Case Study On Homelessness

Ms. Sparklyn has no family support residing in Michigan. When she lost her job her and the children were homeless living at Genesis House and then Cass Community Social Services waiting on housing. She is a very kind person and fell on hard times. She is very excited about moving into her new apartment after living in the shelter for so

Kathy and Raymond have visits one day per week for two hours per day. Worker supervises these visits once per month. The first visit this worker will be supervising is on November 23, 2016. These visits occur at the Godfrey, Illinois McDonalds play place, but were taking place outside in the community prior to this when the weather is nicer. During the last supervised visit the case assistant observed Raymond reading the newspaper. The tried children interact with the case assistant; the case assistant redirects the children to interact with Kathy and Raymond. Johnathan spent most of the visit in the play place and Zoey spent most of the visit on the tablet. Raymond left the visit and returned 20 minutes later telling Kathy “they (the children)

Homelessness has been a problem in Hawaii, and especially Oahu, for more than two decades. The homeless have overrun the islands but it is no surprise as the circum- stances allow for it. Multiple factors contribute to the ongoing dilemma including the high cost of living, Hawaii being an island state, and the expensive housing. The prob- lems that cause homelessness are not going to go away by themselves. Although the problem is not increasing, the numbers show that it isn’t decreasing and shouldn’t be unless the state and community acts.

This report is concerned with the connection between homelessness its historical framework and the governance of the pervasive ‘victim blaming’ ideologies and the social issues it brings to society. Structural issues create different risk levels among certain populations. (Heinz, 2005, p. 61) The homeless have been regarded historically as objects of empathy and disparagement in the media, political, and the economic domains. (Farrugia, 2011a) These sentiments are tied to how homeless people view ideologies of productivity, personhood, and stability within the culture of Australia. (Heinz, 2005, p. 61) This study inspects how these ideologies are associated with the relationship amongst the capitalist economy, and homeless

Everywhere you turn in the United States people are sitting on the corners of streets asking for assistance or digging in trash cans for meals. The epidemic of homelessness in the United States has reached an all-time high since the 1990’s. Unfortunately, the adage of people chose to be homeless was not accounting for families that live paycheck to paycheck and lose their job and therefore their housing because it is unavoidable. Alternatively, many individuals that are homeless have some type of mental illness or substance abuse problem thus creating a barrier to maintaining housing. Many of these individuals are incapable to preserve stable employment and have limited support to get off the streets. However, there are several programs that the federal government fund to assist with combating the problem of homelessness in America.

For a start, as my social and human capital assignment, I will be focusing on homelessness and the associations it entails. Through exploratory research, via peer reviewed journal articles and one in-person interview, I have collected data to see what social disparities and/or oppression the homeless population face from day-to-day. Furthermore, I had the pleasure of conducting my interview with a 62 year old chronically homeless male originally from Nigeria. The location of the interview took place at a homeless shelter in Dallas, TX. Through the duration of this assignment, my participating interviewee will be identified as Bingo for confidentiality purposes. Equally important, as the interviewer – I was sensitive to the participant’s responses

Approximately 1.7 million young people call the streets home every year, children under the age of 18 account for 39% of the homeless population and every year, approximately 5,000 homeless young people will die due to assault, illness, or suicide while trying to survive (Safe Horizon, 2015). Some of these children have families with them, but many do not. Children are vulnerable, but adding homelessness increases risk factors and violence, decreases safety and nearly eliminates advocacy for their health and well-being. Nurses can be excellent community change advocates for homeless youth by seeking them out, making sure they have appropriate clothing, food and water and by assessing their needs and helping them to receive health care.

