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Dimensions and Correlates of Client Satisfaction

An Evaluation of a Shelter for Runaway and Homeless Youth

Tel Aviv University, Israel, shispi{at}post.tau.ac.il

Rachel Dekel

Bar Ilan University, Israel

Einat Peled

Tel Aviv University, Israel

Client satisfaction surveys give clients a voice in the planning and management of services. While their use is quite widespread, they have hardly at all been used in the evaluation of shelters for homeless youths. In this article, the authors present findings of a client satisfaction survey conducted among residents of a shelter for homeless youths in Tel Aviv, Israel, shortly after their departure from the shelter. Satisfaction was affected mainly by three aspects of life in the shelter—the staff, the food, and the other residents. Satisfaction was related to adjustment to the shelter but not to outcomes. The survey highlights the potential and limitations of client satisfaction surveys with young persons in distress.

Key Words: client satisfaction • homeless youths • runaway youths • shelters

Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. 19, No. 2, 261-270 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1049731508329395


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