sponsor
Portland State University. School of Social Work
First Advisor
Diane Pancoast
Term of Graduation
Spring 1971
Date of Publication
4-28-1971
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Department
Social Work
Language
English
Subjects
Mentally ill children -- Oregon -- Portland
DOI
10.15760/etd.1453
Physical Description
1 online resource (ii, 29, 2 pages)
Abstract
The original, and still primary, purpose of this study was to provide a statistical data base for a grant proposal to fund a children's mental health service agency in the PACT target area of Southeast Portland. Since the conception, the plan has been subsumed under the planning auspices of a group whose aim is to work toward expanding and consolidating mental health services in all dimensions for the Southeast Portland area. The geographical focus of this study is on that section of Southeast Portland which has been designated by the Office of Economic Opportunity as a poverty pocket because of an incidence of low-income families exceeding 22%. Portland Action Committees Together, Incorporated (PACT) originally was responsible for administering War on Poverty programs through three neighborhood centers in the area. Its functions have changed but it still remains very much involved, even providing the terms by which the area is known: the PACT target area. The particular focus of the study has to do with the mental health of elementary school aged children in the PACT target area.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10127
Recommended Citation
Bossardt, Richard L. and Larsen, Clifford G., "An Exploratory Study of Children’s Mental Health Needs in the Pact Target Area of Southeast Portland" (1971). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1454.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.1453
Comments
Report of a practicum submitted to the faculty of the School of Social Work, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work.
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