saw a homeless man ask for a place to stay. My father allowed him to stay for the night since it was snowing outside and the temperature was below freezing. I could not stand knowing that there were people on the street who did not have a place to sleep at night. Upon doing more research‚ I discovered that my town‚ Grand Rapids‚ did not have a homeless shelter. Because the town did not have many homeless people‚ it never felt the need to create a shelter. However‚ the number of homeless people
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Blake neil Mathis english Advantages of being Married Some of the more important advantages of getting married I can think of are‚ having duel income‚ always having someone to talk to‚ making memories‚ help motivate you day by day to work torwards something meaningful and feel achomplished . The ability to love and receive love in return. Marriage to someone you love gives you a avenue to channel all your love and attention to one person‚ a bond. When you get married you always have
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Summary of “Homeless on Campus” In the article “Homeless on Campus” Eleanor J. Bader tells a story about homeless students living on campus. Also she shows how homeless students still have enough energy to go to college. Aehsa is a twenty year old girl that attends college at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn‚ New York. Aesha and her one year old son were forced to move out of their house because her husband started to be abusive. They were forced to leave on the streets and were moved
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Nieto 1 Mrs.Carters HRE 2O1 December 5/12 The Homeless Turning for Drugs Studies have shown that homeless youth on the streets suffer from drug addiction. The article Giving up on drugs: homeless younge people and self reported problematic drug use by Keys‚ Mallet‚ and Rosenthal‚ identifies the different issues homeless youth have to deal with. The research has been conducted through a series of interviews with young homeless kids from the age of 12 to 19. The kids interviewed talk about
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experiencing homelessness. 238‚110 of those people are in families‚ 25% suffer from mental illnesses‚ 17% are considered chronically homeless‚ 13% are fleeing domestic violence‚ and 12% are veterans. To have that many individuals suffer everyday is just heartbreaking. To me that’s a problem‚ and the "solutions" we have now aren’t doing anything to help‚ for example the homeless shelters we see today. We have an abundant amount of shelters in America‚ but why do we still have that man individuals still
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Within the rising poverty lives an 11 year old girl named Dasani who resides in the Auburn family residence homeless shelter in New York City. This shelter is for family’s who can not provide the bare minimum provisions for themselves. All though Dasani has a form of shelter‚ she is still homeless from the lack of family guidance that is supposed to be provided for her. All the struggles of homeless people could be relieved in numerous ways. Homelessness is a problem with many terrible effects‚ which
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There are 578‚424 people homeless every night in the United States. Out of this‚ 216‚261 are families‚ 362‚163 are individuals‚ and 49‚933 are veterans. That’s 9% of our population who have defended us so we can have the freedom we have now‚ homeless. Being in the military and be a tough thing to go through. You see and experience gruesome things that no human being should have to. You are pushed physically and mentally. In some situations‚ it comes down to your life or theirs. You see battles
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Being homeless is not an option that anyone would want being without a stable home or knowing where you are going to sleep every night is simply bad luck. Day by day many people encounter homeless people either at work or just driving by the freeway each day with signs reading “Homeless”. Others might consider homeless individuals to have made that choice on their own but do not see the deeper issues than being out on the street. Many homeless people can be mentally ill‚ have problems with drug abuse
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As a child I dreamt of the day I would get married‚ start a family‚ buy a home and have lots of money. I felt so foolish as I began to get older and realized that that wasn’t the hand I was dealt‚ that was not my reality. Now‚ I find myself homeless and without hope and all I can think is‚ “No one said life was easy.” As I start packing my tiny one-bedroom apartment where my family and I lived‚ I could not help but feel the anxiety building‚ unsure of what will come after we make this lengthy trip
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IMPACTS OF HOMELESS VETERANS The definition of a homeless veteran is combining being homeless and having the status of being a veteran. In 2009 President Obama and Secretary Shinseki made a commitment to end homelessness amongst veterans in 5 years. This was in collaboration with the Veterans Administration (VA). Homeless within the ranks of our veterans has been around for decades. There are many explanations why some veterans are homeless. It could be due to not receiving benefits after leaving
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