pushing the unemployment rate to 22 percent (Greece‚ 2016). Greece’s 3.8 million employed people are supporting the 4.5 million who don’t work — 1.1 million officially unemployed and 3.4 million considered financially inactive (Greece‚ 2016). Homelessness‚ the most visible sign of Greece’s financial despair‚ has risen by around 25 percent‚ according to estimates by a state-funded relief agency. That number includes more people from traditionally stable backgrounds such as high school and university
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It is nearly impossible to climb out of homelessness. 44% of the homeless who have jobs are paid at a small amount to where they can barely support themselves. Especially with those who have limited skills and little experience don’t have a wide range of jobs to choose from. In addition to that‚ the homeless face more problems due to limited transportation‚ education‚ and training programs. Especially in such a competitive environment‚ nearly everyone has a difficult time finding a stable job but
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Thesis statement: A successful retirement consist of establishing goals and estimating income needed‚ manage debt and then start saving/ investing‚ because social security alone is not enough to cover needs when retired. Objective for retirement may be- “retire early” or “live comfortable in retirement”‚ but setting vague goals as such is just the beginning. One has to establish specific goals to estimate accurately the income needed in retirement. By knowing the income needed in retirement
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why are 50% of the homeless pop who require immediate accommodation getting turned away Good morning /afternoon my topic today is that The government and general population need to make more effort to fix the homelessness crisis. Throughout this speech I will be referring to homelessness as anyone who does not have a stable living arrangement or a roof over their head e.g. anything from couch surfing to living on the streets‚ which is also known as sleeping rough What if suddenly you found
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HOMELESSNESS It is a melancholy hearing about the issue of homelessness worldwide. There are countless homeless people on the streets of these large cities. So we ask ourselves; why are people still without homes when new jobs are being created everyday or when unemployment still has not reached zero? This seems to be an ever haunting problem even though it would be so easy to erase it. I think we have reached our limits of dealing with thousands of homeless people blocking doorsteps and sidewalks
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Introduction Millions of Americans suffer from a mental illness throughout the years‚ and a majority of them are not getting an adequate treatment. Individuals who experience a mental illness are found in populations such as the homelessness and jails. Between one-fourth and one-third of the homeless population suffers from a serious mental illness‚ (Folsom‚ Hawthorne‚ Lindamer‚ Gilmer‚ Bailey‚ Golshan‚ Garcia‚ Unutzer‚ Hough‚ Jeste‚ 2005) and according to the treatment advocacy center (2010) at
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Transgender Thesis statement: Transgender deserves equal rights. Introduction: Everyone is qualified to have equality. It is something that we all know and agree with. No one likes to be discriminated and be treated lower by the society especially if it is because of race‚ religion and gender. Everyone has a gender; it is a thing that affects us daily whether it is on how we act and look every day. Today‚ most of the countries clarify gender base on the physical and genetic sexuality
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Did you know that there are about 3 million homeless people in the united states? 1million 300 000 of them are children. in the Netherlands there are people 35‚000 to 40‚000. Among them are drug addicts‚ prostitutes‚ illegal immigrants‚ and people with mental health problems. The ages range from under twenty to eighty years. Most of them are men. Only fiteen percent of the homeless are women. They´re often employed in prostitution. But why are these people homeless? There are several reasons
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As part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week on November 14-22‚ 2015‚ I’m writing as a constituent dedicated to improving the lives of older Americans to urge you to reauthorize and invest in the Older Americans Act (OAA)‚ so that it can continue to provide critical services for older adults to keep them healthy‚ independent‚ and housed. According to the following facts taken from creditable organizations such as Meals on Wheels‚ Feeding America‚ and the National Coalition for the Homeless
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lanes Trains and Hamburger Meals Thesis Statement: I am convinced an iPod‚ children’s picture book‚ and a Big Mac hold the future’s key to preserving the history of the world as we currently know it. Access to an iPod will give insight into both humans’ technological achievements and culture. The current generation iPod demonstrates our ability to consolidate multiple devices into one. From well preserved pictures and videos‚ foreign life can get an accurate depiction of current humans‚ as well as
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