Hub). Additionally‚ the City of Toronto Street Needs Assessment confirmed that about twenty percent of the youth in shelters identify as LGBTQ2 which is unsurprisingly more than double the rate for all age groups (The Homeless Hub). The LGBTQ2’s homelessness is most likely due to homophobia from peers and most importantly‚ the parents of the youth (The Homeless Hub). It is sad to say that the children who run away from their homes in hopes of escaping discrimination end up being discriminated against
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Runaway youth is a serious problem that America faces today. Whether it’s just a youth’s way of trying to hurt their parent’s feelings‚ threating to run away is no laughing matter. Sometimes it’s not a threat to run away‚ sometimes they leave unannounced leaving the parent usually with grief‚ anger‚ and confusion. Between 1.6-2.8 million youth run away each year in the United States (The Truth About Runaway Teens‚ 2013). Those numbers are just the numbers of youth running away. Even when a youth
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Poverty and Kids In the United Stated‚ poverty and homelessness are the most serious issue all over the major cities. According to the Institute for Children and Poverty‚ there were an estimated 1.35 million children were possible to undergo homelessness over the year of 2004. In the reading “Still Hungry‚ Still Homeless”‚ the authors use the data to express their concern of homelessness. On the other hand‚ Anna Quindlen’s article “Our Tired‚ Our Poor‚ Our Kids” uses a different way with different
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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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Running head: MCKINNEY ACT The Stewart McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: A Policy Analysis Janelle Horton & Amy Lakin Cornerstone University Introduction Homelessness has always been a problem for the United States. Since its birth as a nation‚ there have consistently been individuals who find themselves without a place to live‚ looking for shelter with family‚ friends‚ or simply anywhere they can find it. These individuals have been targeted as candidates for social aid‚ but this was
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Topic: Street Children Name of candidate: Kamar Mclean Name of school: Brown’s Town High School Teacher’s name: Mis. Green Center#: 100136 Candidate#: 100136 Territory: Jamaica Year: 2015 Table Of Contents Content Page Introduction…………………………………………………………………….. Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………. Chapter 1 Statement of the Problem…………………………………………………………. Reason for selecting Area of Research…………………………………………… Research Questions………………………………………………………………. Method of Investigation…………………………………………………………
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from “The Gunfighter” by Alden Nowlan and a young man living on the streets of Calgary both demonstrate that we fear what we do not understand. Citizens need to personally comprehend someones situation before they can help or judge them directly. Homelessness and poverty are often hard situations to face considering how uncomfortable and awkward it can become. When Kevin O’Brien has a short conversation with Wichita he learns that he is unaware of reality and living his delusional life as a famous gunfighter
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arrest individuals for things like trespassing‚ public intoxication or sleeping in parks. (In these regards I am shifting away from family homelessness towards individuals.) Then jail stays along with hospitalization for physical or mental issues really heighten the price a city pays per homeless person. Two years ago‚ the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness conducted a study of 107 homeless living in Orange‚ Seminole or Osceola counties and the city of Orlando. They recorded their jail records
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AND WHY IT DOESN’T STOP LAVERNA MOORER ARGOSY UNIVERSITY Abstract This paper is going to present to you why people become homeless and why it does not stop Homelessness is a problem that have getting out of hands because of not addressing the situation on time. The focus is not so much the why but‚ if it will ever stop. Homelessness is a phenomenon that has so much to address research has been done; it was discover that for our government to concentrate on the stop instead of the why. We know
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McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants‚ Runaway and Homeless Youth Act‚ joint U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)‚ and Veterans Affairs (VA) Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH)‚ to name only a few (Alliance to End Homelessness‚ 2011). The National Alliance to End Homelessness encourages a policy of advocacy in Congress and local government. They believe that members of Congress will be more likely to promote change if they are given to opportunity to understand how many people in their district
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