One of the major problems that my community suffers from is homelessness‚ which is a condition of people who lack regular access to housing. According to the institute for the study of Homelessness and Poverty at Weingart Center‚ an estimated 254‚000 men‚ women and children experience homelessness in Los Angeles County during some part of the year and approximately 82‚000 people are homeless on any given night‚ and is caused by several factors such as mental illness‚ drug abuse‚ physical or sexual
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Youth Homelessness What do YOU think it would be like to be homeless? Could you imagine not knowing when you will eat or where you will sleep next? On a realistic level‚ how would you feel not being able to shower and wearing dirty clothes day in and day out not knowing when you will be able to wash them? I think it would be safe to say that the majority of us would agree with the line from John Payne’s poem Home‚ Sweet Home: “Be it ever so humble‚ there is no place like home”. Yet thousands
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Homelessness in Ghana: Who to Blame? My eye caught sight of something; I peered at it and decided it was a bundle of clothes. However I couldn’t bring to tear my eyes away and upon further investigation I realized the bundle of clothes were human beings‚ a sea of human beings. My mum said’’ can’t you see their heads‚ jutting out of the plastic sheath that covers them as the rain pelts them at this ungodly hour of the night in Accra? “Yes I can. But don’t they have homes? Why do they sleep on
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Homelessness in American Society On December 10‚ 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The United States of America‚ as a member nation‚ voted in favor of this declaration. Article 25(1) of this declaration states: “Everyone has the right to … food‚ clothing‚ housing and medical care and necessary social services.” In 1949 the United States government further defined the nature of this commitment with the American Housing Act which
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Running head: HOMELESSNESS Homelessness Teresa Introduction to Research and Information Utilization 110 Mr. W Feb 23‚ 2009 Homelessness Thesis: Lack of affordable housing‚ domestic violence and substance abuse all contribute to the widespread of homelessness in big cities and all over the U.S. Has anyone ever stopped to wonder why the population of homeless people is rising? Studies have shown different reasons to explain why this is a never ending problem. Not having much attention
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live in. There are various reasons that children are found homeless‚ ranging from their own desire to leave home to become independent of their parents rules‚ to broken marriage where the father is absent from the family which is the most likely cause. However some parents are irresponsible in caring for their children. Some parents beat them‚ sexually abuse them‚ or throw them out of the family into the streets to fend for themselves‚ resulting in the child feeling that he or she is better off
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Homelessness in America Mandy Lockwood Introduction to Human Services/ BSHS 302 January 21‚ 2013 Dina Francisco Introduction The Pursuit of Happyness portrays the true story of Chris Gardner‚ homeless man turned businessman. His story has inspired the homeless to take charge of their lives by not letting their past define who they are. Raised by a single mother and having a childhood wrought with poverty‚ physical‚ and sexual abuse due to alcoholism‚ (Gardner‚ 2006) he found himself faced
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CAUSE AND EFFECT The cause and effect essay is an exploration of the reasons for or results of things or events. This type of essay can include both causes and effects‚ but generally contains only one of the two. Before Writing a Cause and Effect Essay 1. Choose your topic. Make sure that the topic is not too large or too small. For example‚ a 500word essay on the causes of World War II will surely not be able to cover all relevant information. 2. Decide whether you want to discuss causes
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English 101 Research Paper #2 Final Draft Homelessness Is Not An Option We see them as a crowd‚ a collective entity; we call them the homeless‚ as if that defines who they are‚ but we neglect to add the unspoken word in that title: people. People whom with social disabilities or financial problems usually will be abandoned by the society and become homelessness along the streets. ¡§During the past year‚ over two million men‚ women‚ and children‚ or nearly one percent of the US population‚ were
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