Americans find themselves on the food stamp rolls‚ and the numbers have been on an upward trajectory (Ciarcia‚ 2013). Likewise‚ more than 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year. 35% of the homeless population are families with children‚ which is the fastest growing segment of the homeless population. 23% are
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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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A geopolitical community is a community‚ which is either man-made or surrounded by natural boundaries. It is considered a traditional point of view about communities. Man-made boundaries could be the towns where we live‚ work‚ or go to school. Natural boundaries could be the land formations that separate and isolate groups of people (Maurer & Smith 2008). The geopolitical community I live in is Nassau County‚ Long Island in New York. Nassau County is made up of many suburbs and towns and is located
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A few years back I remember not knowing or thinking that I would ever be homeless or anything close to it‚ but life is full of surprises. I lived in Los Angeles‚ my father had lost his job and felt hopeless in such a big city. As the bills continued to pile up so did my fear of what was going to happen next. After the bills and mortgages were too high we had to leave our entire lives behind and more nice enough to let us stay in their living room. At that moment I had no idea what was going to happen
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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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Apart of a Community? What is a community? A community is a group of people who have similar characteristics in common. They provide is with a sense of stability‚ they serve our needs‚ and they also accept us for who we are. When most people think of a community they automatically think about the neighborhood‚ town or city they live in‚ or the religious group they are apart of. No one really thinks about the people who are involved in high-risk behaviors as being apart of a community. Groups engaging
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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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Homeless bird In the novel‚ Homeless bird it talks about how a young woman‚ Koly gets married at 13 but then her husband‚ Hari‚ dies shortly after the marriage. She was a widow by the time she was 14. She was sent to live in a house were widows had lived to get back on their feet. Koly had a special talent in being a seamstress and an embroider. When Mrs.Devi‚ a wealthy woman who owned the house came to look at the widows and see if they are meeting proper rules for women. She had taken a liking
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Homeless people all around the world are starving and nobody is doing anything about it. Homelessness is defined as a person who "lacks a fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate night-time residence." (Cite)They are starving because of the poverty in the world‚ the whole world’s population as we know it‚ and community’s pretending not to see it happening . Poverty is a big thing that affects homelessness in the U.S (cite) . The population increases every day and that makes the world more populated and creates
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