...There I was, walking through the city streets of Chicago. So much to see, so much to do, and so much stuff to buy! While I was walking, I saw an ill man, holding up a cardboard sign, and asking for spare change. I just walked past him because I didn’t want to grab his attention. Many other people did the same thing. I definitely felt like a bystander. Then I saw another, asking for food. Then another, and another, and more after that. I started counting. I think I counted over 15. It was definitely a depressing sight to see. I also saw many helpless people on my family’s trip to San Francisco and to Niagara Falls. I saw some fighting, too. The injustice of homelessness is a big issue and it is a problem we should be looking into more often....
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...Homeless Veterans QNT/275 05/16/2016 Joseph Krupka Homeless Veterans There are too many homeless veterans living on the streets. Our American veterans have put their lives on the line, yet America still allows for its veterans to live on the streets with no shelter. I am on a mission still, a mission to help the veterans get off the streets. The Star of Hope Mission is a nonprofit organization that was founded back in 1906. The founder Reverend Pevoto arrived in Houston with a vision. According to "Star Of Hope" (2016), Mr. Pevotos mission was to come to “establish a refuge for Houston’s lost community of men—men who had fallen on hard times and never recovered, men who were alcoholic, helpless and hopeless with no place to go. It was to be named the Star of Hope Mission” (History). I currently work for the Star of Hope mission as a homeless outreach specialist and veteran subject matter expert. As a disabled veteran myself. It saddens me to see that about 20% of the homeless people that I come across have served their country and still live on the streets. I have come up with the 20% based off of some sampling that I have collected while out in the field working. On every Wednesday, I hand out Hygiene kits and water at the (EAC) Houston Emergency Aid Coalition as I hand out goods I would ask each client if they are a veteran or not. Asking the clients allows me to determine if there are additional programs to get our clients permanent housing. My results where...
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...Advocacy for the Homeless Amy Albertus August 17, 2011 BSHS 441 Barbra Czinger Advocacy for the Homeless What is advocacy? The classic definition from Webster’s Dictionary is simply “active support; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something “(Webster’s Dictionary, 2011). To make this definition more specific to advocacy in the Human Services field just a few details need to be added. A more specific, to this field, definition of advocacy would be: to help a particular population by assisting or speaking for them to obtain the services that they need. The number of homeless people in America is alarming. There is an extremely high need for advocacy for the homeless population. “It's estimated that approximately 3.5 million people in the United States, 1.35 million of them children (nearly 40%), are likely to experience homelessness this year” (Murphy, 2009). About 23% of the homeless population is veterans. The first thing an advocate would need to do is to educate themselves on the issues and facts of the population. They need to know things like how and why people have become homeless to get a better understanding. It is also a good idea to spend some firsthand time with the population, maybe in shelters or soup kitchens. They need to also talk with other advocates and service providers for the homeless to understand the needs and what has worked in the past. This is to get advice from others who have helped before you so that you have a better sense of...
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...sleeping rough on streets. She got influenced by the documentary and thought to help homeless people. Later on she spoke to her husband who agreed with her proposal and the ‘street swags’ was born. Jean Madden LOGO: logo contains two letters both ‘s’ which stands for ‘street swags’. Thousands of homeless australians are constrained to sleep in street without protection from cold, rain and rough surface. Street swag is designed such a way that it can protect its user from the weather and provides degree of comfort and warmth. so the street swag is for homeless australians to protect them from toughness of rough sleep. Prabin Dhungana Page 2 BSBCMM401A Ass-1 Logo of street swag MISSION: To provide practical support to alleviate the hardships of homeless people by offering a comfortable and durable form of bedding to every person in need. OBJECTIVES: • • To provide homeless people with “street swags” in order to reduce the negative effects of sleeping outdoors. To reduce the amount of illness and the number of deaths in australia attributed to homelessness and sleeping outdoors. To provide holistic support to homeless people including but not limited to practical, social and educational support. • TVC Concept: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjaaUQI-iLQ) The basic concept of the commercial is to let people know the reality of being homeless. And encourage people to help homeless to make their life better. We can see a lady on screen describing the...
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...Specific Population and the Advocate Role Homeless veterans and his or her families are assisted more in the United States than any other nation in the world. The benefits system for veterans trace back to 1636. Homeless veterans are placed in a mentally and physically position with his or her family. The basic needs for homeless veterans are shelter, medical, and other problems he or she may have. In this assignment advocacy will be defined and the problems veterans are facing. In addition, this assignment will recommend a plan to meet challenges. Finally, the assignment will include how an advocate assists with housing, treatment, short, and long-term medical care, probation education, and domestic violence. Advocacy The definition for advocacy is active support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy. Also advocacy is the profession or work of a legal advocate. Defending helpless people from taken advantage of, this could include going to curt on the client behalf. Helping to develop new homeless veteran programs in remote areas, the advocate must be familiar with existing programs and the needs of the community is the primary issues for advocacy to address. The advocate empowers the veteran and helps the client set goals for short and long-term achievement. Educating veterans or clients about resources and locating available resources is a help for the homeless, and the advocate must work to change policies that limit the abilities of veterans (Department...
