homeless service systems
type: Concept
narrower: poorhouses

history of homelessness
type: Concept
narrower: poorhouses

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: poorhouses

poorhouses
definition: Early in the nineteenth century, the effects of the Industrial Revolution required a drastic change in the way public assistance was provided to the poor in the United States. The switch to a wage labor system resulted in many people living and working outside the communities in which they had previously been able to rely on extended families for support during hardships. [Source: Encyclopedia of Homelessness; Poorhouses]
broader: homeless service systems
broader: history of homelessness
type: Concept