Seven solution for homeless people -Idea One: Trade Fairs for the Homeless Ask any homeless person why they are living on the street‚ and one theme will inevitably emerge: they were unable to navigate the maze of programs and procedures intended to help. In addition to information about every short- and long-term housing program available in the city‚ Project Homeless Connect provided clothing‚ shoes‚ free phone calls‚ counselling‚ medical treatment‚ dental care‚ eye exams and glasses‚ benefits
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United States over 500‚000 people‚ almost a quarter of them children‚ were homeless this year. That’s over half a million-people living on streets‚ cars and or homeless shelters. 49‚933 people‚ veterans to be specific‚ were identified across the United States as homeless‚ 51% of these homeless veterans have disabilities‚ 50% have serious mental issues‚ 70% have a substance abuse problem. Nearly one-quarter‚ 23% of the homeless are children under the age of 18. 10% are between the ages of 18 and 24‚
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is an issue that is constantly occurring in our community‚ which are homeless people. Lately‚ there have been more of them crowding and hanging around the libraries‚ especially Costa Mesa. Costa Mesa is a county supported library with fewer resources compared to a city supported library such as Newport Beach. Costa Mesa Library is not pushing away the homeless as much as Newport Beach. Orange County currently has 30‚000 homeless people today and that is not an accurate statistic. This trend has progressively
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Feeding the homeless is a great experience. Individuals are able to see how hard life can be for others and what it’s like. Students also experience how people without homes live and how they act. Most of the people are calm‚ and don’t have problems‚ but then you can see that the people don’t have respect for one another and treat each other badly. Some families had their kids with them and weren’t able to take care of them right. They were all over the place‚ but they were really nice people. We
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Homelessness is an emotional topic.If it wasn’t for my mother and the goals I set for myself I would be homeless as well. As a child I never understood why people were homeless when every one has a choice in life. Then I got older and realize that being homeless can come from a few things like parents being incarcentarted‚ abuse and neglect‚ foster care‚ and drugs. I personally know someone that is homeless she is smart and pretty but the drugs got the best of her and now she is addicted.The saying you
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Do you know what it feels like to be homeless? I don’t know what it feels like‚ and I don’t think anybody should should know how it feels‚ especially children. To be homeless means that you never know where you will sleep at night‚ or where you will live next month. That’s not exactly an ideal life‚ is it? So why should children be living like that? We need to help these people‚ and even though you might be thinking “ What can I do? What difference could I make?” ; your help could actually change
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Our target market is in Los Angeles‚ California. Why? Based on Los Angeles Homeless Authority results of its 2015 Homeless Count represents the largest homelessness census in the nations. Los Angeles now become the third most homeless city in the world. While homelessness also increase 16% over the last two years. The homeless came from all gender‚ age‚ occupations‚ etc. They are the people that are unemployed because the country’s economic has fallen‚ so the poverty is rising and cause people couldn’t
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Homeless Youth Gale Dowling BSHS 301 June 19‚ 2012 Rachelle Jackson Homeless Youth Homeless youth is a rapidly growing problem in society today. There are many types of homeless youth and numerous contributing factors to their unfortunate situation. People need to have compassion toward these youth. These adolescents are the least understood‚ most vulnerable and most difficult to reach.Youth should not be in the streets because of the emotional and psychological impact it has on them later
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The community I am focusing on is homeless families with children within the Gloucester County‚ New Jersey area. The problem area I am going to address is the educational barriers and challenges faced by homeless children and youths. Two of the very knowledgeable people who are experts in the community and the problems I am addressing are the executive director of Family Promise and a social worker/counselor from Gloucester County Special Services who advocates for these families and their children
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Team #4 - George Carter Brianna Tinnel‚ Nina Kroeselberg‚ Hannah Hileman‚ Lok Ku With the upcoming elections in the city‚ the raise in taxes to build a homeless shelter is one of the most pressing issues. The candidate George Carter wants to prevent those raises‚ since everyone should be responsible for their own life choices and we shouldn’t punish those who have worked hard to earn their money by taking it away from them. He wants to support the people by letting them keep their property and
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