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...Military Veterans From research studies, military veterans aren’t well compensated for their service in the military. Not only are they not well compensated, there were many combat soldiers coming home with anger issues, PTSD, depression, and other psychological problems. According to research, half of the homeless individuals are military veterans not just an opinion but it’s a proven fact. Veterans are often not honored, as they should be. Why aren’t they? Another question is why aren’t our veterans not well taken care of? No health insurance for veterans First, scientific studies show that working age veterans don’t have health insurance. According to Genevieve Kenney, a senior fellow with the Urban Institute and co-author of the report...
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...seem to sync with the music dramatically. This gang was used to routine. Their routine was to go to the milk bar and scope out who they plan to assault next. They would go door to door begging for help as if one of them got hurt, and then force their entry. A writer and his wife were the first victim of the gang and were completely helpless to Alex’s mastermind. They raped his wife as the husband was forced to watch helplessly. They were able to get away on were just looking forward to the next occurrence. The woman of their next plot was a lot cleverer and did not fall for the boy’s begging at the door act. She implied that she was not comfortable letting a stranger in, but the determination of evil that ran in the boy’s mind did not let them give up. Alex simply broke into the home and got into a fight with the woman when she tried to resist. This brawl led to Alex murdering the woman. The other three members of the gang were quick to desert Alex as if he had no meaning. They left him for the police to find him when they arrived at the house and arrested him. Alex switched roles from being a dominant tyrant to becoming a helpless victim of a brutal interrogation. Eventually, Alex was convicted for the murder of the young woman, and was...
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...Eleanor J. Bader dives into a serious topic in her report, Homeless on Campus. She discusses the problem of homelessness amount college students, its affects, and a few of its causes. Her purpose is to shed some light on this issue by sharing many stories of students who have faced this problem themselves, and faculty members who have witnessed this problem first hand. If her purpose were different, her writing style and her gathered information would be different.Although many of the people she interviewed talked about how there is not a specific program in place to help solve this problem, there is never any mention of a solution. This leads me to believe that in this report all she is really trying to do is illuminate the problem and make people empathetic to the situation, not provide a solution to the problem or the problem’s root itself....
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... Empowering the Homeless P### F##### Soci. 200-B09 Empowering the homeless Life is an expedition barred by obstacles that one must overcome to achieve personal goals and achievements. In doing so, he interacts with people of different ethnicities, cultures and social plights. His experience brings him to opposing extremes that mould and transform his primary targets to accommodate social responsibilities and seek to improve plights of various populations that promote mutual interactions beyond any divisions, segregations, non-recognition or neglect. A visit to a special school for physically and mentally challenged as well as orphaned children of these challenges sparked a desire to strife for those that cannot attend to their basic needs in bid to build an environment conducive for everyone. Observations done during the experience The activity commenced in the morning and involved walking about a mile to an soup kitchen. Such a trek suits a sunny morning but the day begun with rain that would not cease even at 1:00 Pm, two hours late of the scheduled time. I would have taken a car but the decision to walk stemmed from the fact that I was on a charitable visit and had swore to walk and think of the homeless I was going to see. I had also made my mind up to...
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...Chapter 04: Social, Cultural, and Religious Influences on Child Health Promotion MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which term best describes a group of people who share a set of values, beliefs, practices, social relationships, law, politics, economics, and norms of behavior? a.|Race| b.|Culture| c.|Ethnicity| d.|Social group| ANS: B Culture is a pattern of assumptions, beliefs, and practices that unconsciously frames or guides the outlook and decisions of a group of people. A culture is composed of individuals who share a set of values, beliefs, and practices that serve as a frame of reference for individual perceptions and judgments. Race is defined as a division of mankind possessing traits that are transmissible by descent and are sufficient to characterize it as a distinct human type. Ethnicity is an affiliation of a set of persons who share a unique cultural, social, and linguistic heritage. A social group consists of systems of roles carried out in groups. Examples of primary social groups include the family and peer groups. PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember REF: 44 TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment MSC: Area of Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity 2. Which term best describes the emotional attitude that one’s own ethnic group is superior to others? a.|Culture| b.|Ethnicity| c.|Superiority| d.|Ethnocentrism| ANS: D Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s way of living and behaving is the best way. This includes the emotional attitude...
