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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Today‚ the problem of homeless people is rather a pressing one‚ and‚ unfortunately‚ is widespread all over the world. The reasons can be quite different: it can be a high rent for the habitation‚ low salary‚ mental disability or the loss of all the members of the family. When people are in such a difficult situation‚ they need to live further somehow and they have no other way out than to live in a small carton and beg for some money. The governments of different countries started different social
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troubled veterans who fought to keep our country safe? Many of them end up in the criminal justice system after being released from service for many different reasons‚ with one of the most prominent reasons being mental health issues. The Veterans Court was first established by Judge Robert Russell‚ during 2008‚ in Buffalo‚ New York after he noticed a rise in veterans returning to his courtroom (Army Times). Judge Russell founded the court system to counsel‚ mentor‚ and treat veterans with the care
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Helping the Homeless? Coming home to a warm bed‚ with food‚ water‚ and resources is taken for granted by most people in America. What if all of that was suddenly snatched from you forcing you and possibly your family out to the streets with everything you own on your back. This might not even graze your mind that this could be possibility‚ but this is reality fir over 100 million people worldwide. With the downturn of the economy‚ and many natural disasters occurring this number is continuing to
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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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July 20‚ 2016 Research Essay Draft Post 9/11 Disabled Veterans and The Problems They Face The number of disabled veterans has increased greatly since September 11th 2001 due to the resulting military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are roughly 22 million veterans in the United States and about 3.5 million of them have service-connected disability. This is due in large part to the increase in medical technology‚ so the post 9/11 veterans are surviving injuries that would have been certain death
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War veterans have been experiencing poor service dating back to an article released in 1974‚ these issues are still occurring today‚ and they are ending fatally (WND Staff‚ Military and Defense par. 1). The Veteran Health Administration (VA) was established in 1778 and provides medical care‚ benefits‚ and burials/memorials for all American veterans. To get into the VA system one must be discharged from the armed services and then enroll in the system. Patients must undergo a test to review their
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VETERANS Veterans are those who have serve in order to honor and protect their country. As these individuals boldly practice their beliefs in freedom‚ they rewrite history‚ and we as American honor these patriots who were willing to give the ultimate sacrifice. Veterans Day is the day that we set aside to honor those who serve‚ but one day does not cover all the bloodshed. The day is not enough to show the appreciation which is due to the countless number of heroic
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these veterans defending Americans of the United States in past wars‚ we may not be free right now. These men and women risk their lives to our freedom‚ and this took a great deal of bravery and sacrifice. Many veterans even died‚ and I have seen on the news where many more are still dying‚ and families are losing their loved ones. It is very sad that many people choose to risk their lives‚ but they knew the risks and felt it was their duty and honor to fight on our behalf. So what is a veteran to
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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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