that are placing bans on homelessness instead of accepting the grants that could be given to them by this act are completely ignoring a solution that would cost them far less than placing people in jail. The Mckinney-Vento Act was created to give federal funds to local‚ regional‚ and state homeless assistance programs and in the year of 2015 nearly $2.14 billion was available ("McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants." 1). Due to this act being in place‚ banning homelessness to try and solve the problem
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AND WHY IT DOESN’T STOP LAVERNA MOORER ARGOSY UNIVERSITY Abstract This paper is going to present to you why people become homeless and why it does not stop Homelessness is a problem that have getting out of hands because of not addressing the situation on time. The focus is not so much the why but‚ if it will ever stop. Homelessness is a phenomenon that has so much to address research has been done; it was discover that for our government to concentrate on the stop instead of the why. We know
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McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants‚ Runaway and Homeless Youth Act‚ joint U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)‚ and Veterans Affairs (VA) Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH)‚ to name only a few (Alliance to End Homelessness‚ 2011). The National Alliance to End Homelessness encourages a policy of advocacy in Congress and local government. They believe that members of Congress will be more likely to promote change if they are given to opportunity to understand how many people in their district
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There is a degree to which individual factors play the most decisive role in contributing to homelessness; however‚ there is a main structural factor that contributes to homelessness and it is the economy. Even though capitalist love part-time workers‚ they are creating a risk for them to become homeless. Those who work part time have to work twice as hard as a full time worker to make ends meet and in some cases fall behind on their bills in order to have their basic needs met. However‚ what is
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The Kids of No Future: Finding a way out of homelessness and youth crime Isaac‚ J. Imagine a busy metropolis where people are hurrying off to get to work‚ strolling along the street window shopping‚ or running to catch the train. However‚ in the midst of all these people is a teen who is wondering how and what they will eat that day‚ and where they will sleep that night. One may ask‚ why is this teen homeless? How did they become homeless? Why get into trouble with the law instead of getting help
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identified vulnerable population and its effect on the health care delivery system. Demographics The term homelessness has a comprehensive definition. The National Coalition for the Homeless (2011) website A homeless person is someone who does not have a fixed‚ regular‚ and sufficient night-time residence. According to Shi and Singh (2010) “Approximately 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year on a national level” (p. 264). Determining the number of
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Dear <>‚ Growing up in an abusive family left Chris with little to be thankful for. Drugs became his only means of escape . . . when he was only 12 years old. His flight from the horror at home pushed him into rehab at 18. Homelessness. Then jail. At rock bottom‚ he recalls‚ “I was in so much pain‚ I hit my knees and said my very first prayer. It was‚ ‘Please‚ someone help me.’” Imagine Thanksgiving without food‚ home‚ or family . . . And thank God with me that Chris found help here at the Santa
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this‚ then their perception is ignorant and unaware. (Nancy Del Castillo‚ 2010) Homelessness is a global issue. The cause of homelessness is varied and most people ignore homelessness as if it should be normal to see it n contemporary society. The number of homelessness has been very high in the recent years. Our goal for those in the Human Services field is to promote awareness and compassion about homelessness in our society and the rest for the world by providing the real facts. It is heartless
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Abstract In most cities the downtown area is usually referred to as the heart of the city. And in Los Angeles the downtown area can be described as such. But just like a human being with a serious case of a Cardiovascular disease is the same fate of Downtown Los Angeles. Here in this case‚ instead of cholesterol clogging up the arteries and veins‚ we have homeless people and rundown building clogging up the streets of Downtown Los Angeles. However‚ just like a heart patient that requires an
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(2011). Resilent educational outcomes: Participation in school by youth with histories of homelessness. Youth & Society‚ 43(1)‚ 253-273. doi: 10.1177/00044118X10365354. Bassuk‚ E.L. (2010). Ending child homelessness in America. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry‚ 80(4)‚ 496-504. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01052.1x. Berliner‚ B. (2002). Helping homeless students keep up. The Education Digest
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