Homelessness in families has become a much more prominent problem in communities and many struggle from it as they are people who are lacking in funds causing them to be without a home. Today, homelessness among families is becoming more common and is unfortunately spreading all over the world. Most home owning people are unaware of the actuality of the conditions that the homeless people reside in and many cannot comprehend the troubles and hardships they face just to keep themselves alive. Most homeless people are known to reside in abandoned buildings, buses, cars, street corners and in many community parks. Most homeless people can barely afford to eat every day and to survive many live on the scraps and leftovers from others. Homelessness is defined as someone who cannot afford to pay for housing without depriving themselves of the essentials needed in life. People who become homeless do not all necessarily live on streets, but many “homeless people in our modern society stay with friends, relatives and even in shelters as they cannot afford to live on their own.” (Espejo 28) Many people become homeless for reasons beyond their control and because of their lack of funds it causes one to be considered homeless. The reasons for becoming homeless vary and although the situations vary specifically based on the person, but there are many specific similarities seen among many of the homeless. A few of

According to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Title 42 of the U.S. Code), the definition of a person who is homeless, lacks a fixed, regular, adequate nighttime residence including supervised public or private shelters that provide temporary accommodations, institutional settings providing temporary shelter, public or private places that are not designed for or used as a regular sleeping place for human beings as cited by Allender, Rector, & Warner, (2014). I chose the topic of homeless people because they are the most vulnerable population with many disadvantages facing them from families being separated due to shelters unable to take older children or wives can’t stay with husbands due to shelter’s just accepting males which encourage

The critical issue is that system thinkers have to explain these wicked problems is through very few skills. To solve this problem, individuals need to use holistic or linear thinking as well as methods of innovation and flexibility. All the variables are focused on the complexity of the homeless, the iceberg model rearranges objects at the system level, which provides the community with more leverage to redesign the impending. In this way, the tip of this method can be very helpful in understanding the problem with this paper. In addition, the most important part is cross-border cooperation. The government must work with the community to solve the problem of homelessness. Everyone should integrate skills and ability to communicate together

Homelessness results from people being below the poverty level, and being homeless is defined as “lack of a home or shelter”. Each year, more and more Americans are becoming homeless and are dying from disease and drug abuse on the streets. The number one cause for homelessness is dropping out of high school. Dropping out of high school results in little education, and loss in a diploma, which won’t get you a high paying job you want, so if you don’t have the money to survive, you could end up on the streets. The second major cause of homelessness is drug abuse.

Homelessness has been an sociological issue for a very long time now. It seems to be a rising issue all over the country. Here in the Portland, Oregon area, we are very lucky. This is a wonderful place to live. Socially, we accept everyone no matter what you look like or believe in. Our mantra is “Keep Portland Weird.” Honestly, from a sociological standpoint, there are not that many issues, however there is one that is growing and is becoming a major problem. In Portland, we have a major homelessness problem. On top of the homeless issues there is a growing indifference towards the homeless issue from the rest of the population. People just do not seem to care about the homeless here in Portland. We see them so much it is almost like we are used to them and we do not think about it. We just walk right by, indifferent. Some are annoyed by the homeless here, most seem to act like they are invisible. The homeless are people too, they should be treated with dignity.

Homelessness, as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, is when a living arrangement is in a dwelling that is inadequate. The person chosen for this interview lives in India, where poverty and homelessness rates are drastically higher than majority of other countries. The interviewee had experienced poverty throughout the early stages of his life and because of increasing financial struggles his family was at risk of losing their house. He shared his personal experiences regarding homelessness, having been in the situation briefly himself. In later years, he started working in a bank where he interacted with many people in similar situations to him as in the past, hence he was able to share not only his, but also other people’s experiences.

In your post you mentioned the county public health departments working more diligently on alleviating the homeless population. Although I do agree, I feel that it is more convoluted than just alleviating the homeless problem. I have worked with the homeless in the city of Philadelphia and from my experience more than half of those individuals have chosen that way of life. I have witnesses and spoken with family members of homeless individuals and the families said that they have begged for their loved one to come home but they choose not to. When I asked the homeless individual as to why they have chosen to live under the conditions of being homeless more than half stated that they have to “pay for nothing living this way”. They stated that

Across the world there exists many different social problems. A social problem is a “social condition or pattern of behavior that has negative consequences for individuals, our social world, or our physical world” (Leon-Guerrero, 2014). Social problems exist on a bigger and smaller scale in a society. For example, a person living in Africa with AIDS is experiencing the disease on a micro (personal) level, while another person, free of AIDS is only experiencing this problem on a macro, or societal level (Leon-Guerrero, 2014).