According to the definition stated by Stewart B. McKinney‚ for purposes of the 1987 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act‚ "a homeless person (homelessness) is one who lacks a fixed permanent nighttime residence‚ or whose nighttime residence is a temporary shelter‚ welfare hotel‚ or any public or private place not designed as sleeping accommodations for human beings." (Baum‚ 8) A rather deceptive definition when one considers the fact that homelessness is not a natural state‚ but one created and maintained
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According to the definition stated by Stewart B. McKinney‚ for purposes of the 1987 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act‚ "a homeless person (homelessness)is one who lacks a fixed permanent nighttime residence‚ or whose nighttime residence is a temporary shelter‚ welfare hotel‚ or any public or private place not designed as sleeping accommodations for human beings." (Blau‚ 8) A rather deceptive definition when one considers the fact that homelessness is not a natural state‚ but one created and maintained
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New Visions Homeless Day Shelter New Visions is a day shelter that is geared towards helping the homeless. The center provides a number of services to help those who really need it. The hours are from 8:30am- 3:30pm Monday thru Friday. The center is open on Saturdays only when a church group wants to feed. There is a Hygiene department where the clients can sign up for showers and to wash clothes. Clothing is only washed three days a week for clients. They usually run showers from 9am- 11:30am
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Dogs can make good companions because of their friendship‚ unconditional love‚ loyalty‚ and protection that they can give. I have also decided that with there being so many unwanted dogs out there‚ that it would be best to adopt from a local rescue shelter and the best choice in giving a dog a loving family and home. My number one reason for adopting a dog is their companionship. A dog’s love for their owner is unconditional. Dogs don’t care in the morning if you have morning breath or if you have
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Animals die in shelters every day. There are approximately 7.5 million animals added to shelters each year and of those‚ 2.5 million are euthanized. Society needs to be aware that fostering is a vital part of animal rescue. Each time an animal is featured on social media‚ people respond from all over the country to adopt it. For that one animal‚ the outlook is fantastic; however‚ for those left behind the outlook is much bleaker. If all of the potential adopters for that one animal fostered or adopted
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Informative Paper "Domestic VIOLENCE Sheltrs” Samantha Lee Strayer University ENG 115 Lauren Philip October 25‚ 2014 Domestic violence shelters play an important role for victims and their families. Shelters are essential to those who feel they have no other safe place to go. In many cases‚ victims of domestic violence find it difficult to locate available‚ safe places where they can turn. The need for safe‚ affordable housing for victims of domestic violence is well documented. Without access
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Homelessness This great nation of awesome power and abundant resources is losing the battle against homelessness. The casualties can be seen on the street corners of every city in American holding an "I will work for food" sign. Homeless shelters and rescue missions are at full capacity. There is no room at the inn for the nation’s indigent. Anyone who has studied this issue understands that homelessness is a complex problem. Communities continue to struggle with this socio-economic problem
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violence‚ addiction disorder‚ and job loss‚ but most often it is because a set of circumstance that require them to choose between shelter‚ food and other basic needs. Unfortunately homelessness and poverty go hand in hand. It is like a domino effect you lose your job‚ or source of income‚ then you have no health care through your employer‚ now there is no money for shelter‚ food‚ or clothing. Essentially if you are poor you are an illness‚ an accident‚ or a paycheck away from
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It has been long suggested that homelessness and substance abuse are in some way connected in a lot of cases. While this point has not been debated‚ the issue has become which has occurred first‚ the substance abuse or the homelessness. Has the loss of a home drove people to abuse substances or have people’s illicit substance abuse led to misappropriation of funds and ultimately foreclosure and homelessness. The debate has raged on about whether the substance abuse is a cause for homelessness
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community and urban planning. I advocate and work with families who are living in places not meant for human habitation‚ to find creative housing/shelter options that will cost the city little to no money. The program I am helping the city of Seattle pilot is diverting families from having to enter the coordinated family shelter system. Our family shelter system in Seattle is overwhelmed‚ underserved‚
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