Essay Outline On Homelessness

I. Main Point #1: The Issues of being homeless. A. Definition and Statistics of Homelessness 1. According to the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, A homeless person is an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets; stay in a shelter, mission, single room occupancy facilities, abandoned building or vehicle; or in any other unstable or non-permanent situation” 2. Homelessness is not just a person who lives in the street. 3. By the definition, according to Green Doors, Homeless families comprise roughly 34% of the total U.S. homeless population. 4. According to Green Doors, homelessness will effect 1.6 million children a year and 200,000 children on a given day are homeless in the USA.

B. Causes of
My friend that I showed in the beginning of the presentation family became homeless because of her step-dad becoming disable and her mother income alone was not enough to pay rent as they were evicted.
3. Many other families undergo similar circumstances.
C. Effects of being homeless on children
1. According to the APA, there are numerous effects that homelessness has on children. Here are just a few.
i. Homeless children lack stability in their lives with 97% having moved at least once on an annual basis, which leads to disruptions in schooling and negatively impacts academic achievement. ii. Schooling for homeless children is often interrupted and delayed, with homeless children twice as likely to have a learning disability, repeat a grade or to be suspended from school. iii. Homelessness and hunger are closely intertwined. Homeless children are twice as likely to experience hunger as their non-homeless peers. Hunger has negative effects on the physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of children. iv. Children run away
v. Substance Abuse

D. The solution in place by county operated social services does not solve the issue. 1. County social workers have the option of providing a family assistance base on county