is still at a steady rise‚ and family’s homes are still being foreclosed. It is particular hard to say that homelessness is decreasing. Although the resulting numbers from the 2008 National Count of homelessness that is done every year in January‚ showed that there was a 12% decrease in homeless people on the streets and shelters from 2005-2007 and a 30% decrease in chronic homelessness in 2005. The moral controversy of this issue is to ask‚ what can we do to physical decrease the number of people
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Persuasive Paper Hawk BCOM/275 January 13‚ 2011 Danielle Chavez Persuasive Paper One major concern throughout the United States‚ is teenage pregnancy. Let’s face it‚ there is nothing we can do to eliminate this huge problem amongst us. However‚ there are many ways we can reduce the statistics of teenage pregnancy. One great solution we‚ as a country‚ can promote‚ is to allow condoms to be issued within high schools. Although there are many concerns and questions to allow this act
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stray‚ which is to move away aimlessly from a group or from the right course or place‚ dog or cat or whatever animal it is‚ snap a picture of it and post it on the internet‚ such as facebook‚ instagram‚ snapchat‚ twitter‚ etc. According to “Animal Homelessness is a community challenge” one way you can help animals get adopted is by Help publicize the animals who are looking for homes. Hang a picture and description of an adoptable animal at your workplace or school. You can pull them straight from the
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The effects of homelessness on children can be crippling. Learning disabilities are another effect that homeless children face. In fact‚ “homeless children are twice as likely to have a learning disability‚ than children in stable homes.” (“Faces of Homelessness”) These disabilities begin at birth‚ primarily due to poor health conditions and lack of special care‚ during the mother’s pregnancy or their poor nutrition after birth and during their early years. While‚ homelessness puts children of
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Preventing Homelessness Sara Lewis HSM/210 November 6‚ 2010 Homelessness is a growing problem in today’s society. Because of the economic crises‚ many people are losing his or her jobs because company’s had to cut back on expenses‚ as well as companies that have closed down completely. Furthermore because of the economic crises many mental institutions are forced to close the doors because of lack of funds. People who once had a safe healthy place to call home are being forced into homelessness
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Instead‚ Navarette and Jenkins (2011) define cultural homelessness as a “construct developed to explain the experiences of some individuals having early-life immersion in more than one culture. Culturally homeless individuals report pervasive experiences of ‘being different’: mixed racial‚ ethnic‚ and/or cultural
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Homelessness and hunger are two overlapping dimensions of the same problem. The correlation of these two ideologies is known as poverty. People in Canada and across the planet who suffer from poverty are unable to afford a house‚ and are incapable of purchasing sufficient food to supplement a healthy diet. According to a journal written by Nate Laurie‚ in Canada alone‚ 15.6 percent of Canadians and 35.8 percent of new Canadians live under the poverty line; meaning that they are unable to afford the
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at risk when she has other options available to her. Grading Criteria Consider the following criteria when developing the outline for your essay. These criteria will be applied when this assignment is graded. 1) Outline contains a thesis statement. 2) Outline contains a topic sentence for each of the three paragraphs of the body of the essay. 3) Transitions between paragraphs are evident and appropriate. 4) Contains three details for each topic sentence; details provide support
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Persuasive Essays Class: Written Communication DAS 177‚ Fall 2008; Teacher: Natalie Schiedler Author: Patrizia De Cillis Traveling is one of the most valuable and enriching experiences in our lives increasing our knowledge‚ opening our minds‚ enriching our spirits‚ extending new moral values; and you can find many destinations in the world that would fulfill your desires. But‚ if what you are looking for is a unique and memorable experience that will give you the opportunity to learn about
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Introduction Millions of Americans suffer from a mental illness throughout the years‚ and a majority of them are not getting an adequate treatment. Individuals who experience a mental illness are found in populations such as the homelessness and jails. Between one-fourth and one-third of the homeless population suffers from a serious mental illness‚ (Folsom‚ Hawthorne‚ Lindamer‚ Gilmer‚ Bailey‚ Golshan‚ Garcia‚ Unutzer‚ Hough‚ Jeste‚ 2005) and according to the treatment advocacy center (2010) at
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