The three basic needs of every individual are food‚ clothing and shelter‚ also known as a home. Homelessness is a condition when people do not have access to the shelter need. Having a home has several benefits. One of them is that it maintains safe‚ secure and adequate housing. Homelessness has a negative impact on children and their educational opportunities. Children who lack a home miss the residency requirement‚ guardianship‚ have a delay in their school records‚ lack transportation means and
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been suffering from. San Diego in particular‚ hit hard with the crisis‚ has faced a number of foreclosures and evictions which have consequently increased the number of homeless people on the streets. "America ’s Finest City" has always faced a homelessness problem‚ but like all chronic problems with the homeless‚ it is merely acknowledged in times of recession and economic demise. “In down times like today‚ focus is on the struggling middle-class homeowner‚ not on the housing problems of the longstanding
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the most vulnerable groups in this country. Homelessness‚ particularly among lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender‚ queer youth is an enduring example of a social problem in our society. In the state of California‚ it is estimated that roughly 15 to 25 % of the homeless youth identify as being a member of the LGBTQ population (Milburn‚ 2006) Communities are not aware of the real issues that these youth face‚ their day to day struggles. Homelessness in the United States is a growing issue among
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homeless and others think that they deserve nothing. Homeless people vary from people who are on the streets due to drug addiction debt and/or personal problems. Anybody can be homeless due to any situation‚ yet some people prefer to look down on homelessness as if the people have contracted some disease‚ Its now said that people in prison have more definitive rights than homeless people‚ Police are now trying to advocate people sleeping in the streets sleeping‚ drinking etc ‚ without talking or trying
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Functional or developmental status Ability to communicate effectively Presence of chronic or terminal illness or disability Personal characteristics Population less able than others to safeguard their own needs and interests adequately Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing‚ because they cannot afford‚ and or unable to maintain regular‚ safe‚ and adequate housing. It may also include people whose primary nighttime residence is in a homeless shelter. Homeless
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America’s Duty “People continue to ignore real poverty and homelessness‚ it’s almost maddening.”-Daphne Zuniga. Lately there has been controversy and arguing regarding what to do with homelessness. This issue has been magnified lately with the idea of building a permanent homeless shelter in San Diego. The construction of the shelter has been delayed by petty political squabbles and funding issues. However it should be the American people’s obligation to provide assistance to the unfortunate people
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The Deception of The American Dream The unemployment rate has climbed ten percent in the last five years‚ that means there are currently 9‚237‚000 people unemployed in the United States. Which raises the question‚ is the American Dream real? The American Dream is the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative. Some may argue that out of the 318.9 million people residing in the US‚ only a small fraction
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The Faces of Poverty “Don’t look down on a man if you can’t help pick him up” –Ms. Bailey. Poverty in the United States tends to conjure up images of homeless people living under bridges‚ people with signs begging street corners‚ and soup kitchens and homeless shelters. Throughout history‚ poverty has been a pervasive issue in the United States; it is an issue that has managed to survive despite government’s the countless efforts to eradicate it. As a result‚ it has spread and affects a wide array
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Life-Skills Program (TLP). The chapter outlines how Nichols uses political theory to interpret the research findings and takes account of the embeddedness of neo-liberal values in programmes‚ policies and institutional practices 334 European Journal of Homelessness _ Volume 9‚ No. 2‚ December 2015 evident in youth work. The idea of focusing on life-skills development – focusing on skills related to budgeting‚ healthy eating‚ health work and safe sexual practices – originated from shelter workers’ accounts
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Helping The Homeless Do you know how many people there are in the world with no home or money? There are millions and millions of homeless people in the world‚ and I want to help put a stop to it. I feel strongly about this because i grew up in Thailand when i was younger and seeing all these homeless people really impacted my life and how i thought about people. The three best ways that people can help the homeless are to help build shelters so that they are safe at night‚ to donate food so they
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