Author(s)

John Conahan^*, Don MacIntyre

Social Work Department, Kutztown University, Kutztown, USA.

This study is a mixed design including qualitative and quantitative data gathering for both descriptive and exploratory purposes. The fundamental research question is how do the recovery needs of residentially unstable substance abusers who are provided with transitional housing within a social business model compare with the recovery needs of substance abusers who are not residentially unstable.

Substance Abuse, Homelessness, Residential Instability, Social Business

Conahan, J. and MacIntyre, D. (2015) A Comparison of Need within a Social Business Model: Residentially Stable and Residentially Unstable Substance Abusers. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 3, 113-121. doi: 10.4236/jss.2015.39017.