supported the veterans. In 1917‚ Congress created a system for the veteran to have benefits that targeted disability compensation. The services included programs for disability compensation‚ insurance for service personnel and Veterans‚ and vocational rehabilitation for the disabled veteran. The Veterans Administration was created in 1930 when President Herbert Hoover signed the Executive Order. The administration consolidated all government activities dealing with war veterans. Over the years
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have all seen the homeless people on the side of the road‚ how many times have you stopped and asked them their story? Have you ever not been able to read a sign that a homeless person has written? In Chicago 46.8% of adults are homeless. Ian Todd had moved from California to Chicago which is a big difference in homeless people. Ian saw all the signs the homeless people were holding and how you couldn’t really read them so he thought of an idea about making signs for the homeless that would draw attention
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Military and veteran’s pride themselves as being strong‚ confident‚ and resistant to emotional weakness. However‚ those traits inadvertently foster the stigma that soldiers who seek assistance are problematic and weak-minded. During my time of service‚ I realized that many soldiers did not seek help for fear of being discharged from their respective branches. During my time at Fort Wainwright‚ Alaska‚ I had difficulties adjusting to military life; it was my first time away from my family‚ I
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better track so that she would have more options to better her life when she turned 18. 6. Liz and Chris took‚ somewhat‚ the roles of sisters. They both took care of each other when they had no one else and were there for each other when they were homeless and had to sleep on the streets and beg strangers for every penny they could
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2013 Introduction I. When you think of a homeless person or bum‚ do you think of a drug addicts‚ alcoholics‚ crack-heads? II. I want to inform the audience of the many reasons that cause homelessness and what brings a person to become homeless. III. It isn’t always drug or alcohol addiction that creates homeless situations. Body I. Who‚ and why are they homeless? A. Families with children. 30% B. Children under 18 years old 39% C. Veterans 13% D. Victims of domestic violence 15% E
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Take care of Veterans I believe that it is the best interest of veterans‚ whom have served the military in any capacity to be afforded not just medication‚ but also some form of counseling. Being a veteran myself I have experienced: over medicating by the government‚ not receiving any form of counseling‚ and when I was given an appointment it was six months from the day that it was scheduled. When I was Honorably Discharged from the military I was not afforded any form of mental counseling‚
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military veterans are entirely dependent on the VA healthcare system. With health care costs soaring many cannot afford expensive‚ private‚ health insurance. Others have been infected with viral disorders like Hepatitis C and cannot obtain private health insurance even if they can afford it. Our veterans have put their lives on the line for this country and we cannot ignore them when they have medical needs‚ especially when we have the ability to help them. Let’s show our Military Veterans that we
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You are driving along‚ coming home from a big city. There at a major intersection‚ sitting on the corner‚ is a homeless man with a Tupperware bowl with a few coins and dollars in it. He has on a rugged coat‚ tennis shoes with the toes partially ripped out‚ and a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He is holding a cardboard sign saying “Anything Helps.” Good or bad‚ you have already passed judgment on this man. You may have felt pity‚ and gave him a dollar or two. You might have had disparaging thoughts
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any given night‚ there are over 600‚000 homeless people in the U.S.” (Quigley‚ 2014). Most find themselves sleeping in homeless shelters‚ short-term transitional housing or someplace uninhabitable. While there are many circumstances that can create homelessness‚ the major causes are high poverty rates‚ racial disparities‚ single parenting‚ domestic violence‚ lack of affordable housing‚ mental illness‚ and other traumatic experiences. In cases where the homeless person is single‚ lack of affordable housing
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United States military veterans make up a sizeable population that has been identified as being at increased risk for suicide. There were 7.8 million veterans enrolled in Veteran Health Administration (VHA) healthcare in 2007‚ representing 33% of the veteran population (Kaplan‚ McFarland‚ & Huguet‚ 2009). Of those 7.8 million veterans‚ approximately five million are provided health services from the VHA each year. This is roughly one-fifth of all veterans living in the United States. In March
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