First we must define homelessness‚ now this word means different things to different people. Even the National Health Care for the Homeless Council states that there is more than one “official’ definition. One of the first definitions they have for homelessness is: A homeless individual is defined as an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family)‚ including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private
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Homelessness Is Rising In The United States Prepared for Dr. Guzman-Trevino Prepared by Summer Loerakker May 6‚ 2014 Summer R. Loerakker 11861 State Hwy 53 Summer_ward80@yahoo.com Temple‚ TX 76501 (254) 778-6165 May 6‚ 2014 Dr. Guzman-Trevino Temple College 2600 South First Street Temple‚ TX 76504-7435 Dear Dr. Guzman-Trevino: : in the main three areas contributing to the rising numbers of the homeless in the United States. This research was conducted to examine the main three
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“Homelessness." Homelessness - Children‚ Define‚ Causes‚ Effects‚ Adults‚ Drug‚ Person‚ People. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2017. A homeless person is any person who needs lodging‚ including someone whose main living place at night is a public place that provides temporary living conditions or a person who doesn’t have anywhere to stay. Poverty goes side by side with homelessness. Individuals with mental illness are at higher risk for becoming homeless because of difficulties connected with deinstitutionalization
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Kevin English Comp I 23 Sept. 2013 Homelessness in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography Boyd‚ Herb. "Obama: No Quick Fixes‚ No Silver Bullets‚ but a Plan and Policy. (Cover Story)." New York Amsterdam News 26 Mar. 2009: 1. MasterFILE Premier. Web. 25 Sept. 2013. In this news article‚ President Barrack Obama states that there are no easy solutions to the current economic recession the United States is in. According to the President‚ “Even before the economy went bad‚ that there was
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The Epidemic Of Homelessness And The Impact It Has On The United States Jeff Damitz One of the sociologic problems that have always faced society is the presence of homelessness population in a percentage of societies’ citizens. The National Health Care of the Homeless Council (2014) describes the official definition of homeless at “an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets; stay in a shelter‚ mission‚ single room occupancy facilities‚ abandoned building or vehicle;
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Mario Villalpando Professor Chastaine English 102: Essay #2 Draft October 15‚ 2012 Give to the Solution‚ Not the Problem Imagine this‚ you’re on your way to work. As you drive down Broadway you see that a local organization has set up a canned food drive to help raise food for those in need. Not thinking too much about it‚ other then you have no canned foods on you‚ you keep driving to school. As you approach the next stop light you see the Boise State cheerleaders are holding signs that read
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One of the major problems that my community suffers from is homelessness‚ which is a condition of people who lack regular access to housing. According to the institute for the study of Homelessness and Poverty at Weingart Center‚ an estimated 254‚000 men‚ women and children experience homelessness in Los Angeles County during some part of the year and approximately 82‚000 people are homeless on any given night‚ and is caused by several factors such as mental illness‚ drug abuse‚ physical or sexual
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As part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week on November 14-22‚ 2015‚ I’m writing as a constituent dedicated to improving the lives of older Americans to urge you to reauthorize and invest in the Older Americans Act (OAA)‚ so that it can continue to provide critical services for older adults to keep them healthy‚ independent‚ and housed. According to the following facts taken from creditable organizations such as Meals on Wheels‚ Feeding America‚ and the National Coalition for the Homeless
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Introduction Youth homelessness has profound consequences reaching well beyond individual youth and their immediate families. Research suggests that as many as 1.6 million young people are living unsupervised on the streets‚ in abandoned buildings‚ with friends or with strangers at some point during the year. When youth leave their homes‚ and enter the homeless population‚ they are in jeopardy of engaging in anti-social and risky behaviors‚ as well as becoming one of the most severely victimized
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Stereotypes can convey characters and images quickly and clearly‚ so advertising relies on stereotypes as shortcuts to meaning. The time and space constraints of advertising and any other commercially driven message simply cannot allow for a complete representation of people from any given social group‚ but stereotypes can clue in to the importance responsibly. Depending on how they are formed and used‚ stereotypes can present problems. They can be used in functional or dysfunctional way. The functional
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