streets of vast cities of United States. Less attention are shown to those who are homeless‚ people focus more on bigger issues when this is a major problem that has occurred for years. Statistics shows that 1.6 million youth run away from home each year between the ages of 12 and 17. The predominant race for runaways is White non-Hispanic (57%)‚ Black non-Hispanic (17%)‚ Hispanic (15%)‚ and Other (11%) follow (Blaha). Homeless children most likely leave their original homes because of the way of life and
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in cities with a large homeless teenage population. Teens often turn to drug trafficking‚ prostitution‚ and other forms of criminal activity in order to survive. In turn‚ this also causes a wide range of physical and mental health problems‚ including substance abuse. Although there are large numbers of homeless teens‚ they still remain lacking in many services. One of the most important services is education. This journal article focuses on the barriers to educating homeless teens and mechanisms that
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Case management has served a purpose for helping the homeless. The people providers and researches have recommended case management services for homeless people. “ Case management has been defined as a collaborative process that assesses‚ plans‚ implements‚ coordinates‚ monitors‚ and evaluates‚ the options and services required to meet the client’s health and human service needs” ( Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re – housing‚ 2004). There are programs that have been developed to help case management
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Homelessness and extreme poverty are distant realities for many of us. However our brief encounters with the homeless reinforce biases and perceptions that influence our existence as everyday citizens‚ as we label them "dirty" inadequacies who have made a life for themselves that is less than acceptable. Homelessness is considered a socio-economic status that has typically been dominated by men‚ striking people living below the poverty threshold. Although over the years men have traditionally dominated
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Homeless youth are very vulnerable and are usually divided into two main categories: accompanied meaning they are with their family or unaccompanied meaning they are on their own. Unaccompanied youth are classified into three groups including runaway‚ throwaway and system homeless. The runaways leave of their own volition; those in the throw away group have been asked to leave and are actively prevented from returning; the system group includes youngsters who have been in and out of government programs
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City of Bones‚ by Cassandra Clare The title is both literal and symbolic. In the book‚ there is a place called City of Bones. It is called the City of Bones because many of the old Shadowhunters are buried there. In the book‚ Clary and Jace go to the City of Bones to help Clary regain her memories that had been “blocked” by a warlock. The City of Bones is there to help people discover what has been lost or to know what the truth is. It is symbolic because throughout the whole book‚ Clary is discovering
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2012 Judging the Homeless Mother Teresa once stated‚ “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry‚ naked‚ and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” People are progressively being victimized for being homeless. Anna Quindlen‚ 1992’s Pulitzer Prize winner‚ for her New York Times column‚ “Public and Private”‚ evaluates the life of a homeless woman in her essay‚ “Homeless” (1998). She
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Anshuman Bakshi Mr. Smith Honors Sophomore English‚ 4 February 6‚ 2013 Homeless and Hopeless Why do we work so hard? Why do we go through school and college just to get stuck at work all day? The answer is poverty. Poverty is the fear and scourge of all—the hidden evil that forces us to embrace our inner motivation. Unfortunately for the destiny of humanity‚ the majority of people selfishly work only for themselves‚ but throughout history there have always existed the unique and selfless people
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Advocating for the homeless Advocating for the homeless This paper will examine a specific population of clients who have special needs. I discovered that homeless means more than not having a house but a permanent place of residence of one’s own. In addition‚ there are other circumstances of reasoning why people are homeless and it’s unfair to stereo type them all as drug user being the primary cause. Drug use could be one reason and then there are others such as: loss of employment‚
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Housing the Homelessness Contrary to prevalent belief‚ homelessness is an immense issue in the United States‚ like the “purple elephant in the corner of the room.” The numbers of homeless are not concrete due to the struggle of obtaining valid data‚ nevertheless recent research estimates are well into the millions. Personally‚ I am acquainted with homelessness. In 2011 I found myself entangled in the statistics‚ living under a porch and in an art studio. Homelessness has been a problem in the
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