everyday life‚ and look at them from an entirely new perspective. Looking outside the box. Someone with a sociological imagination might view a homeless person as a person who has had hard times. They might ask questions as to what brought them to homelessness. Did they lose their job? Did they abuse drugs or alcohol? What are the circumstances that brought them to be homeless. Someone who does not have a sociological imagination would not be able to see outside of their “norm” and would more than likely
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agency or institution‚ or simply sometimes take an informal leadership role in your daily life‚ the issue of ethical leadership is one you cannot avoid (ctb.ku.edu). Homelessness is an ongoing issue in the United States that needs community and governmental assistance. With the economy in a state of recession‚ the rate of homelessness is continuing to increase with no sign of slowing down. People are losing their incomes causing them to lose their homes. While some are able to downsize to a smaller
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an abundance of veterans in poverty‚ put on hold for healthcare‚ or have severe illness’ such as PTSD. This issue should be addressed soon. The quality of treatment veterans are furnished with is not adequate because they are more susceptible to homelessness‚ experience delays in their own healthcare‚ and develop mental illness’ that don’t get vacated. Delays in healthcare are an ongoing struggle. Currently the abundance of veterans on hold has surpassed 500‚000; all the advent of their help
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since the 1980 ’s (National Coalition for Homeless‚ 2002). Worldwide‚ it is estimated that 100 million children live and work on the streets. Homeless children are more at risk than anyone else‚ and are among the fastest growing age groups of homelessness. Single women with children represent the fastest growing group of homeless‚ accounting for about 40% of the people that are becoming homeless today. Children that are homeless can become this way for a variety of reasons. Youth can be on
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vicious cycle of homelessness in public schools is through education. Introduction The absence of a stable living arrangement has a devastating impact on educational outcomes for youth. For many students who are homeless‚ not having the proper school records often leads to incorrect classroom placement (Roundtree‚ 1996). Medical records‚ immunization records‚ previous school transcripts‚ and proof of residency are some of the barriers students that suffer from homelessness have to face when
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veterans? Our veterans are an important part to society. They gave their lives to protect their country every day. Though many face hard times and homelessness they are still part of society. The Department of Veteran Affairs has in place a plan to end homelessness by the end of this year. The public can lend a hand in helping to end veteran homelessness. Our veterans are falling asleep under the stars‚ on a bench‚ under a bridge‚ or in a tent city. Veterans are important people and our country would
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The functionalist theory is based on trust in both our political and legal systems. The theory is also known as the consensus theory‚ and thus explains that there is a middle ground that must be met in order for our society to remain stable. Vago (2009) explained the biological analogy of the functionalist theory. He stated that this theory can be seen as the body of an organism‚ in the organism there are different relationships with different functions that must be processed right in order for
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Maceri explored the various causes of homelessness such as job loss‚ declining wages‚ domestic violence‚ mental illness‚ the widening income gap‚ use of cheap street drugs‚ lack of support for war veterans and foster care systems that discharged people into homelessness. His knowledge on this topic gave me the skills to recognise and accept that homelessness is not as straightforward as I once thought and that there are various causes of homelessness that require a long-term solution rather than
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Leadership Plan The area of human services in which I would most like to work is with the homeless. Besides having my own personal experiences with homelessness‚ I think that it is an ongoing issue in the United States that needs community and governmental assistance. With the economy being in a state of recession‚ the rate of homelessness is continuing to increase with no sign of slowing down. People are losing their incomes leading them to losing their homes. While some are able to downsize
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Megann Schmidt I chose to do my reflection over the “The Causes of Homelessness” speech video‚ and overall‚ I would say the speaker did an excellent job presenting the topic with only a few noticeable flaws here and there. Beginning with the environment‚ I would say that the speaker used the best possible visual aids for his area. To me it looked like he was almost in a lecture hall‚ so the use of powerpoint slides was great because everyone was probably able to see them. However‚ he could have
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