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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economy continues to deteriorate and the number of social service and housing funding cuts increase so does the number of homeless clients. Understanding homelessness requires a grasp of several social issues: poverty‚ affordable housing‚ disabilities‚ and others. “According” to the national alliance to end homelessness the national rate of homelessness in America was 20 homeless people per every 10‚000 people in the general
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The Homeless Homelessness infects many people in our world every day. People can become homeless from different reasons‚ but in the market today the reason is usually foreclosure. There are many ways that we can prevent people being homeless. By learning how people live when their homeless‚ we can see fit that they get help. There are more homeless people today than there ever has been because of our current economic situation. Being homeless can lead to many health problems because of their lack
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is still at a steady rise‚ and family’s homes are still being foreclosed. It is particular hard to say that homelessness is decreasing. Although the resulting numbers from the 2008 National Count of homelessness that is done every year in January‚ showed that there was a 12% decrease in homeless people on the streets and shelters from 2005-2007 and a 30% decrease in chronic homelessness in 2005. The moral controversy of this issue is to ask‚ what can we do to physical decrease the number of people
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Benefit Types Cassandra Harris HSM/240 5/01/2015 Patricia Zindler Benefit Types The benefits offered by a Human Service organization are significant. For example The National Coalition for the Homeless has a few different types of educational programs. One of their most effect programs is Outreach Runs. This program allows groups to bring and distribute socks‚ hotel size toiletries and bottled water to those living in parks and on the streets. In winter‚ groups bring clothing like thermal underwear
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because problems that arose‚ or unforeseen circumstances occurred‚ forcing them into these situations. In the essay‚ “The Untouchables‚” Kozol wrote about the struggles and hardships Richard Lazarus and others encountered because of homelessness. Jo Goodwin Parker wrote a vivid first hand description about living in poverty in the essay‚ “What is Poverty?”. Lazarus lived on the street struggling to survive‚ where as‚ Parker lived in a house struggling to support her family.
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car and money for gas‚ clothes that are job interview and work appropriate‚ access to resources to make a resume‚ all of these are inhibiting factors that can keep someone homeless out of work. Mental illness is a huge cause and problem of homelessness. According to projecthome.org approximately a quarter of all homeless people in America are mentally ill. That being said‚ it should be no reason to pass judgment on all homeless people. Mental illnesses like paranoid schizophrenia‚ bipolar disorders
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Homelessness and lack of health care are positively related and having no health insurance at all can itself alone cause homelessness. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless (2009)‚ half of all personal bankruptcies in the United States in 2008 were due to health related problems. The most important fact
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see and hear of endless possibilities‚ but everyone does not get to enjoy the possibilities because the possibilities are not really endless. Homelessness in America is a persistent‚ complex‚ and widely-occurring problem that incorporates many economic‚ social‚ and psychological dimensions. After years of war and economic decline‚ the ranks of the homelessness have grown to include families with children (35%)‚ military veterans (23%)‚ children (25%)‚ persons fleeing domestic violence (30%)‚ and the
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way. One way to help is to‚ understand who the homeless are. Society can help dispel the stereo-types about the homeless. For example‚ by the way they dress or look and even smell. Also‚ people can learn about the different reasons for the homelessness‚ and remember that every situation is unique. Always remember that‚ that all homeless are not just homeless by choice‚ but sometimes by force. The second way to help is to educate yourself about the homeless. A homeless person may be someone
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