IMPACTS OF HOMELESS VETERANS The definition of a homeless veteran is combining being homeless and having the status of being a veteran. In 2009 President Obama and Secretary Shinseki made a commitment to end homelessness amongst veterans in 5 years. This was in collaboration with the Veterans Administration (VA). Homeless within the ranks of our veterans has been around for decades. There are many explanations why some veterans are homeless. It could be due to not receiving benefits after leaving
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Homelessness is usually caused by tragic life events or impairments‚ such as‚ the loss of loved ones‚ job loss‚ domestic violence‚ divorce‚ family arguments.‚ mental illness‚ post traumatic stress disorder‚ & physical disabilities. Sadly‚ If you don’t have money‚ whatever the reason may be‚ you obviously can’t afford a place to live. There are different types of homelessness. Situational & chronic are two of them. Situational Homelessness is when a person is facing some housing‚ health care‚ financial
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You may not have perceived that this life‚ the way we have been brought up has condition us to be unseeing to some obvious situations in this world. Visibly picture in your head what it means to be homeless at that same time think why are those people homeless? During this recent article‚ Michael Sullivan wrote‚ I was homeless; ‘the look’ judged me worthless‚ to share with all readers in different communities. Sullivan has an overwhelming sense of personal experiences shared which gives a great insight
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It is nearly impossible to climb out of homelessness. 44% of the homeless who have jobs are paid at a small amount to where they can barely support themselves. Especially with those who have limited skills and little experience don’t have a wide range of jobs to choose from. In addition to that‚ the homeless face more problems due to limited transportation‚ education‚ and training programs. Especially in such a competitive environment‚ nearly everyone has a difficult time finding a stable job but
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Homeless was not something that was construct overnight; it has existed for a long period of time. Often fellow Americans and the Government choose not to see the homeless or even have contact with them. Homelessness is not favoritism towards anything such as race‚ religion‚ and gender it is simply had no boundaries. Not all homeless people are stereotyped as being drug abusers‚ mentally ill or even alcoholics. Homelessness is a subject that a few individuals do not take into consideration or have
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American Story: Tent City USA is a documentary about the homeless in Lakewood New Jersey. The purpose of this documentary is to help make people aware of the conditions some Americans live in due to the unbalanced system. The intended audience is anyone who might not know of how hard it is to survive in the United States. It brought to light that anyone can be affected and forced to be homeless such as artists‚ veterans‚ and ministers. Anyone and everyone is accepted into their community with one
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As a social experiment‚ we as a class lived as a homeless person would for one hour in downtown San Luis Obispo. Since this was a change of social class from my upper middle class status to a status of poverty‚ it caused me to be ostracized by the mid-aged higher class people around me who deliberately ignored me by looking the other way. This drastic change made me feel uncomfortable because when I underdressed‚ the people of downtown treated me differently‚ as if I were less human than them. As
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As a young child my family had a dog. We loved to play with him‚ but noticed that we had limited yard space to play games such as fetch or even tag. We lived in a small apartment complex‚ and were forbidden to enter other neighbors yard. My sisters and I felt that a dog park in our town would be just enough space to play without the drama of disrubting the neighbors. In the passage‚ Gizmo’s owner strongly believes that there should be a dog park in his town of Muscatine‚ Iowa. I as a previous dog
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There are two things I love more than anything else in the world: dogs and chemistry. Knowing the osmotic pressure of a 2 molar NaCl solution with a four-legged furry friend beside me is the ideal life. Luckily‚ I’ve found the perfect field that combines my two most treasured passions (no‚ it’s not a veterinarian)‚ and it all started from a single picture. About seven years ago when flipping through a magazine‚ a little‚ rectangular image stood out to me of a service dog with his owner who was a
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Dog parks will be really good for your pets and also for you. It allows dogs to get physical and mental health by running around and enjoying the day. It would also benefit pet owners by getting out of the house once in a while. Traning pets is very important to do. If dogs wasn’t outside as much then their behaviors will begin to change. You want to have a happy and healthy dog. Dogs will begin to run away more often and more likely to get hit by a car or stolen. Dogs need love to and
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