time they could end up living on the streets. Some of the complications include addiction‚ mental illness‚ lack of affordable healthcare‚ domestic violence‚ decline in public assistance‚ eroding work opportunities and housing‚ and poverty. The 2006 United States Conference of Mayors "Hunger and Homelessness Survey" reports that approximately 26% of the homeless population is dealing with issues of substance abuse (Addiction‚ 2006). Another study shows that 38% have an addiction with alcohol and 26%
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I have chosen this topic to research in order to increase awareness of homelessness. It is also of special interest to me because I was homeless for two years myself. By choice I lived on the streets for a period of my life doing drugs‚ committing crimes and doing serious harm to myself‚ my family‚ and to the community as a whole. From my experience‚ I did not have the coping abilities to handle life situations as they came. Do some people make the conscious choice to be homeless and want to be
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Karen Anderson Social analysis – Homelessness Feminist and postmodernist perspectives ACAP Being Homeless in Australia‚ what does that actually mean? The statistics show that homelessness in Australia is a growing and a concerning problem involving people from all walks of life and in all parts of Australia. This paper will examine the evidence of homelessness and analyse the media’s coverage of homelessness with postmodernist theory and then the feminist theory. The feminist perspective in the
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How does society affect our society then and today? Homelessness affects society in multiple ways. Everywhere you go there is always a homeless one in need. Homeless children suffer depression and anxiety from abandonment and other issues. There are ways that homelessness affects us that we do not know about. Let homelessness capture a meaning in every way. The government is also affected by homelessness paying for insurances‚ financial aid etc… The homeless should not be held with a label as
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leave those at-risk of or currently experiencing homelessness with few means of survival. Despite the lack of
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HOMELESSNESS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY Homelessness is a huge and complex issue in Montgomery county which includes veterans‚ children families and elderly population. Homelessness not only happens in the state of Maryland or large cities but in can happen anywhere we go. “On a single night in 2016‚ 549‚928 people were experiencing homelessness in the United States”(Henry‚ 2016). There are many issues that can lead to homelessness such as lack of education‚ mental illness‚ economic and social stabilities
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In the United states there are 549‚928 homeless on a given night. 355‚212 of them were individuals‚ and 35‚686 were unaccompanied homeless youth (Snapshot of Homelessness ). These high numbers always got me thinking‚ who around me could be homeless and I wouldn’t even know. For my civic engagement‚ I did not want to simply volunteer at a shelter for a day‚ but rather‚ I wanted to make a life long difference in someone’s life. When I am not on campus or at home doing homework‚ I spend a decent amount
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Homelessness in America Rachel Bryant COM/156 September 16‚ 2012 Carrie Haddix Homelessness in America How many people do you know that do not have a warm and safe place to sleep tonight? Homelessness is a concern in America that stretches from our big cities to our small towns and many people are unaware of the number of homeless there are in America‚ or even in their own city. There are establishments that provide shelter for the homeless along with programs that are put in place to help
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The article Defining girl homelessness‚ written by Asia Czapska‚ Annabel‚ and Nura Taefi address the issue of ghastly and other difficult situations such as male violence‚ and sexual assault faced by homeless teenage girls in their everyday life. They tried to define the true meaning of homelessness‚ which is more than not having a roof over one’s head. The article bring up serious issue in our societies and writers create it emotionally effective and trustworthy. This article
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A Distance Ourselves from Homelessness We see them almost everywhere! We can hear them around the corner‚ and we see their shadow from far away. We try to avoid looking directly into their eyes‚ and we pretend we did not hear them when they talk to us. We walk around the block to avoid them‚ and walk faster to leave them behind. These people that we consider to be invisible are actually homeless human beings. Homelessness in America remains an issue of deep concern in the 21st century. Without
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