...A Case Study: A Focused Study of Homeless Students Toni R. Brent-Willis Capella University ED8102 – Introduction to Qualitative Research, Dr. Patricia Ryan August 4, 2013 Case study research is designed to bring a greater understanding of a specific phenomena or experience. It can also serve to deepen the understanding of an experience that is already known. Yin (1984) defines case study as research method as an empirical inquiry that investigates a contemporary phenomenon within its real-life context; when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident; and in which multiple sources of evidence are used (p. 23). It presents details on a bounded event or participant experiencing the event. Case study has its roots in anthropology, sociology, and psychology, but gained legitimacy as a valid methodology for use in other fields of study in the 1980’s. It is useful in close examination of existing phenomena of which in-depth study has not been done, or has un-explored areas. While case studies do fall within the category of qualitative research, they are used when attention to a specific subject, or participant will garnered information about a phenomena or experience that a wide study can not provide. Gobo (2004) writes that in some instances generalizations based on large samples are overrated and close attention to a limited number of participants is more reliable. Information on how or why a specific participant was able to navigate...
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... The Hidden Homeless I have previously volunteered at the Mainspring house in Brockton but I never Have eaten among the homeless before. Mainspring house is a homeless shelter that also partners with father bills which is another homeless shelter, Father Bills and Mainspring House have locations in Brockton, Quincy and Taunton. Father Bills and Mainspring take in the homeless, feed them a meal and then let them stay the night before they have to leave the next day. They also have permanent housing programs that the homeless can get into. The mission statement on their website helpfbms.org states " The mission of Father Bills and Mainspring House is to help homeless people obtain a home by giving temporary shelter and food , finding safe and affordable housing and providing permanent housing with supportive services Father Bills and Mainspring helps people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless to achieve self-sufficiency." According to their website 15 percent of the adults that are sheltered are employed but are still homeless, and 388 of the people who are sheltered are children. While I was driving to the facility I was extremely nervous, while I was waiting in the line outside for dinner what really surprised me the most was what the homeless people looked like. When you think of a homeless person you usually think of the people on the street sleeping in a cardboard box and wearing...
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...childhood adversity has been shown to increase the likelihood of one experiencing homelessness in adulthood. Through different studies, several key life events were commonly found in the history of homeless young adults. A history of sexual and or physical abuse, neglect, poor relationships with caregivers or parents and out of home placement were all reoccurring themes among the homeless population. With over 3.5 million Americans in any given year experience homelessness, it’s imperative to analyze and understand the causes of homelessness to ensure the services provided to them are effective. Additionally, having an understanding on the cause of homelessness can assist researchers...
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...A social problem that I find quite interesting is the homeless youth in Baltimore. After stumbling across several different articles about other communities with large group of homeless teenagers, I began researching the issue and its relevance to my own community. What stood out to me were the various ways the youth become homeless. When people see homeless adults, the often ignorantly attribute their circumstance to something that could have been avoided, or drug use and other behaviors that were their “fault.” I would love to work with the youth in the future because so many are homeless because they have nowhere else to go. It’s scary to think how young these children are often abandoned by their families as well as the system. Youth...
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...introduction, I left him my phone number. He called that night, and from that point on, my life has been forever changed. It turns out that this man is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. In 2009, he had been sober for 6 years. He felt it his duty to pay society back by coming a volunteer at a local homeless shelter that serves women and children who are homeless due to various circumstances. Initially, I thought to myself, I better steer clear of this man. But being the optimist that I am, I began to interact with him daily. I told him I was a nurse who had worked many years as a Hospice nurse and often worked with the indigent. He asked if I would come and work as a volunteer nurse at the shelter, providing brief health assessments and patient education. I was a little hesitant, but after some persuasion, agreed to operate a trial clinic one night a week. I was introduced to the Director of Admissions, Maggie, prior to starting. She, herself, had been homeless at one time. Once she was able to rebuild her life, she felt compelled to help others in which she shared common ground with. Prior to becoming a nurse, I was a 16-year-old mother with poor family support. Though I was never homeless, I was hopeless at times, just like these women within the shelter. Soon after meeting with Maggie and sharing my story, we became instant friends and partners, working to do our own small part to help. As noted in our readings this week, it has been said that, “those born with few resources face...
