8318841 6 have to make sure he has food‚ he has clothing‚ he has a house‚” said McInnes. (“Homeless Students: A Hidden Tragedy”). 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
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not even have to be their fault. For this reason exactly is why Americans should consider this a major crisis today. The amount of people becoming homeless in America is constantly growing. Although some people can get out of being homeless pretty quickly‚ more and more people are becoming homeless every day‚ and the more people that become homeless‚ the more people crowd the streets we live on. There is many different views on where these people should live such as on the street or in permanent
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situation where they have to ask for help. At one point‚ homeless people had dreams of becoming someone important in life. Despite the situations these people have gone through ‚ helping the homeless can change our community by lowering crime rates‚ and having hard workers. In New Orleans‚ you can spot a homeless person at every corner. Some are overly dressed for the long cold nights. Others‚ can’t even afford any type of clothes. Many of these homeless people carry a piece of cardboard asking for money
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How Should We Treat the Homeless? I think that to treat all homeless people in one certain way would be hard for me to do because there are many reasons for a person to be homeless‚ and some of them should be treated differently from others. I feel that the runaways and drug addicts don’t deserve as much as the unemployed and war veteran types. But I feel in my heart that all people with no homes‚ or lives for that matter‚ should get some sort of help to survive and get back on their feet so
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Unknown 8-28-12 Finding the Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys In the short story‚” Finding Prosperity by Feeding Monkeys”‚ by Harold Taw‚ Taw explains a moral about the importance of family‚ and how some people will break whatever rules to respect their family. Taw states that a Buddhist monk told his parents that he [Taw] would bring great prosperity to the family if he fed a monkey on his birthday every year for the rest of his life. Every year Taw made a point to feed a monkey on his birthday
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are significant. For example The National Coalition for the Homeless has a few different types of educational programs. One of their most effect programs is Outreach Runs. This program allows groups to bring and distribute socks‚ hotel size toiletries and bottled water to those living in parks and on the streets. In winter‚ groups bring clothing like thermal underwear‚ socks‚ gloves‚ hats‚ and jackets ("National Coalition for the Homeless"‚ 2014). When evaluating the benefits of this program‚ it is
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Health Hazards in the Homeless Community The importance of writing this paper is to bring awareness about the health hazards that the homeless community go through due to them not having the supplies or facilities to accommodate their needs to maintain their health. The homeless people are placed at a risk for diseases and other serious illnesses due to them not having access to a sanitary place or shelter or have many proper meals. In order to educate people on the importance of health risks as
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Case Study Health Care center for the Homeless: Changing with the times Part I: Case Analysis A. size up the key problems/opportunities raised by the case Just as one bad apple can ruin the whole basket‚ an organization with one large problem can see the effects of that problem damage its entire organizational strategy. In the case of Health Care for the Homeless (HCCH)‚ the lack of a strong marketing direction is what hinders this organizations ability to meet their
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Similarities between Lennie and mentally ill homeless adults are deserving more attention. Some nights‚ the mentally ill are struggling to find themselves a home. In Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie needs George to take care of him‚ and finds him a place to sleep and eat. In the movie they portrayed Lennie to be bossed around by George‚ but knew he couldn’t live by himself. They had to move to a different place because of Lennie’s actions that he could have left him anytime. George said “God a’mighty‚ if
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If I had to choose whether to be forever homeless‚ but free to roam the earth as I please or live the life of luxury and be locked in my mansion‚ I would choose to live the life of luxury and be locked in my mansion. First‚ I would have to worry about food or other needs. Homeless people sometimes go days without food or water. I cannot imagine how difficult that would be. If I were homeless‚ I would spend my time roaming the earth for something to eat. I would not have enough money to even travel
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