time you saw a homeless man or woman in the street? Did you ever wonder what events had to have happened to make that person want to or have to live in the streets with no place to go to? There are many things that could have happened to them which might have contributed to their problem. The reasons are different for each and every person. Some of the more major issues that contribute to this are lack of affordable housing‚ declining welfare assistance‚ and mental illness. Homeless and the working
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almost illegal for me to co-exist with society. The mistreatment of homeless people is an issue that is often ignored by my community. When you see me on the streets how do you react? Do you turn your head and ignore me? Do you become angry that I am living on the streets? Do you feel frightened and avoid confrontation with me all together? Or do you see me as a human being and treat me in that way? Imagine if you were homeless‚ living everyday on the streets‚ having to go through constant judgments
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“Nobody wants to be homeless‚ it doesn’t even come across their minds in five years from now I would like to be Homeless” (Inocente). Inocente is a short documentary film about a 15 year aspiring artist who is homeless. She resides with her Mother and three brothers in San Diego‚ California. Inocente attends school and her class mates are unaware that she is homeless. She will not tell classmates that she is homeless because the fear of mockery and shame. Inocente has been homeless most of her life
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While a child in a homeless situation may not have the ability to change their genetic makeup‚ gender‚ and ethnicity‚ these factors still affect homeless children in many ways. For example‚ genetic-related illness may sometimes be exacerbated in a bout of homelessness. Also‚ there is evidence that shows that African-American and Hispanic children have disproportionately higher rates of homelessness than those of other ethnicities. In addition to genetics and ethnicity‚ homeless children that are males
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a new kind of public service. More than 50 young men from the all-boys school volunteer as pallbearers at funerals for homeless veterans‚ according to the Associated Press. Homeless veterans often have lost contact with family members who cannot be located once they have died. So‚ if the Dignity Memorial Network’s Homeless Veterans Program cannot contact the family of a homeless veteran 90 days after their death‚ then the program will provide them with a casket‚ according to Good Housekeeping. But
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and steal food from local stores and rob people. I got caught robbing one day and I was sent to jail. I got out a few months later and went to my former home in the projects and to my surprise my family had moved away. From that day on I have been homeless and living on the streets. There are various things I must do every day in order to stay alive. I stand on the street corners everyday in hope of getting spare change from someone or for people to just give me food. Other days I do what we
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People should understand that some homeless people aren’t always their fault.People can not choose where they came from because maybe their parents couldn’t afford to put them through school to get education. Some of the homeless people that you might see on the street are war veterans coming home from war they might not have the best financial support after coming home from war.these tiny house should first go to the homeless war veterans because they served this country to let us be free. Although
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From Homeless to Harvard Imagine‚ being a child of drug addicted parents‚ losing your apartment at the age of 16‚ becoming homeless‚ and having no one to truly depend on except yourself‚ this woman Liz Murray has been through countless circumstances. Murray saw herself wanting to be something more than just being homeless and a daughter of drug addicts. She turned around the odds that were against her. Learning about her and the horrific childhood she went through it shows people their present does
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Homeless Bird The author Gloria Whelan‚ wrote a novel‚ titled Homeless Bird‚ which takes place in India. In the story‚ the main character‚ Koly‚ gets married then becomes a widow‚ then her Sass abandons her in Vrindavan and now Koly is on her own. Over the course of the story‚ Koly becomes more and more courageous. Koly shows courage throughout the whole story. Koly was courageous because she got the courage to marry someone she never met. “When I heard that at last a husband had been found for
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Homeless Youth: Demographics‚ causes‚ and the need for occupational therapy Homeless youth are typically described as being persons under the age of 21 that do not have safe housing with a relative or caregiver and have no alternative safe living arrangements (Reeg‚ 2003‚ pg. 55). According to research conducted by the US Department of Justice‚ in 2002 there was an estimated 1.69 million homeless youth in America. The proportion of males and females are quite equal with ages 15-17 comprising the
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