Being Homeless Kaplan University HN200 1. In your text on Pages 206-207‚ the author discusses his research on the homeless population. He refers to the many routes one can take to become homeless. Choose two populations from his list that you might work with in your career as human services professional. Describe two possible interventions or tasks that you might be involved with in working with each population what are some of the general skills a human services professional might need
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CHILD HUNGER IS OUT OF CONTROL Quindlen has made a wonderful‚ well-written essay. She had a purpose for writing this essay. Her essay was on child hunger‚ “WHEN THE AD COUNCIL CONVENED focus groups not long ago to help prepare a series of public service announcements on child hunger.” Quindlen also says that summer has given way to something more difficult. She states that it makes you wonder whether year-round school is not a notion whose time has come. Quindlen uses good evidence to support her
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servicemen and women who continue to fight battles on American soil after they return. According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans website‚ last accessed February 28‚ 2004 an estimated 500‚000 are not supported because their battle is not recognized. It is fought under bridges‚ behind streets‚ and tucked away in dark allies. B. Today‚ we will examine the problems of homeless veterans; consider the causes behind this regrettable occurrence‚ and the steps we can take in getting those 500‚000 heroes
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Anna Quindlen witnessed the hastening signs of summer and fondy reverted back to her boredom during those times away from the classroom. In her writing‚ "Doing Nothing is Something‚" she suggests these task-less periods of downtime may awaken creativity inside a youngster‚ that may have otherwise never surfaced. She blames society for stripping our youth of the opportunity for downtime by increasingly over scheduling their days. While learning how to be productive is very important‚ having enough
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A-For my abnormal assignment I went to Bellevue and stood outside of a store dressed as a homeless person. As people walked by me I held my card board sign that read “Abandoned by my parents and lost anything will help”. I dressed myself in ripped clothing and bagging clothing to display how poor I was. I also did not shower and looked very dirty by putting dirt marks on my face. B- As people walked by me I got a real feel for people and society. Many different shades of people passed me as I asked
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year go without food and shelter. Thanks to homeless shelters we have found a way to help some of these people but unfortunately not all. Homelessness affects many people and hurts families and relationships all over the world. Homelessness is mainly derived from three major factors‚ poverty‚ unemployment‚ and lack of affordable housing. I believe that if we can recognize and act on these issues then we can help prevent many people from becoming homeless. Poverty results in having little money and
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In this passage Quindlen talked about school being out but there was a problem. That problem was that some kids didn’t have anything fun to do like some of the other kids. Some kids couldn’t go to camps or go on vacations like the other kids. That was because some of the kids weren’t living like the other kids some of the kids were homeless and didn’t have anywhere to go and didn’t have any money. She began talking about how some of the kids couldn’t go on vacations and go to camps or other fun
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that have no shelter‚ and in Canada there are about 200‚000 people that experience homelessness in a year? This leaves about 30‚000 homeless people every night. This is a big problem worldwide and it may not seem as a big problem within Canada but it really is. We as a society need to address this issue and get the minister of social services to raise the amount of homeless shelters within an area. This is a problem that needs to be solved. As a Canadian Citizen I feel very strongly about this topic
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The Homeless “She lives with a tribe of homeless teens- Runaways and throwaways‚ kids who have no place to go to other than the cold city streets‚ and no family except for one another. Abused‚ abandoned and forgotten‚ they struggle against the cold‚ hunger‚ and constant danger” (“Can’t get there from here” by Todd strasser). Here in the United States‚ about more than 610‚000 people face the tragedy of losing their homes (Annual Homeless Assessment). As a matter of fact‚ according to the “Global
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and seen a homeless with a sign that reads "Homeless. Will work for food. God Bless"? If you have‚ then you know that homelessness is a big problem. It’s impossible to go anywhere in the city without being confronted by strangers begging for money or food and other people living in exile. Even outside urban communities‚ this has become a common sight at busy intersections and freeway off-ramps. I’m not trying to say homelessness is a newly emerging problem in our society. I’m sure homeless people have
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