Homelessness affects three and a half million people living in the United States each year. Unfortunately‚ families with children are the fastest growing variable of the homeless population (“Helping the Homeless” 1). Within these families‚ there are many different variables that resulted into them falling into poverty. These families or individuals are often forgotten or ignored‚ typically resulting in them dropping out of their schooling to search for an employment opportunity. While some believe
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Tabitha Haney Robles English 3 3-11-14 The issue of homelessness in modern times is people act like they don’t care. They walk or drive by and do not think about how they live or how it is without money‚ food‚ a home‚ or family who don’t care about them because they are poor. People should care a little more and think “What if that was me?”. To understand homelessness‚ one must examine the issues that lead to these bad outcomes. Kids become homeless for a variety of reasons which
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English 098 Paper #1 February 19‚2014 Homelessness in Philadelphia Homelessness in Philadelphia is growing as each year passes‚ research proves that most people are homeless due to mental illness‚ drug and lack of income. In order to over come homelessness the government needs to issue out more resources to aid the homeless. Serious mental illness disrupts people ability to carry out the essential aspects of daily life‚ such as self care and household management‚ even
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the world today. The National Alliance to end homelessness reported that 651‚859 people in the United States were homeless in 2007 and of that amount 5‚320 where residents of the District of Columbia. Decreasing the number of homeless in our society will decrease the number of shelters and the illnesses that occur when being homeless; having no home or shelter is a major societal issue that needs to be resolved in order to make society better. Homelessness is a societal issue that is a result of three
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Competing representations of Youth homelessness: Media Vs. Advocacy Discourses Introduction Youth homelessness in Canada is a paradoxical reality: although the country has the high GDP‚ the large economy and the high consumption rate in the North America and even the whole world‚ there are still a large number of young people who have to face the lack of basic living conditions‚ such as employment and housing. Today‚ youth homelessness‚ which is recognized as a serious social issue in Canada‚ has
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For example‚ Odell and Commander identify some risk factors for homelessness among people with psychotic disorders as they recruited them from mental services. According to their research about psychotic disorders‚ the data from interviews and medical records showed High rates of severe mental illness amongst single homeless populations have been consistently reported in the literature. The reasons for this disturbing finding arise‚ at least in part‚ from structural features in our society are
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Homelessness‚ I believe is a serious problem in our society that affects many people. Homeless people can’t control the factors that cause this problem. I believe homelessness is an important issue to all communities‚ but specifically smaller communities‚ because of the lack of support systems. I think that teenagers should be knowledgeable about this important topic because it could in reality affect them in the future. Being the next generation may give them the foresight to their possible destiny
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Homelessness is a pressing issue throughout the entire world. It affects people of all ages‚ genders‚ and races. The official definition from Google of homeless is “(of a person) without a home‚ and therefore typically living on the streets.” People who are homeless usually do not choose their homelessness. In fact‚ many people are pushed into this status due to many different reasons‚ such as gentrification or just difficulty finding a job. Walking down the Market Street of San Francisco‚ a bustling
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doesn’t mean that the United States has the most homelessness in the world‚ it means that it has the most homeless out of all the countries with benefits‚ no wars and the promise of a better life. There are many reasons that the United State as the most homeless in the industrialized world‚ one is the lack of affordable housing‚ education(or a lack thereof)‚ and the lack of mental health treatment for those who need it. One way that homelessness can be solved or shrunken to a manageable size is
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Kelsey Bradley Kendra Gallos English III Honors 6 April 2017 Homelessness Even though most teenagers are told by their parents not to give money to homeless people they see on the street when they are alone and the parents are just stereotyping against homeless people because they are all not like that‚ there is many homeless people out struggling and other people should help them because the most attention homeless people get is around Christmas time and after that people just kick them to the
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