The Role of Non-Profit Organizations in Solving the Problem of Homelessness

The relevance of the problem is due to the lack of official statistics on persons without a fixed place of residence, the need to consider the characteristics of social problems in order to find the most effective technologies and methods for effectively providing social assistance, as well as the need to consider factors limiting the effectiveness of social work in providing assistance to this category of citizens. As an object of social work, people without a fixed place of residence represent a complex social group. At the same time, social support and rehabilitation of persons without a fixed place of residence remains one of the most important social problems in our country. Technologies of social work with persons without a fixed place of residence have been systematized, and recommendations have been developed for solving identified problems. A comparative description of social assistance aimed at persons without a fixed place of residence is presented. There is state and non-state assistance to persons without a fixed place of residence. The main technologies of social work with persons without a fixed place of residence are technologies of social prevention and rehabilitation. The role of socially oriented non-profit organizations in solving the problem of homelessness is shown. The theoretical data are supported by the opinion of the leaders of non-profit organizations: with a long history of homelessness, a person’s desire to work becomes dull. It can be concluded that the return of persons without a fixed place of residence to independent life is difficult.