people are unaware of the things that are happening behind our backs. For instance‚ while you’re complaining about your pillow being too hard someone across town is looking for a pillow to sleep on although their chances of finding one are slim. Homelessness is a type of suffrage that has been around since the dawn of time. How does one live without a pillow you ask? There are many different ways to become homeless. Ninety-five percent of people without homes are victims of poverty‚ condition of
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Natural Disasters are another factor in the homelessness problem. The Great Chicago Fire‚ The San Francisco earthquake‚ the massive flooding of the Mississippi in the 1920s from Ohio through New Orleans displaced over 1.3 million people. The Drought of the 30s in Oklahoma and Texas‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ are just a few examples of disasters that affected millions of people’s households. The snowball effect of unemployment and poverty attribute to homelessness. People living in generational poverty‚ for
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concern and I continually question‚ why the homeless aren’t being helped‚ especially with all the wealth in this nation. But I also realize that when almost any of the group needs are not met‚ it often results in homelessness. Reflecting‚ I decided that the group that concerns me the most‚ should have touched my life personally. The mentally devastating group that has touched my immediate family adversely is people with dual disorders. And no matter how diligently we searched for help‚ the resources
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Homelessness in America is more serious than people think. There are more vacant homes in America than homeless people. That should set off alarms in people’s heads. Also‚ not just old men and women are homeless. The LGBTQ community has a lot of people out on the street‚ mostly due to the lack of acceptance they receive from other people. There’s also a huge risk for transgenders in shelters‚ some even being turned away and banned from some homes (LGBT Homeless 1). 20% of the whole homeless population
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There are many resources provided for homeless youth after they become homeless. However‚ there are only a few primary and secondary interventions in place to help homeless youth. Services that can help prevent homelessness are finding at risk youth and offering them family therapy and educational services. Primary services for communities and at risk youth include campaigns and educational programs (The Homeless Hub‚ N.D). These services would include workshops about financial assistance‚ workshops
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Homelessness and poverty is a big problem for children who attend school. In recent years it has become more of a problem and 1.5 million students are homeless according to Introduction to Teaching. The article I chose concerns the situation of students being homeless and what educators can do to help them. It is related to chapter two because chapter two discusses the issues homeless children deal with while going to school‚ and the article is a guide to assist those children. The article goes over
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It is unfair for us to get whatever we want for Christmas‚ but homeless people don’t get anything at all. The homeless need to feel loved during this holiday season. Many people in society do not pay attention to the problems of homelessness; they do not care about the poor and forgotten. The Spiritans are known for helping the poor and forgotten members of the world. As students in a Spirian school‚ we both want to help the poor and forgotten of the world. The charisms we both have
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Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular‚ safe‚ secure‚ and adequate housing‚ or lack "fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate night-time residence." Causes: Unavailability of employment opportunities. Poverty‚ caused by many factors including unemployment and underemployment. Lack of accessible healthcare. People who have some kind of chronic and weakening disease but cannot get healthcare
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United States alone‚ 564‚708 people are homeless and 15% of those homeless people can be considered as chronically homeless. (socialsolutions.com‚ 2016) One would think that with a striving country such as America‚ homelessness doesn’t exist‚ however that’s not the case. Despite homelessness in America there are some positive outcomes. Going into Scott Bransford’s article “Camping for Their Lives” he describes the development of tent cities and the conditions of the people living there. He wrote an effective
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total of eight weeks to find a job if needed and improve their behavior in order to continue in the program. The reason for the time frame of eight weeks was due to the program only being a yearlong. By the time that the women enter this program they should be motivated to move efficiently and improve rapidly. Prior to entering this program the women have already completed a program through a halfway house such as Angela’s house as a requirement to enter this program and prove their dedication to making
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