The Homeless “She lives with a tribe of homeless teens- Runaways and throwaways‚ kids who have no place to go to other than the cold city streets‚ and no family except for one another. Abused‚ abandoned and forgotten‚ they struggle against the cold‚ hunger‚ and constant danger” (“Can’t get there from here” by Todd strasser). Here in the United States‚ about more than 610‚000 people face the tragedy of losing their homes (Annual Homeless Assessment). As a matter of fact‚ according to the “Global
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article‚ New York Times‚ Scott James writes on a topic about homeless people in the city of San Francisco and how their mayor proclaims to help the homeless relocate their position due to the destruction on the Transbay Terminal bus station. James speaks of how the city is going to pay for the relocation of the homeless. The citizens of San Francisco agree to their terms and offer to help relocate the homeless too‚ so that the homeless people will not die from pollution and smog in the air. The mayor
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capitalist dependent society whose people are often dehumanized and brainwashed‚ much like how the people on South Park are notoriously known for being stupid‚ immoral‚ ignorant‚ lazy‚ and many more. The homeless are as described by the scientist that the boys meet amidst the epidemic‚ explains that the homeless live off of change like food and no
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institutions which serve the homeless people‚ approaches to data collection methodology‚ causes of homelessness‚ challenges with establishing of the new services for homeless people and complications with research activity in this field. The Homeless Situation The situation with the homelessness in Ukraine is rather strained and deteriorating. Political and economic changes in Ukrainian society cause processes that lead to increase of number of homeless people. Big cities are most suffering
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Homeless In Augusta Georgia I moved to Augusta Georgia about two years to ago. Augusta has a lot of attractions from the jobs to the schools. Augusta is also known to attractive people from around the world with its historic sites. Augusta is a like a small city‚ but Augusta has a high rate on attracting the homeless. Homeless people in Augusta are very common. The homeless people are more popular today than there were five years ago. Seems as if every busy road‚ or a bridge homeless people
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Homelessness in the America 5/16/2013 Many factors can contribute to a person becoming homeless. A shortage of affordable housing can lead to homelessness. A simultaneous increase in poverty or not having an income can make a person become homeless. These are two large trends which happen to be responsible for the rise in homelessness in America over the past 20-25 years. People who have served time in prison‚ have abused drugs and alcohol‚ or have a history of mental illness find it difficult
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The Homeless as a Vulnerable Population Sara Williams Nur/440 9-5-2011 University of Phoenix The Homeless as a vulnerable population This article discusses a framework for understanding the nature of the homeless population. It discusses four pathways‚ increased heat waves‚ and increased air pollution‚ increases severity of floods and storms‚ and it also talks about the distribution of the West Nile Virus. The article discusses why the homeless are amongst the most vulnerable groups to
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servicemen and women who continue to fight battles on American soil after they return. According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans website‚ last accessed February 28‚ 2004 an estimated 500‚000 are not supported because their battle is not recognized. It is fought under bridges‚ behind streets‚ and tucked away in dark allies. B. Today‚ we will examine the problems of homeless veterans; consider the causes behind this regrettable occurrence‚ and the steps we can take in getting those 500‚000 heroes
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Services Administration‚ United States Department of Health and Human Services‚ to the National Health Care for the Homeless Council‚ Inc.‚ and its subsidiary‚ the Health Care for the Homeless Clinicians’ Network. The views presented in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the United States government or of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council. Nothing in this paper should be construed as providing authoritative guidelines for the practice of medicine
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The homeless population encounters a variety of public health problems that concerns not only the medical community but the general community as a whole . HIV/AIDS is one of the most prevalent communicable public health problems and it is still an increasing problem worldwide. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] report of worldwide epidemiologic studies‚ the prevalence rate of HIV infection among the homeless population is from 6.3-35% (Badiaga et al.‚ 2008). In order
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