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...GAC008 Assessment event 4: Academic Research Essay ESSAY TOPIC | Reducing homelessness | Process | | | | | Student’s Name: Vu Thu Uyen Student ID: KKPS17379 Teacher: Ed Wade Due Date: 3 March 2015 World Count: 1033 There are about 100 million homeless people in the world (Homelessness around the world,2011). Homelessness is a condition where people don’t own a house or have a permanent residence due to inability to provide or pay for or maintain a home. So they often stay and sleep on the streets or homeless shelters. The definition of homelessness varies depending on the country. However it is not simply a result of poor economic situations in the country but other factors such as poverty, crime, domestic violence, and mental health issues as well. To make matters worse, not much has been done to lower the homeless population in Vietnam. However, there are still some positive possible solutions can be done to help homeless people. The homeless situation in Vietnam is becoming more serious because a lot of various complex reasons. While many people have a life of luxury, they have food,house and family, there are many people out there experiencing the cold weather and have no place to sleep. That is the extremely opposite circumstances of the present life. The government should invest more in social housing for the low-income or poor people. This is one way to help people have more stable and productive lives. The government can...
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...Everyone deserves a shelter live, however, not every person gets to have a home. Homeless without shelter must get a lot challenges and discrimination in social. Homeless people in U.S.A should be given access to services, such as provide food, donate money, donate items and create jobs for them. However, there is never a guarantee that the homeless people who will increase the quality of their life. Until now, U.S.A is rich but still homeless people exist. Why ? Because homeless people think U.S.A“Public welfare” is more convenient and easily for help homeless people to get allowance and some benefit . However, homeless people use it on drugs or alcohol. They abused U.S.A government’s welfare. Others argue is about when economy changes...
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...The Homeless Plight Student Name Course/Professor Date The Homeless Plight Homelessness is on the rise. Homeless people can be seen sleeping in a variety of places such as city subways, terminals, stations, and the underground world of transportation. In the winter, the homeless may be sleeping on top of grates for the warm steam; fires may be burning from cylinders on street corners, under bridges, or in alley ways for warmth. In the summer, buses, subway cars, malls, and fountains are but a slight relief for those homeless until an authority figure moves the person(s) on. In small suburban areas, most of the homeless are hidden and out of view. The United States faces many social problems; however, homelessness is a major dilemma. To understanding the issue of homelessness from a sociologist point of view, different lenses need to be used. The sociological perspectives of functionalism, conflict structuralists, and symbolic interactionism, provide the best angles to assess homelessness in the United States as well as analyzing the efforts to resolve the homeless dilemma the nation faces. There are approximately two million homeless men, women, and children, and the numbers are increasing. For the second consecutive year, homeless families are on the rise (AHAR, 2009). Causes of this dilemma are vast and include hardships from loss of employment, illness, lack of affordable housing, poverty, and the current economy. The number of homeless is constantly changing. Researchers...
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...while researching this subject, I found out about how homelessness can affect children’s educational development while they are homeless. At the time, I did not even understand that homelessness can affect children since I had thought only adults were homeless. Looking back, it seems very thoughtless that I only thought adults were affected and my research into this subject led me to see that whole families can be affected by homelessness. Throughout this paper, I plan on talking about the causes of homelessness, the prevalence of homeless, signs that children might be homeless,...
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...MARKETING PLAN COMPANY OVERVIEW Owner(s): Alan J Klingensmith Company Name: Recycled Chances Product Name: Non-Profit Location: Oviedo, Florida History (yrs.): 1 SECTION 1: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The five-year marketing plan for Recycled Chances has been developed by its original founders to secure additional funding for growth and to inform supporters of the company’s current status and direction. Although Recycled Chances has only been recently launched, Recycled Chances has experienced greater-than-anticipated support. Recycled Chances plans to explore online fundraising opportunities. Over the next five years Recycled Chances can increase its recognition and win new supporters. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Recycled Chances was founded by a husband and wife team, Alan and Heidi Klingensmith. Alan is a Marine Corps veteran and has a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. Heidi has worked as a human resource director for over eight years. As a family they decided they wanted to start making the world a better place. Recycled Chances reflects the passion they both share in recycling for the environment benefits and wanting to help those less fortunate. They believe that with the added support, a person can successfully turn their life around. Recycled Chances builds all their housing and community buildings out of used water bottles, dirt and other recycled goods. This allows Recycled Chances to keep needs for financial expenses down and encourage people to support...
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...Derliny Louis Sociology 111-04 Mr Thomas Byron January 26 2015 Personal Introduction/Barrier Paper My Name is Derliny Jurine Louis, I am a freshmen at Quinsigamond Community College I’m currently in my second semester. I was Born and raised in Haiti in the capital of Port-au-Prince. I came to the United States at the age of seven years old where I lived in New Jersey until I moved to Worcester Massachusetts October 2013. I live with my mom and younger brother I have a older sister who lives in British Columbia Canada. I’m majoring in Human Services at QCC. My career goal is to help people in life I want to work directly with all people from different aspects of life helping them with the problems they are facing in life. I do not play any sports although I must say I am a big fan of basketball. My favorite team would have to the Miami Heat I feel that they work great as a team and will always be number one in my eyes. I don’t really like to watch television at all because I feel that the shows on TV have changed throughout the years and not so must interesting as shows used to be five years ago. Although when I do watch television I will watch law and order , criminal minds and lifetime movie network. Music is my life I honestly love music. I always tell people that music is my escape from people when I am upset. I always have on my headphones whether I’m walking or at home. I do not have a favorite...
