...Ending Homelessness among Veterans through Housing Programs Services Mary R. Flores Southeastern University Introduction Homeless veterans have consistently existed in the United States. However, just after the Afghanistan and Iraq war, the issue has become more noticeable in the news. The National Health Care for Homeless Council defines homelessness as the absence of a normal and adequate night-time place of residence. According to the ‘National Alliance to End Homelessness’ program, 49,933 of veterans and their families are currently living without having their basic needs met (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2015). To know whether veterans participating in the Housing First program with the Housing and Urban Department-Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) receive housing services more rapidly and keep up long term housing stability, it must be compared to the Veterans in Treatment As Usual (TAU) approach to HUD-VASH. Connection to housing service programs is critical to veteran’s successful re-integration to society after deployment. This is exemplified by the success of Housing First (HF) and the different outcome of veterans who use similar program such as Treatment As Usual (TAU). The HUD-VASH program first started in 1992 as a teamwork effort between the Veterans Affair (VA) and the HUD. HUD provides housing to homeless veterans through a resident-based program named ‘Section 8 vouchers’, while the VA provides supportive services. ‘Section...
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...United States Veterans Martha Clark Adventist University of Health Sciences Abstract The purpose of this paper is to critique the article “Homelessness among a national representative sample of US veterans: prevalence, service utilization, and correlates,” which is a case study on the topic of homeless veterans in the United States. This article finds that low income, younger age, and poor mental and physical health had significant impact on whether a veteran would spend time homeless. The conclusions found in this article will be examined and compared with other related articles and data. This article shows that there is a correlation between veterans of foreign wars and periods of homelessness....
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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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...this is a DRAFT proposal at this point. As such, its contents will still need significant improvement and revisions as you use its contents in writing your capstone in MM598. 7. Submit the complete proposal via Moodle. CAPSTONE PROPOSAL MM 514 – Practical Research Name(s): | Danny Shipman | Proposed Research Topic/Title: | Do Southern Oregon Veterans Face the Same Challenges as Veterans Across the Rest of the Nation When Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life | Executive Summary: | This section essentially provides the reader of your proposal an informative abstract, giving the reader the chance to see the essentials of the proposal without having to read the details as written in the following sections. The executive summary should include a brief statement of the management dilemma and management question, the research objectives/research questions, and the benefits of your approach. You may want to write this section once you have completed the sections below. | Introduction/ Background of the Study | There were an estimated 2.5 million men and women deployed abroad during the wars in Iraq and...
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...Homeless Veterans a Vulnerable Population Vulnerable populations are often used to characterize groups whose needs are not fully addressed by traditional service providers (Blue-Howells, J., McGuire, J., & Nakashima, J., 2008). These people believe they cannot comfortably or safely access and use the standard resources offered. They include physical or mental disabilities, limited or non-English speaking, geographic or cultural isolation, medical or chemical dependent, homeless, frail/elderly and children. Homeless veterans are examples of a vulnerable population. In this paper, the demographics and the present state of homeless veterans will be explored. Learning that veterans are considered part of a vulnerable population was not necessarily surprising given the physical and mental condition along with advanced age of many veterans. However, what is alarming is there are far too many veterans who are homeless. What makes this knowledge alarming is most Americans including myself believe veterans should be living a healthy and successful life as compensation for their sacrifice for our country (Wills, 2008). Many people in the United States think the needs of veterans are the responsibility of the government (Wills, 2008). In an ideal situation, the federal government would provide veterans with access to employment, housing, retirement or a pension, and free health care. These services are needed because of many health risks, physical or mental placed upon soldiers...
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...Homeless Veterans a Vulnerable Population Vulnerable populations are often used to characterize groups whose needs are not fully addressed by traditional service providers (Blue-Howells, J., McGuire, J., & Nakashima, J., 2008). These people believe they cannot comfortably or safely access and use the standard resources offered. They include physical or mental disabilities, limited or non-English speaking, geographic or cultural isolation, medical or chemical dependent, homeless, frail/elderly and children. Homeless veterans are examples of a vulnerable population. In this paper, the demographics and the present state of homeless veterans will be explored. Learning that veterans are considered part of a vulnerable population was not necessarily surprising given the physical and mental condition along with advanced age of many veterans. However, what is alarming is there are far too many veterans who are homeless. What makes this knowledge alarming is most Americans including myself believe veterans should be living a healthy and successful life as compensation for their sacrifice for our country (Wills, 2008). Many people in the United States think the needs of veterans are the responsibility of the government (Wills, 2008). In an ideal situation, the federal government would provide veterans with access to employment, housing, retirement or a pension, and free health care. These services are needed because of many health risks, physical or mental placed upon soldiers...
