How to improve Homelessness Introduction Homelessness is not new to our nation‚ and it has greatly increased over the past ten years. (Baum‚ 1-4) For growing numbers of people‚ work provides little‚ if any‚ protection against homelessness. Low national un-employment levels do not mean that all working people are well-off. (Baum‚ 21-24) What is homelessness? According to the definition stated by Stewart B. McKinney‚ for purposes of the 1987 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act‚ "a homeless person
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Preventing Homelessness Sara Lewis HSM/210 November 6‚ 2010 Homelessness is a growing problem in today’s society. Because of the economic crises‚ many people are losing his or her jobs because company’s had to cut back on expenses‚ as well as companies that have closed down completely. Furthermore because of the economic crises many mental institutions are forced to close the doors because of lack of funds. People who once had a safe healthy place to call home are being forced into homelessness
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Every countries have problems that need to be dealt with. Some of problems are: eating disorders‚ rising divorce rate‚ or homelessness. The most significant problems that I am concerned about is homelessness. Homelessness has already had negative effects on our lives‚ including social problems‚ criminal activity and children. Homelessness causes social problems and can lead to break down of our society. Society has to pay the fees for homeless individuals to get essential needs‚ such
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Causes of Homelessness in America Homelessness is an ongoing problem for our society. Every day we come to terms with the effects of it‚ but what about the causes? By definition‚ a person who is homeless lives in public. The lack and destruction of federal housing programs and increasing rents forced those who are homeless to do in public what everyone prefers to do in private. According to the website‚ National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty‚ the Low Income Housing Information Service
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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 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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‘Social science and medicine’‚ Pathways to youth homelessness‚ vol. 62‚ issue 1‚ p.1-12‚ viewed on 29 July 2013‚ This journal article investigates and discusses the factors that cause youth homelessness in Australia. The research participants were recruited from four homeless youth services run by organization in New South Wales. Those who defined as youth are between 14 and 25 years. The research results that there were five pathways to homelessness. The first factor is a psychological disorder
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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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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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