Covenant House Summary

The interview that I conducted was with the 1736 Family Crisis Center located in Los Angeles, California since 1972. They own three locations and leases 10 other building spaces. Their services include providing shelter for domestic violence victims, youth programs, individual and family counseling, job development/placement, legal services, case management, hotlines for those in crisis, to name a few. 1736 Family Crisis Center’s mission is to help those in need by offering the necessary tools to develop safe, self-sufficient lives, focusing on domestic violence victims, runaway and homeless youth, and community

Youth Homeless is a significant social issue that impacts a multitude of youth from all over the United States. There is a multitude of factors that can contribute to youth homelessness. Fortunately, the Covenant House in Michigan is committed to servicing homeless youth in Detroit. One of the core values of the agency, is immediacy therefore, the agency offers necessities such as shelter, safety, food and clothing rapidly to those in need. The Covenant House will not turn anyone away if they fall into the age range of 18-24 years old.

was developed by the Skid Row Housing Trust with the intention of fighting homelessness with a holistic model to break the cycle of homeless. This particular organization inhabits the complexes with qualified individuals to connect residents with on-site case management, medical care, mental health services, substance use treatment, advocacy and community building (Skid Row Housing Trust, n.d.). The ground floor of the complex is occupied by the Department of Health Services’ Housing for Health division headquarters whose programs aims to house 10,000 of the county’s sickest, most vulnerable homeless in the following decade (Holland,

Homelessness is a major problem in the United States. An incredibly vulnerable group is the homeless youth due to their young age and lack of education. According to Edidin, Ganim, Hunter, & Karnik (2012) on any particular night in the United States there are ~2 million homeless youth living on the streets, in shelters, or in other temporary accommodation. Youth become homeless for multiple reasons whether it be because they have aged out of foster care, ran from home, were kicked out of their home, or because they have become homeless along with their family members. Within the umbrella categorization of homeless youth there are high at risk subgroups, common misconceptions, and a serious concern of lack of support and medical services.

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Sanctuary – Homeless young people arriving at our door are often frightened and mistrustful. Young men and women can grow only when they feel safe and secure. Covenant House protects them from the perils of the street and offers a critical sense of security.

A Chance is a program designed to take in the homeless youth of Riverside, Ohio and give them a second chance. Our goal is to show the youth living in poverty that they live in a caring neighborhood with adults who are here to help them. A Chance program also strives to embed the youth with community values, adult role models, high expectations, commitment to learning, positive values, and positive identity, all of which are assets that will help the youth to reach their full potential (Fisher, 2008). Many times we tend to neglect the poor within our community but with the poverty rates rising we need to make a change and provide an opportunity for them to better their life and to get out of the cycle of poverty.

Denver’s homeless population runs in the thousands. Homelessness may be caused or exacerbated by an individual’s chronic mental or physical illness, all issues that the Mental Health Center of Denver (MHCD), a member of the National Council for Behavioral Health, addresses. Integrated housing and recognizing the effects of trauma have already been a part of the services offered by MHCD. After participating in a National Council Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Learning Community, MHCD created a workgroup to discuss integrating more TIC principles into the organization. From this, the concept of integrating these trauma-informed care principles into the center’s housing and residential services emerged.

When I went back to work on Thursday at the Covenant House I was less nervous and more excited to be there. I did not know what to expect when I went in the residents’ rooms. I met the human resource woman and got a bad taste in my mouth because she asked me to remove my hat, and I am a religious Jew who has to cover her hair. The woman then asks me to get a note from my rabbi that states I have to wear a head covering. I felt very uncomfortable with going into the residents' rooms but I had to check for damages in their rooms. I had to write everything on a sheet of paper to use as a work order. I finally had a conversation with a young man staying there. He was about to turn twenty one and got kicked out of his father’s house. I listen to his story about how he has a chemical engineer degree and got an interview with Exxon Mobil. I listen to his story, but I was analyzing every detail to see if it was true or not. After the resident

Have you ever seen a child somewhere and you just want to help them and let them know that they matter? Every time I see a child on the street that is wearing dirty clothes, I want to take them to the store and let them pick out their favorite clothes. Because I would love to work for an organization that helps youth in the community, I chose to do my project on the Lowcountry Orphan Relief, Inc. This incorporation is located in North Charleston, South Carolina. Lowcountry Orphan Relief also known as LOR has existed for 12 years. In this paper, I am going to give you information about this program and how they help the adolescents of the city who are not taken care of adequately or are completely neglected. The mission of LOR is “to provide basic

The mission of the Alpha House is “Alpha House of Tampa offers homeless pregnant women and mothers with young children safe housing and the tools they need to become self-sufficient and effective responsible parents.” The main purpose of the Alpha House is clear in their mission statement when they say they serve pregnant or mothers of young children find shelter or housing. The Alpha House provides maternity residence as well as transitional housing for mothers with small children. The Alpha House also focuses on working with the clients towards self sufficiency and responsible parenthood. The clients must be involved in some way in the program to show they are actively trying to improve their situation. The programs offered at the Alpha House

The book, ​The House of the Scorpion​, by Nancy Farmer should be kept in the school curriculum. In ​The House of The Scorpion​, a clone named Matt, Matt’s DNA came from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium­­­a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt’s first cell split and divided inside a Petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. Matt is just a little boy who has to endure countless amounts of pain in order to survive to and it is interesting to see how he responds, because he is just like me, and I can relate to him. This book should be kept because it shows how maltreated second class citizens are treated.

It all started with a land grant in 1694 by a gentleman named Robert Fenwick. After being through roughly about nine families, George Washington Morris purchased a plantation in Adams Run, South Carolina containing approximately 842 acres in 1825, which happened to be across the river from his parents’ plantation. G. W. Morris’s parents, Ann Barnett Elliott and Colonel Lewis Morris, owned a large piece of land called Bull’s Island along with a plantation across the river that was called Block Island. G. W. Morris inherited those pieces of land and renamed the plantations The Grove, he later built what is known as The Grove House in 1828. The Grove House is a raised cottage format with a Federal-style structure to it. There are roughly about

Rev. Bruce Ritter always had the dream to give back to the community. He designed the covenant house to be dedicated to serving all God’s children with absolute respect and unconditional love, to help suffering homeless kids and to protect and safeguard all children in need. He wanted open the Covenant House in 1972 to help children that are homeless. The first Covenant House was officially open New York City but over the years has open up around the United States. Covenant House mission statement is to, “Recognize God’s providence and fidelity to his people are dedicated to living out His covenant among ourselves and those children we serve, with absolute respect and unconditional love. That commitment calls us to serve suffering children

To begin with, it is important to start with the fact that more than half a million people in the United States are homeless and forced to live on the streets and either sleep in an unsheltered location, or at a housing project (emergency shelters, short-term transitional housing, or safe havens). Moreover, according to a Social Solutions’ article (2016), 15% of the homeless population are individuals who have experienced homelessness for a period longer than a year (chronic homelessness). It is because of those facts about homelessness that I had decided to volunteer at a faith-based temporary overnight shelter and subsequently record my experiences and what I observed during my visit.