Homeless Imagine you are homeless. You have no money‚ no job‚ and‚ obviously‚ no home. Every day you wake up‚ grab your sign‚ and stand on a corner. Sometimes people stop‚ but most of the time‚ cars whiz past you without thinking twice. Now imagine you are homeless‚ but this time it is during the Depression. How is it different? Do people help you in the same way as they would in today’s society? Our society’s attitudes towards homelessness and poverty are both similar and different than society’s
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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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1/9/13 Why Homeless People should be provided with Why Homeless People should be provided with Food and Shelter. Helen Myo English W 131‚ Section 29 E Professor Anders April 29‚ 2004 Three years ago‚ my husband‚ Sithu‚ and I went to New York City‚ and we met several homeless people living on the street. They needed help and money. Seeing the faces on the homeless people after we had given them a few dollars gave us the satisfaction of knowing we had done something good‚ which made
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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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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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an essay‚ after reading the required chapters of “Essentials of College Writing” (Connell & Soles‚ 2013) the knowledge needed to compare and contrast a narrative and descriptive essay is at my grasp. The essays I have chosen to use as support are “Homeless” by Anne Quindlen and “Are the Rich Happy?” by Stephen Leacock. While the differences between these two essays are apparent‚ the similarities are more recognizable. By using information‚ I have gained from the class I hope this paper can help you
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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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