homeless on a given night in the United States.” (National Alliance to End Homelessness) Homelessness is caused by many things such as; poverty‚ unemployment‚ lack of affordable housing‚ poor physical or mental health‚ drug and alcohol abuse‚ gambling‚ and domestic violence. (The Salvation Army) These days‚ the homeless community consists of whole families‚ teens and youth‚ and veterans. There are also many dangers of homelessness such as hunger and nutrition‚ skin and foot problems‚ mental health issues
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Homelessness and its Effects on Children Prepared for: Mr. F Prepared by: Ashley Y Early Childhood Education December 3‚ 2011 Did you know that the average age of a homeless person is a 9 year old boy? There are more homeless children then there are elderly and adults. In fact as of 2009 more than 1.5 million children are living without homes in the United States and 1.16 million children today will not graduate. A part of that makes up nearly 42 percent of children who are under the
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Introduction Youth homelessness has profound consequences reaching well beyond individual youth and their immediate families. Research suggests that as many as 1.6 million young people are living unsupervised on the streets‚ in abandoned buildings‚ with friends or with strangers at some point during the year. When youth leave their homes‚ and enter the homeless population‚ they are in jeopardy of engaging in anti-social and risky behaviors‚ as well as becoming one of the most severely victimized
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EFFECTS OF HOMELESSNESS OUTLINE THESIS: According to the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ recent survey of homelessness in twenty-three cities‚ homelessness is one of the most persistent problems that U.S. citizens have faced in recent times. Many factors have been diagnosed as the causes of homelessness. Advanced research done by many students and organizations have however proven that domestic violence‚ lack of affordable decent housing‚ and unemployment are the main causes of homelessness among people
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Unfortunately‚ for some people they are victims of bad luck that leads to homelessness in America. Although‚ many will argue that being homeless has something to do with a personal choice also‚ but according to thousands of homeless people‚ bad luck was present too. Homeless Americans are those people who do not live in a home at all and is often the cause of being victims of bad luck. There are many reasons why homelessness is related to having bad luck like: the lost of employment‚ having the problem
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Alexander Rodriguês ENG 102 class August 4th‚ 2013 Symbolic Essay Heritage from Different View Points In the short story‚ “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker‚ it shows us that at a given period of time‚ heritage can be important to an individual’s life. However‚ it also reflects that heritage can create negative perceptions‚ ultimately affecting and influencing to reject their own history. Nevertheless‚ by the time the story was written‚ the late 1960s or early 1970s‚ the black American
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Homelessness has a profound effect on people. Life for a homeless person is very hard. Spending all of the time getting their basic needs met. Hunger is a constant problem. Injury and illness are threats as well. Finding food‚ water‚ shelter‚ and warmth become the most important things to someone on the streets. Homelessness can be hard. Homelessness has many causes. Sometimes the loss of an occupation causes a family to become homeless. One paycheck can mean the difference between having and not
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The Just and Unjust About Homelessness Don Mitchell (2007‚ 45) in Axiom 6 presents the idea that “landscape is the spatial form that social justice takes.” In another work‚ “Homelessness‚ American Style‚” Mitchell argues that “[T]o speak of ‘homelessness’ is to speak of how social relations are organized (2011‚ 933). Justice can be defined as an act that is free of discrimination. On the other hand‚ injustice can be defined as an act of discrimination. The use of spatial forms can create justice
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Outline of Speech: Homelessness in America July 11‚ 2011 Introduction I. When you think of a homeless person do you think of a drug addict or an alcoholic? II. To inform my audience on homelessness and what brings a person to become homeless. III. There are many different circumstances that causes a person to become homeless it isn’t always caused by drugs or alcohol. Body I. Who is homeless? A. Families with children. 30% B. Children under 18 years old 39% C. Veterans 13%
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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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