The Homeless
Samantha bates
BSHS 442
February 12th, 2012
Mary Beth Bova

The homeless are just as important as all other individuals in life and advocacy agency’s are there to help those who are in need. The biggest hit in such a situation are women and children who have no were to turn and end up on the street.
Women who have become homeless are either getting out of a bad marriage was there was physical abuse. And in other case the women are not well educated and cannot hold a job after getting divorced. The sad position many of these women have is that the children will become homeless to and be forced to live on the streets. There are some individuals who become homeless due to mental illness because live situations have put them in that position, not been able to hold down a job or function in life.
In many cities there are shelters were the homeless can go and get some assistance, for example a meal and place to sleep for the night. In some situation the families will not go to a shelter in the fear that his or her positions will be stolen. In the homeless shelters they should have a safer program making it safer. Young teenage mothers are also at times forced to live on the street due to the parents not wanting to help her raise a child. This could be due to the family not having the funding or ability to raise another child and the baby’s father is not in the picture. There are many individuals who become homeless for other reasons and they might never be able to get back to the life he or she once had. Some individuals are illegal immigrants who come to the country to find a better life but in turn find life harder than back at home.
In order to keep the people off the streets there are shelters asking for volunteers to help with serving food and collecting donations. Any donation for those that have nothing or not much can go a long way.