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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in 755 households are homeless in our city” (Homelessness In Lincoln‚ 2012). The Gathering Place of Lincoln is a food pantry where anyone with special concern for the poor‚ elderly‚ lonely‚ homeless‚ hungry and differently abled feels welcome. It is a place where people from all walks of life can come together to share a hot meal and fellowship with one another. “Each year the Gathering Place serves over 29‚000 hot meals to those in need” (Homelessness In Lincoln‚ 2012). The Gathering Place operates
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Depression Screening Depression is the most commonly diagnosed illness in the United States (Klein‚ Proctor‚ Boudreault‚ & Turczyn). Depression amongst the homeless has historically-speaking been difficult to treat. The homeless population is transient and therefore continuity of care and compliance with medication and follow-up treatment is challenging. The homeless population is neither trusting nor compliant with treatment due to many factors. Some of the reasons for non-trust are due to the
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contrasting sides of the homelessness
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Supportive housing in New York was created as a response to the homeless crisis during 1970 and 1980. The rise of the homelessness population were direct results from the changes in the economy‚ de-institutionalization of mental health patients and lack of affordable housing. Studies have shown that supportive housing is a long term and affordable housing model that is combined with voluntary and flexible case management services that help individuals with various conditions that may affect their
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approach compared to the other two texts‚ as it exemplifies the notion of how one’s sense of belonging can essentially be hindered upon by barriers in life and a lack of acknowledgement by the wider community. Factors such as poverty‚ hunger and homelessness can ultimately become catalysts that results in one being excluded and seen by others as incoherent ‘outcasts’. As a result of a lack of connection to a home or with people‚ homeless individuals in society ultimately have limited or no sense of
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