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...day the numbers grow. There are many reasons for people becoming homeless. Alcohol and drug addiction is one of the main reasons of homelessness. Phychosis and depression are the second highest reason, and serious mental disorders are the third highest reason. Researchers have over 29 studies that have included over 5684 homeless individuals. Every day we are coming up with new answers to why people are becoming homeless and we are constantly working on ways to keep everyone off of the streets. The homeless are a group of people that have poorer physical and mental health than the general population. There are over 1 million homeless worldwide. According to the Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders among the homeless: Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis published December 02, 2008 DOI 10.1371/Journal.pmed.005225 the main causes of homelessness are the following: * Drug and alcohol misuse * Lack of social support * Family support * Family breakdown and disputes * Institutional backgrounds (prison) * Armed services * Mental disorders In today’s society the homeless are looked down upon. No One wants to ask questions but just assume. I think that everyone should be treated the same and not judged by how they look or the clothes that they wear. I think that each homeless person should be addressed differently but treated with the same respect. If a homeless person is on alcohol and drugs then they should be referred to AA...
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...homelessness are people just like us. They desire financial stability and a secure home, but have confronted difficult circumstances without sufficient resources to overcome the situation and remain housed. Unfortunately, that is the reality of homelessness today. Typically, families become homeless as a result of some unforeseen financial crisis - a medical emergency, a car accident, a death in the family - that prevents them from being able to hold on to housing. Most homeless families are able to bounce back from homelessness quickly, with relatively little public assistance. Usually, homeless families require rent assistance, housing placement services, job assistance, and other short-term, one-time services before being able to return to independence and stability. In the case study, "Mayor Schell's Zero Homeless Family Pledge", Norton discusses the challenges facing a policy manager in a large city (Seattle) government agency who is expected to implement a bold new policy to reduce homelessness that may exceed the local government's capacity to address the issue. In the case, the mayor of Seattle pledges in June that there will be no homeless families with children or homeless women by Christmas. The manager in the case, Alan Painter, shares the mayor's commitment and enthusiasm for reducing homelessness in the city, but has many concerns about the feasibility of the mayor's pledge. Painter knows the current...
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...Kip Tiernan: A Leader in the Fight Against Homelessness Homelessness can be defined as an individual lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence (McKinney-Veto Homeless Education Act, Section 725). Because homelessness can be a short or long-term problem, it is difficult to accurately calculate homeless figures. The National Alliance to End Homelessness estimates that there are 634,067 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the United States. This includes people of all genders, ages, races, and backgrounds. According to the Campaign to End Child Homelessness, 1.6 million children experience homelessness annually (2012). In total, approximately 3 million individuals are experiencing homelessness each year (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty). Homelessness is a problem that is very personal. Mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, friends, and veterans are being affected. We must come together as a society to work toward combating this problem. Kip Tiernan was an inspiring leader in the fight against homelessness. Her greatest accomplishment was founding Rosie’s Place, the first homeless shelter for women. Kip Tiernan was born on June 17, 1926 in West Haven, CT. She was raised by her grandmother after her parents passed away when she was still a child. She got expelled from boarding school in the 1930s for consumption of alcohol. In 1947, she moved to Boston to study jazz at Boston Conservatory. Unfortunately, she again got expelled...
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...tattered clothes, unshaven beard, an unseen smell that comes from them. Homeless people have existed throughout history of the United States. However, more recently, it would seem that the numbers have risen since the economy is not doing so well. Within this paper, the model population homeless person will be discussed along with statistical information in Georgia, service outcome goals, pinball program to teach the goals that include to community organizations, internalized cost estimate of healthcare dollars saved by this program, and to potential funding sources that may potentially provide monetary sponsorship. According to the declaration of human rights, article 25 (1), states that “everyone has the right to… food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services” (Donohoe, 2004). Although, it states right there that it is every person’s right to have access to these necessities, this is not always the case for many who for whatever reason, do not have the means to afford them. The current downturn of the economy next with current unemployment situation has led to force many people into homeless situations. But time homelessness “refers to the condition of individuals without a regular dwelling and the term is used to describe people who do not have the home and who sleep on the street, but is also commonly used to refer to individuals whose primary nighttime residence is a homeless shelter, a warning center, or another ad hov type of housing”...
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