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...Assignment: The Key Concepts in Economics Curing Chronic Homelessness ECO100 The topic I chose is about homelessness and the cure that is sweeping the nation. There are multiple types of homeless, some are short termed, often uncounted as they are able quickly recover from the reason which left them homeless in the first place. Some are considered chronically homeless, which can mean a couple things; the first is that the homeless person has gone without a steady home at least four times out of the last four years. But, this can also mean that they have a disability that has caused them to be homeless for more than a year. Unfortunately, we have seen constantly increasing numbers of homeless Veterans since the Vietnam War (Haggerty, 2015). Not only is it doing the exact opposite of everything we have been told is the correct way to handle homelessness, especially chronic homelessness, but it is proving to be far more successful than anyone could have ever dreamed (The Editorial Board, 2015)! No matter where you live, the signs of homelessness are there if you take the time to look for them.. They are the most obvious when you are within great city centers because there is an ease of access to assistance that comes with being close to major hubs. Nevertheless, even an hour outside of a major city where we have nothing but farmland and wild land as far as the eye can see, we still have the same problems, they are just harder to find. One good example is during the warm months...
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...percentage of homeless people in the Los Angeles County rose to 23 percent which means that 920,000 of the 4,000,000 people are out on the streets- daily looking for shelter and a place to sleep (US News, 2017). The rise of homelessness is a problem and continues to be one in the Los Angeles Area, affecting our community in both social and environmental sustainability, unless we do something about it. This problem can be resolved by making the public, including the homeless community aware of the issues that have...
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...need when returning home from war. While the majority of the 22 million living veterans in the US have a positive view about their military service, only one in five of them feels that the government treats them well (Villatte et al. 2). Data indicates that only 38 percent of the veterans felt that the government had supported them adequately. The US supports war veterans through offering them job training, counseling, healthcare, finding apartments, and integrating into civilian life. Many of those who returned from Iraq and Afghanistan deployment in the past decade required prolonged hospitalization and treatment for mental and physical health conditions (Villatte...
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... 2010, 3, 53-70 53 Open Access Outreach and Engagement in Homeless Services: A Review of the Literature Jeffrey Olivet*,1, Ellen Bassuk1,2,3, Emily Elstad1, Rachael Kenney1 and Lauren Jassil1 1 2 3 Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 120 Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C7, Canada The National Center on Family Homelessness, 181 Wells Avenue, Newton, MA 02459, USA Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA Abstract: Outreach and engagement are regarded by many who work in homeless programs as essential services. Outreach on the streets and in shelters is often the first point of contact for people who are not served by traditional sitebased services and is often the first step in engaging homeless people in services. While outreach and engagement are critical components of the response to homelessness, consensus is lacking about the nature and effectiveness of these services. The purpose of this paper is to examine what is known about outreach and engagement for people experiencing homelessness. The authors review quantitative studies that examine outcomes and augment this understanding with information from qualitative studies and non-research literature. The latter provides information about the goals of outreach, assumptions and values, staffing issues, and consumer involvement. The paper concludes with implications for practice, policy, and research. Keywords: Homeless/homelessness, outreach, engagement, review. INTRODUCTION At a recent...
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...PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans In many studies it has been proven that a large percentage of U.S. veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). As a result, with such a large number there is a social stigma around PTSD, which affects the willingness of the veteran to discuss their wartime experiences. Consequently PTSD can impact the individual, family, coworkers, and society as a whole, thus leads many veterans that are suffering from this disorder to end up homeless. But PTSD is still in the early stages and the full spectrum of medical effects is has on a veteran is unknown, therefore everyone can help veterans that suffer from PTSD. The lack of knowledge and understanding breed the stigma of PTSD, thus making veterans avoid seeking help to limit them from getting stereotyped. As a result, about only one out five veterans that develop PSTD actually seek out help, consequently leading to many labeling veterans as “dangerous” or “violent”. One example of this is the case of Benjamin Barens in 2012. Benjamin shoots and kills a Washington state park ranger early in January, thus leading law enforcement to immediately connect Benjamin's military service. However, there is no historical data that can support this kind of relationship and most affected veterans typically direct harmful behavior towards themselves or close relations. PTSD has a huge effect on the veteran and family/friends, and relationships...
