Familial poverty is an exponential issue in our community‚ many factors contribute to poverty and many more concerning familial poverty. In the Denver Metro Homeless Initiative’s most recent observational study‚ information indicates that a large percentage‚ two-hundred and twenty four out of three-hundred and forty households with children are homeless. While there are government programs to assist underprivileged and impoverished families such as welfare‚ food stamps‚ free and reduced lunch for
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Homelessness is defined as a condition of people without a roof to stay‚ they lack of security‚ and exploitative work for living wages. Homeless people often face an intense struggle just to stay alive despite the fact that society turns its head from the problem. When you see a homeless person on the streets how do you react? Do you turn your head and ignore them? Do you become angry that they are living on the streets? Do you feel frightened and avoid the situation all together? Or do you see
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If I were given $10‚000 to better my community‚ I would use it to set out on a new path and investing in my life. I would set out to purse my life’s dreams. If I were given $10‚000 to better my community I would‚ build schools‚ mosques/church‚ donate food and clothes to the needs. Build home for the homeless. Build a community school service for the elders who are English learners. It would be the best opportunity to build homes to the poor. I would also donate to local food pantry or homeless shelter
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Several studies have concluded that approximately one-third of all homeless people suffer from a mental illness. For example‚ on any particular day‚ approximately 200‚000 people have mental illness out of an estimated 600‚000 homeless people in the United States. Society has become so desensitized that people have become used to averting their eyes when seeing wide-eyed homeless people walking down the street. Improving this condition could greatly improve society. These people have a horrible quality
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The word homeless means different things to the people who experience homelessness and people who observe homeless people. Around the world‚ an estimated 87% of people will turn the other way‚ walk across the street‚ or ignore homeless men and women on the street. These people living on the street are stereotyped as being lazy‚ or unwilling‚ to seek employment or housing. In an article on usatoday.com‚ a man named Gunther stern (who is the executive director of the Georgetown ministry) walks along
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Within David Snow’s and Leon Anderson’s expert‚ Salvaging the Self From Homelessness‚ the homeless individuals identified within the article were noted as “deviant” as a result of societies sanctions towards them. Additionally within the oppression of a dwindling identity‚ the homeless employed distancing‚ embracement‚ and fictive storytelling as strategies to rekindle their sense of self. Unfortunately‚ the homeless struggled with the notion of society establishing “deviance” as a their full
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Homelessness Homelessness is a serious issue that I do not fully ignore‚ however I also make no effort to help the homeless community as much as I feel I should. In fact‚ I think there are many people who do not even think twice about the situation. I believe that there are things‚ both big and little‚ that we can all do to help out and make a difference. Being homeless means spending each night in unsuitable living conditions without comfort or proper necessities. When you get hungry‚ tired‚ or
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IMPACTS OF HOMELESS VETERANS The definition of a homeless veteran is combining being homeless and having the status of being a veteran. In 2009 President Obama and Secretary Shinseki made a commitment to end homelessness amongst veterans in 5 years. This was in collaboration with the Veterans Administration (VA). Homeless within the ranks of our veterans has been around for decades. There are many explanations why some veterans are homeless. It could be due to not receiving benefits after leaving
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Homelessness is usually caused by tragic life events or impairments‚ such as‚ the loss of loved ones‚ job loss‚ domestic violence‚ divorce‚ family arguments.‚ mental illness‚ post traumatic stress disorder‚ & physical disabilities. Sadly‚ If you don’t have money‚ whatever the reason may be‚ you obviously can’t afford a place to live. There are different types of homelessness. Situational & chronic are two of them. Situational Homelessness is when a person is facing some housing‚ health care‚ financial
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You may not have perceived that this life‚ the way we have been brought up has condition us to be unseeing to some obvious situations in this world. Visibly picture in your head what it means to be homeless at that same time think why are those people homeless? During this recent article‚ Michael Sullivan wrote‚ I was homeless; ‘the look’ judged me worthless‚ to share with all readers in different communities. Sullivan has an overwhelming sense of personal experiences shared which gives a great insight
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