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...HOMELESS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA So who exactly are Homeless? According to the Stewart McKinney Act (1994)[1], a person is considered as homeless if he/she is not able to acquire a “fixed”, “regular” and “adequate nighttime residence” and has a primary nighttime residence that is either used as a place to accommodate people on temporary basis, e.g. motels, rehabilitation centers, shelter homes, etc., or a place that is intended to be used as an institution, e.g. schools, hostels, etc., or a place that is not intended to be used as a nighttime residence (temporary or permanent) i.e. places like public parks, bus stops, subways, streets, etc. So this concludes our definition of Homeless. Now we shall take a look at some statistics obtained through reliable national data sources. Speaking broadly, people face homelessness because they cannot afford suitable housing. In fact, homelessness is clearly visible in urban areas of the country, where people lag enough resources to meet their housing requirements and eventually end up homeless. Homelessness can attributed to lack of money, higher living costs, scarcity of economic residence, etc. Moreover, data gathered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, through point-in-time count shows that; a) There are 610,042 people facing the problem of homelessness on any given night in America[2] i.e. almost 19 people in 10,000 will be suffering from Homelessness. b) Of these homeless people, 222,197 are...
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...Case Study #2 In September 2009, Julius Walls resigned from his position as CEO of Greyston Bakery. William Mistretta became the new CEO after Walls’ resignation. These two men were different in that one had more corporate business experience than the other. More specifically, William Mistretta had about 25 years of experience in corporate when he became CEO of Greyston. In comparison, Walls had only worked in a chocolate company and served on the board of Greyston as a marketing director. In my opinion, the transition from Walls to Mistretta should be a smooth transition for the corporation. According to the text, Walls strongly valued a task-oriented system based work environment. He seemed to know exactly what he wanted from his employees, expecting them to hold themselves accountable for the overall quality of their performances. In Mistretta’s case, I believe he will carry on this type of management, if not improve it. Because he has much more experience in the corporate world, he has seen management strategies succeed and fail. Thus, Mistretta should be that much more able to choose the right strategy for the Greyston Bakery. Companies that portray a greater interest in their communities are typically more popular in the corporate world. Greyston Bakery has managed to not only help its customers but also its employees. What is so attractive about this bakery is that it genuinely cares about its employees. Its creed even states “We don’t hire people to make brownies...
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...One of the biggest problems in America is our denial. Denying the fact that one out of seven people can’t afford to fill up one cup of food, even in the home of the all you can eat buffet. We face the tremendous problem, yet so simple to solve, World Hunger. World Hunger is a astronomic problem with our ever-lasting increasing population rate. There is approximately 925 million hungry in the world out of 7 billion currently, but it is soon to be 9 billion people. Not only is it adults suffering from hunger, it is mostly children too. Every 10 seconds, we lose a vulnerable, helpless child to hunger. Due to a study conducted in 2008, we discovered that if a child is not provided with it’s proper nutrients within its first 1,000 days of life,...
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...United States? How can the government help lower the homeless population? The amount of people in the United States that are qualified as homeless has been growing since the 1980s. “Homelessness, the condition of being literally without shelter” is a chronic problem in the United States. Being homeless does not just mean one has no shelter; being homeless can also mean when two families are living doubled up, or in a welfare motel that the government has bought as a shelter for the less fortunate. One can become homeless for a number of reasons, the number one reason being bad luck. Most families that become homeless are the ones living paycheck to paycheck. The lack of affordable housing, unemployment, and the cutting of federal aid...
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...Many veterans today do not have jobs, homes, or families because of their illnesses and inabilities to conform back into their normal lives. Although many Veteran Organizations think that they are doing more than enough for our soldiers, the US government needs to focus more on the soldier’s care after returning home because they are the ones who took care of America in our time of need. As all of the tours ended in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, surviving soldiers began to return home, well the United States, not what people would typically consider “home.” Rodenbush and Dillon state that, “Data collected during the annual Point-in-Time Count conducted in January 2014 shows there were 49,933 homeless veterans in America.” There are several reasons as to why this many veterans are homeless. First, because a large amount of soldiers are returning home with brain injuries, PTSD or TBI, they have a greater inability to find jobs; without any kind of job, the veterans have no choice but to live on the streets. Some families are also known for leaving their solider behind before his/her return home, resulting in another soldier without a home. The music video for the Five Finger Death Punch song “Wrong Side of Heaven” states that, “divorce rate among military couples have increased 42%” (Prospect). Being alone is not how a veteran should be after they have finished fighting for this country. These...
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