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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Righteous Dopefiend Analysis Homelessness is a social crisis that has stayed with us throughout our history. There was an increase in the number of homeless people in the 1980s due to housing and social service cuts increasing. In Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg’s‚ “Righteous Dopefiend‚” being homeless is just one of the many problems that encompass their day to day reality. The two anthropologists assimilate themselves in the homeless community and observe the hardships that come from living
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In my recent travels to Tijuana‚ Mexico‚ my daughter said: “Daddy‚ why are there so many kids asking for money?” At that moment of time‚ I had no answer to give her. Finally‚ I told her that Mexico is a country that lacks support for its indigenous people. That the government of Mexico does a poor job in taking care of its people in need. She responded by saying “our country gives a lot of free food to kids.” I then told her that a lot of countries in this world have the same issue. At that moment
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A house is a calm and cozy building which gathers the family members together. Imagine you don’t have one. Homelessness is a devastating problem. Every year the number of homeless people is increasing all around the world. So what is homelessness? According to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development “Homelessness is the condition and social category of people without a regular house or dwelling because they cannot afford or are otherwise unable to maintain regular‚ safe‚ and
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chapter 6: DSH has been associated with host of emotional and psychological problems‚ including suicidal thoughts‚ eating disorders‚ chronic feelings of hopelessness and despair‚ depression and anxiety‚ sexual abuse‚ physical abuse severe emotional abuse‚ perfectionism‚ and a pervasive sense of loneliness. Practice settings adolescent treatment: Boarding school Group homes Juvenile hall and juvenile detention centers boat camp psychiatric hospital Chapter 7: Baby boomers were born
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