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Effects of Homelessness Briana Nelsen SWK:5008 Macro Social Work Practice with Groups Capella University Dr. Rhonda Waddell
Introduction • The definition of homelessness: “An individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, such as those living in emergency shelters, transitional housing, or places not meant for habitation”, ( State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition . (2023). Retrieved from End Homelessness: https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness-statistics/state-of- homelessness/). • 4 types of homelessness: transitional, episodic, chronic and hidden. • Most common type of homelessness is transitional.
Homelessness in America 3 • In 2022, there were about 582,462 homeless people living in the United States, compared to 580,466 in 2020. Within the provided time period, the highest number of homeless people living in the United States was in 2007, at 647,258. • The United States has twelve states with more than 10,000 people experiencing homelessness, including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, (Red Nose Day. (2021, December 6). What Are Four Types of Homelessness . Retrieved from Red Nose Day: https://rednoseday.org/news/what-are-four-types-homelessness)
Research From the literature found, the need to help decrease the homeless population is to look deeper into the housing options available. With the rise in housing costs, many people are forced to either live with another family in a single household or to avoid homelessness; this is due to the housing costs amounting to more than 50% of an individual’s paycheck throughout the United States, (State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition, 2023). Current resources that are in place to fight to end homelessness only make a small dent in the homeless population numbers If an individual is unable to seek shelter due to overcrowding and is forced to sleep and survive in the elements, they put themselves at risk for premature morbidity. Health risks also include any disease, many types of physical injury, worsening mental illnesses, suicide ideation, and even completing suicide. “At the macro scale of analysis, housing affordability, poverty, social exclusion, public policies, and large- scale shocks influence the number of people living at a disadvantage: the larger that number, the higher the homelessness rate" (Lee, Shinn, & Culhane, 2021). Bigger states and cities have an increased number of homeless individuals living on the streets. Such as New York and California.
Research Continued.. • “Most groups of color have higher rates of homelessness than their White counterparts —and, in some cases, far higher. Within the White group, 11 out of every 10,000 people experience homelessness. For Black people, that number is more than four times as large —48 out of every 10,000 people. Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders particularly stand out as having the highest rates, with 121 out of every 10,000 people experiencing homelessness” ( State of Homelessness: 2023 Edition . (2023). Retrieved from End Homelessness: https://endhomelessness.org/homelessness-in-america/homelessness- statistics/state-of-homelessness/ • There are more male homeless individuals than there are females. • California has the highest number of homeless, followed by New York, Florida and Washington.
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