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Positive Youth Development: Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining Music-Based Services for Emerging Adults Experiencing Homelessness
Emerging Adulthood
  • Brian Kelly
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Pages
331-341
Publisher Name
Sage Journals
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Abstract

Research suggests that comprehensive services that consider the complex and interconnected needs of emerging adults experiencing homelessness may be more effective than interventions with a singular focus. There is little research that demonstrates how agencies that implement programs for individuals experiencing homelessness develop and sustain meaningful services for emerging adults, especially under conditions of increasing austerity. This study targets this gap in the literature by investigating how one transitional living program for emerging adults experiencing homelessness developed a music studio. Specifically, this study examines the factors and processes that were involved in developing, implementing, and sustaining the music studio. Findings suggest an ongoing organizational commitment to Positive Youth Development plays an important role.

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Author Posting © Sage Journals, 2019. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Sage Journals for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Emerging Adulthood, Volume 7, Issue 5, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696818777347

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Citation Information
Brian Kelly. "Positive Youth Development: Developing, Implementing, and Sustaining Music-Based Services for Emerging Adults Experiencing Homelessness" Emerging Adulthood Vol. 7 Iss. 5 (2019)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian-kelly/31/