Advocating for the homeless Advocating for the homeless This paper will examine a specific population of clients who have special needs. I discovered that homeless means more than not having a house but a permanent place of residence of one’s own. In addition‚ there are other circumstances of reasoning why people are homeless and it’s unfair to stereo type them all as drug user being the primary cause. Drug use could be one reason and then there are others such as: loss of employment‚
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The Homeless “She lives with a tribe of homeless teens- Runaways and throwaways‚ kids who have no place to go to other than the cold city streets‚ and no family except for one another. Abused‚ abandoned and forgotten‚ they struggle against the cold‚ hunger‚ and constant danger” (“Can’t get there from here” by Todd strasser). Here in the United States‚ about more than 610‚000 people face the tragedy of losing their homes (Annual Homeless Assessment). As a matter of fact‚ according to the “Global
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Homeless In Augusta Georgia I moved to Augusta Georgia about two years to ago. Augusta has a lot of attractions from the jobs to the schools. Augusta is also known to attractive people from around the world with its historic sites. Augusta is a like a small city‚ but Augusta has a high rate on attracting the homeless. Homeless people in Augusta are very common. The homeless people are more popular today than there were five years ago. Seems as if every busy road‚ or a bridge homeless people
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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 adequate housing‚ or lack‚ fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate nighttime residence”. There are many reasons that make families homeless; I think the most important
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Homeless Veterans By Carrie Hitchcock Advanced Language Arts Mrs. Hamilton January 21st‚ 2012 Approximately 45% of the homeless served by missions all across America are interpolated of the United States (U.S.) are old soldiers of the United States military. Over 200‚000 veterans squandered somewhat of an apportionment part of the year living in the streets. Why is there such an abundant amount? How multitudinously are consisted of the numbers of veterans that are out there on the
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whether if it’s good or bad it will always exist because its a common situation in which everyone eventually experiences throughout their lifetime. As we saw in the movie “Homeless to Harvard” about a young women named Liz Murray who becomes homeless at the age of 15‚ when her mother died of aids‚ and her father moves to a homeless shelter due to the influence of both drug-addicted parents. Despite everything Liz Murray had gone through in her everyday life and the struggles that she had faced; she
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When asked about an activity that I served as a leader for‚ I instantly thought of my work I did when I set out to help the homeless. I took this project on knowing that it was something that was one of great need. Little did I know how much it would influence and affect me as a person. To complete this project I started with coordinating with the individual who helps the homeless on a weekly basis. I got the necessary information from her such as what was needed to be collected. I coordinated with
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window of the car and my eyes turned to the row of homeless people weaving its way through the traffic begging for money‚ I jumped out of my seat. It was my first visit to India after leaving the country for the United States. The homeless people’s’ hands were making weird gestures and thumping the windows of the honking cars. I could not digest what I was seeing! While reaching out to an old woman to give her some money‚ I thought about what non homeless people could do to help those without a home and
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1988 called “The Homeless and Their Children” where He told a story of a woman and her four children called Joanne (Kozol‚ 1985). Jonathan spent a lot of time to get to know Rachel and her children who lived in a homeless hotel in New York called the Martinique‚ which was located at Sixth Avenue and Thirty Second Street. This hotel was known to be the largest hotel for the homeless people in New York. Jonathan Kozol was enlightening the facts that there were so many homeless and illiterate people
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When most people think of the word "homeless" the first thing that comes >to mind is people. Homeless people‚ that is.>I on the other hand thought about dogs. I just adopted a dog from a shelter >and learned that a dog only has about 12 weeks to get adopted before they >are put to sleep. Sad isn’t it? But the true reality of it‚ is that there >is twice as many homeless dogs then there are people in america. And as >bad as some people think the shelters may be‚ only the fortunate dogs >actually get
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