Abstract

COSTA, Samira Lima da; PING, Chao Tsai  and  MASSARI, Marina Galacini. Homeless families: perspectives on the issues of social protection and family custody. Pesqui. prát. psicossociais [online]. 2018, vol.13, n.4, pp. 1-20. ISSN 1809-8908.

This paper presents results from a survey taken between 2012 and 2014 in Santos, São Paulo coast. The survey sought to identify perspectives regarding homeless people family custody with ten workers and one family by the means of semi-open interviews. The families social protection involves complex decision making. It is important to highlight the peculiarities of homeless people familiar custody from different perspectives: public policies, ways of execution of these policies by workers and children and families individuals. It was identified the family's intent to maintain the children's custody and the draft of future projects that demands services of social protection. Among workers there is a tendency towards generalization, institutionalization and blame of families, together with the feeling of powerlessness of the workers in the face of the complexity of the street situation. The relevance of producing spaces in which both groups can participate in the proposition of paths to be traced is discussed.

Keywords : Child custody; Homeless; Social policy; Family; Community-Institutional Relations.

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