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    Homelessness in America

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    Homelessness in America Mandy Lockwood Introduction to Human Services/ BSHS 302 January 21‚ 2013 Dina Francisco Introduction The Pursuit of Happyness portrays the true story of Chris Gardner‚ homeless man turned businessman. His story has inspired the homeless to take charge of their lives by not letting their past define who they are. Raised by a single mother and having a childhood wrought with poverty‚ physical‚ and sexual abuse due to alcoholism‚ (Gardner‚ 2006) he found himself faced

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    people with mental illnesses. “The program was known as the New York/New York Agreement‚ which funded the development of 3‚600 individual units for the homeless by 1995.” This served as a model for similar projects throughout the United States. (Homelessness Issues & Controversies‚ par.17) In 2001‚ Dennis Culhane‚ a professor of social work at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia‚ and his associates conducted a study on the cost effectiveness of the New York/New York Agreement. They factored

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    Causes of Homelessness

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    often suffering from respiratory diseases. Every year more and more people are becoming homeless. According to the Toronto Shelter‚ Support & Housing Administration‚ There are 5‚086 homeless people on the streets of Toronto as of April 2009. Homelessness is becoming a big problem worldwide. There are many situations that can be caused by others around us or by nature. Many people cannot afford to pay rent for their homes and are kicked out on the streets as a result. Others are forced out of the

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    to say that exact numbers of homeless youth are hard to determine because the lack of standard methods and the mobility of the homeless population. The amount of homeless youth is staggering and heartbreaking. There are many factors that lead to homelessness‚ and many consequences

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    and this needs to be addressed. I. Introduction a) Background on the causes of Family Homelessness b) Statistics on the Increasing rate of homelessness in Canada c) Homeless family and Psychological definitions II. Psychological Trauma a) Definition of psychological Trauma b) losing one’s home is stressor to psychological trauma II. Psychological Challenges faced by Homeless parents a) Family homelessness

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    Homelessness in Hawaii

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    Abstract The major purpose of the study is to educate the community and provide awareness about homelessness as it ultimately has the potential to affect anyone. The study that our group would like to conduct is to examine the homeless population and the issues that surround it. As we examine the causes of homeless the possibility of preventing homelessness increases. As more is being done to get people off of the street‚ what is being done to prevent people from becoming homeless? Our group’s

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    Evelyn Perler Homelessness in America: A Research Paper Homelessness is the state of lacking permanent residence. This phenomenon is a result of many different factors including mental disease‚ illness‚ discrimination‚ loss of job‚ and/or inability to find work. Around 3.5 million people experience homelessness in a year in the United States of America. The homeless population includes males‚ females‚ and non-binary persons of all ages. About half of the homeless are single males. A quarter of

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    My selected social issue for this report is Youth Homelessness. The reason why I have chosen this is because‚ not only do I want to learn and understand more about the struggle and surviving on the streets‚ but also because I believe in fundamental rights for all human being. A sense of belonging‚ mastery‚ independence and generosity is the root of life to live full of potential. Being homeless takes these benefit away. This essay will focus on the risk factors‚ impacts and strategies applied when

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    I. Introduction A. According to the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty‚ in 2008 roughly 670‚000 people in America were homeless. Of that number‚ 58% were living in shelters and/or transitional housing and 42% were unsheltered. Since 2008‚ these numbers have been rapidly growing due to the economic recession. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness‚ presently an estimated 1.5 million people in the United States are homeless. B. I can bet that each individual

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    Homelessness in the U.S.

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    Speech Outline: Homelessness in America Specific Purpose: To raise awareness of the homelessness in America and what brings a person to become homeless. Thesis: A society is judged by how it treats it weakest and most defenseless and needy citizens‚ including the homeless. People whom with social disabilities or financial problems usually will be abandoned by the society and become homelessness along the streets. "During the past year‚ over two million men‚ women‚ and children‚ or nearly one

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