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...from hunger and are forced to sleep in parks, under bridges, in shelters or cars. Every year, the homeless population grows in the United States. Persons become homeless for many reasons. Because they are destitute, they have been struggling in every way that human likely can have. To get back on their feet, they need help in every way. The homeless population is increasing drastically in society. People who are more fortunate than others should put social status aside and take an action to help homeless people to get back on their feet. Homelessness is a state where an individual or a family does not have a home to live. Along with that, the person is deprived of the legal, and the social dimensions are making him emotionally weak and in the state of isolation. Since the year 1980s, there had been a great shock to the Americans due to the rising homelessness. It led to a burst in the studies and the increasing stories related to the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of July 1987. In this act, there was an interference allowed off the federal government into this policy of homelessness, which had created many issues. For many years after that, this issue of homelessness remained on the top of the line in the political issues face by the Californian government. This paper aims at providing solutions to end youth homelessness in California. There are three types of homeless adolescent, and each category has its distinct features. Finally, the paper will look at the recommendation...
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...Criminalization of Homelessness in America SOC 331: Social Justice and Ethics April 6, 2015 Criminalization of Homelessness in America Every country faces homelessness in one form or another. Homelessness in America has been an ongoing problem over many decade. Homelessness is not racist or biased as anyone can find themselves without the financial means to provide adequate shelter and food. While there are many definitions for homelessness the most common is “a person who "lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence” (www.pbs.org). Those who are susceptible to homelessness consist of but not limited to children, teenagers, adult men and woman, veterans, mentally unstable and elderly people. Homelessness is not just the problem that the homeless person faces but the problem that we all as citizens of the United States face ethically, morally with the proper forms of justice. Throughout this paper we are asked to evaluate different perspective and responses in regards to the American problem of homelessness. In doing so virtue ethics, distributive, commutative and retributive justices will be used in evaluating the responses. ‘Virtue ethics is an ethical theory that evaluates the morality of the person doing a given act, rather than the act itself. Virtue ethics thus emphasizes that the various virtues and whether a person reflects those virtues in his or her actions are crucial to moral evaluation” (Mosser, 2010). The text book Social and Criminal Justice...
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...The homeless are often perceived as inhuman and disgusting by society as shown by professors Lasana Harris and Susan Fiske in Dehumanizing the Lowest of the Low, and as a result, suffer from unforeseen effects on their psychological health (Harris and Fiske, 2005). These perceptions may be caused by the fact that the homeless are not give adequate care. An explanation of this is the lack of services with the purpose of helping them integrate back into society as they are expected to, which can have an additional influence on their mental health.from this one can can conclude that the psychological health of the homeless is negatively impacted by societal perceptions and lack of resources dedicated to helping the homeless. The perpetuated negative view of the homeless hinders their ability to heal from psychological diseases, and may lead to deteriorating mental health. In the paper, Discrimination and Economic Profiling among the Homeless of Washington, DC by the National Coalition for the Homeless, a national network of people who have personal experience and expertise in homelessness, a study was conducted and it concluded that “roughly two thirds of homeless...
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...also used to determine how many cases of particular diseases there are in the hospital, to estimate incidence and prevalence and number of deaths in the hospital. Each unit is thorough with evaluating outcomes by performing a pre-test, audit on the charts, and a post-test along with another audit. Statistics Used Descriptive statistics are used in the workplace to describe and share specific data to get information, but not draw any conclusions. According to Bennett, Briggs, and Triola (2009), "descriptive statistics deals with describing raw data in the form of graphics and sample statistics" (p. 7). Some examples of descriptive study currently in place in a variety of areas are emergency room wait times, the number of homeless veterans being cared for and numbers of readmissions in the hospital. Wait times for the emergency room are averaged through the computer system from the time the patient checks into the time the patient is seen. The information collected is the age and ethnicity of the individual, and the amount of time spent waiting for care. This information is used within the hospital in improve patient care and patient satisfaction. Homeless Veterans are an immensely vulnerable population in the local community. The data collected on these patients are their ethnicity, age, social status, completed education and involvement of local resources. This information is used to improve outreach programs in the community for the veteran population. Data is also collected...
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