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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words are called vocabulary words. Reading helps people improve their word range. Readers tend to search for the meaning of an unfamiliar word which improves their vocabulary. Readers are also able to widen their vocabulary when they use context clues. Readers have different vocabulary range. Most of the people have the impression that a bookworm have a wide range of vocabulary. But‚ in reality‚ not all ardent readers have a wide range of vocabulary. So‚ this study aims to know why these situations
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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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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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Economic purposes though aren’t the only reason that we should help those in need. We also need to worry about our nation’s health. Let’s take a look at that 12 percent of children living without homes‚ and how homelessness has impacted their health. Homeless children are much more likely to have lower birth rates‚ and infants living in these conditions face higher rates of food insecurity‚ which impairs healthy development (Brown). As adults‚ these type of individuals may experience higher rates of illness
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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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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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Problem and Solution Essay Outline Tentative Title: Homeless pets I. Introduction Thesis statement: The government started putting all its efforts into solving this issue to keep the citizens safe and find appropriate solutions which could potentially solve the problem of homeless pets completely. III. Solution One - The first solution that seems to be the most useful or the most adequate‚ is assistance in finding new owners or finding shelters and kennels for stray animals. A. Advantages: 1. No
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Today’s world is a part of a homeless generation‚ many young people in our world today are homeless. They run away or are forced to leave‚ they are either too young‚ or don’t have enough information to get a job‚ when they don’t have a place go/stay they become homeless‚ and no one cares‚ no one seems to ever care unless the problem is their own. The reasons and contributions to this ever-growing number of homeless youth is uncountable. However‚ some reasons are more prominent than others. First
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