want to inform the audience of the many reasons that cause homelessness and what brings a person to become homeless. III. It isn’t always drug or alcohol addiction that creates homeless situations. Body I. Who‚ and why are they homeless? A. Families with children. 30% B. Children under 18 years old 39% C. Veterans 13% D. Victims of domestic violence 15% E. Mental Illness 26% F. Addiction disorders 30% II. Reasons for homelessness. A. Poverty‚ less job opportunities‚ economic downturn
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domestic violence‚ disabilities‚lack of accessible healthcare‚poverty‚social exclusion‚ mental disorders‚mortgages and lack of payment and inability to afford a home.i now understand that it s not just laziness and other superficial issues that cause homelessness but also other reasons. Therefore any homeless person i meet on the streets‚ all this
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Vulnerable Populations: Homelessness BSHS 302 As far back as the fourteenth century‚ homelessness was only an issue for those who could help it. The church in these times was able to take care of the deserving poor and make sure that they were not on the streets. At this time the homeless people included those who wandered‚ such as men who were migrating workers; they made up most of the homeless population at this time. The undeserving poor were sometimes forced to work in work camps and
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identifies as LGBTQ+‚ yet forty percent of that seven experiences homelessness (“9 Quick Facts About LGBT Youth Experiencing Homelessness”). LGBT homelessness is often referred to as an “invisible issue” because no one really pays attention to such a problem. However in just this past year‚ an organization called the True Colors Fund has trained and educated members of communities much like even yours on the subject of LGBT youth homelessness. True Colors Fund was founded in April 2010 by Jonny Podell
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examination or assessment‚ is personality disorder. d. These men and women come back from war and hope there country will be there to help them‚ but instead they turning away from vets leaving them on their own with no medicical help. B. Homelessness a. When you walk around a city like Chicago you see many homeless people on the street begging for money so the can eat some food for the first time that week. Well it may surprise that a high majority of those people you see are veterans
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problems but avoid surgery as they fear they won’t be able to afford it. In addition‚ homeless shelters have become full due to the increase of homelessness‚ causing some victims to sleep in tents (a bit like a tent city)‚ in their cars‚ in motels‚ and in drains underneath Las Vegas! These facts are alarming and show that America’s poverty has caused homelessness‚ no dinner‚ and no health insurance. Furthermore‚ since Barack Obama has become president there has been a rise in the amount of Americans with
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homeless people more likely to commit crime or be victims of crime? Abstract Statement of method Section 1 – about homeless people Homelessness is on the rise‚ the number of people within the country who are homeless has ‘risen to 17%’. (BBC News homelessness 08/09/11). This affecting not only the people who live in communities where homelessness is popular but the uniformed public services is being affected by the actions of homeless people and the actions of the public towards these people
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HOMELESS VETERANS CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY Homelessness is a major social issue facing our society today. Homelessness among United States veterans is of particular concern to me because I understand some of the pressures facing vets upon returning to civilian life. Given the Iraq and Afghanistan tours and number of soldiers returning from multiple tours in “hell”‚ it’s no wonder the number of homeless vets has more than doubled in the past two years. (Zoroya‚ 2012) Serious
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Hypothesis Testing Paper Homelessness is an ever growing problem that the numbers seem to increase in severity in the larger cities. Chicago‚ Illinois has numbers that exceed more than 93‚000 individuals that are homeless and out of those there is close to 20‚000 that also suffer with a mental illness. In addressing the link between mental illness and homelessness it is clear that the numbers are large due to lack of medical care and the de-institutionalization from the 1960’s. In an attempt to
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The Faces of Poverty “Don’t look down on a man if you can’t help pick him up” –Ms. Bailey. Poverty in the United States tends to conjure up images of homeless people living under bridges‚ people with signs begging street corners‚ and soup kitchens and homeless shelters. Throughout history‚ poverty has been a pervasive issue in the United States; it is an issue that has managed to survive despite government’s the countless efforts to eradicate it. As a result‚ it has spread and affects a wide array
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