Exploratory Report On Homelessness

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

My capstone project is on homelessness and preventative methods. Research on the various factors that are associated with homelessness and how to best reduce or end the homeless situation. Research shows that there are many suggestions on methods to reduce homelessness (the Homeless First Program) which have proven to reduce the numbers in various states across America (Tsemberis, Gulcur & Nakae, 2004). The homelessness problems are multifaceted with overlapping of other factors such as mental illness and risks, which include substance abuse, health disparities, and victimization, all of which have a role in the homelessness (Canton, Dominguez, Schanzer, Hasin, Shrout, Felix, McQuistion, Opler & Hsu, 2005).

The bill S1680 relates to school placement and stability for homeless children. The purpose of the bill is to amend the social service law and the education law, in relations to children that are homeless are in out of home care. The bill also creates a process in which New York State is in compliance with the federal fostering connections to the success act. It also clarifies the rights afforded to homeless children in choosing the school and school district they will attend, by changing the language to 3209 of the education law with subtitle B of title VII of the federal McKinney-Vento homeless education assistance act, 42 D.S.C.11431 et seq (NY senate). The purpose of this paper is to get a better understand and illustrate the processes

Under overpasses, under graffiti-covered walls, and amid piles of trash, it is sad to see the America's homeless get by the best they can. Homeless build cardboard and plastic shelters, insulate abandoned cars, sleep on mattresses which have been thrown away, and store their belongings in garbage bags. I have also seen them use baby strollers to store their belonging in.

Bassuk, Ellen L. “Ending Child Homelessness in America.” American Journal of Orthopsyciatry 80.4 (2010): 496-504. Print.

In this assignment is trying to tell me how to synthesize the content of these two sources and also give a brief argument. The Myth of Helplessness and What I Learned about School Reform this two essays tells me about the different what is going on in the reality? So I took one topic of the two essays and I will write about and argue the social forms that are society goes through in the reality.

First, the chronically homeless are a very costly population to serve. A large number of

When we were first introduced to this assignment, I was both excited and nervous. I was excited because it gave me the opportunity to step of my comfort zone. I was also excited to be able to get out into the community and practice some of the social work skills that we have learned in class. I was nervous because I knew it would be hard to hear the struggles of a single-parent experiencing homelessness. As someone who was raised by a single-parent, I also know how easy it can be to fall into homelessness. Overall, I think I was more excited about doing this assignment because I truly did want to hear the stories that single-parents experiencing homelessness wanted to tell.

The purpose of this study is to identify areas where the use of data, algorithms, and comprehensive need assessments could reduce costs while increasing access to services by those in need. This research has the potential to reduce duplication of processes involved in administration and services to more efficiently prevent or resolve homelessness. I have reviewed recent literature identifying many structural barriers to services faced by homeless individuals. Each of the research papers I reviewed identified areas where lack of communication between agencies, unclear criteria or unstated criteria, and poor communication with clients increased difficulty in obtaining services for eligible clients.

I decided to investigate homelessness as the central theme of my short narrative. Personally, I find homelessness to be a very pressing issue in the modern day. Being someone who reads the news on a daily basis, the media is never lacking in articles pertaining to homelessness, particularly the stigma surrounding it and the harassment and discrimination targeted towards homeless individuals. Recently there has been a large increase in the deterrence of homeless people, greatly evidenced by the appearance of “anti-homeless spikes” in urban centres such as Sydney and Melbourne. With approximately 105,237 Australians without somewhere to call home, homelessness has become a highly prevalent issue. Our treatment towards those who are homeless is

Throughout the world there seem to be one continuous problem, no what what country you are in. That problem is homelessness. Homelessness is defined as an individual without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets. Most people would be surprised to learn that in 2013 there are 12,325 homeless people in Ohio, and the numbers are continuing to grow, if nothing is done to solve the problem. Many solutions have been brought up in the past. Some seems to have a highly bright impact on the problem, others failed extremely and went down the drain. However, the best way to end the problem of homelessness is to provide long term housing for those in need.

Homeless people are faced with an ongoing lifestyle of family and community rejection as well as unemployment status. Housing instability and lack of CoC are the two important factors that can contribute to the expansion and the frequency of homelessness and potentially lead to social risky behaviors (Brenson & Appelbaum, 2011). Consequently, the needs of changes of policy and community attitudes toward registered lifetime sex-offender and Meth drug user applicants are necessary rather than just remove them from the public service programs.

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.

This writer met with the patient due to the urgency of her current situation to where the patient is currently facing homelessness since April 5, 2016. The patient reported that her assigned counselor, Sang had helped her to call 211 and an appointment was established for the patient to go to the Salvation by 1pm; however, the patient arrived late due to the lack of transportation. Before calling 211, this writer gather information of the patient's background as to how long she's been homeless, what led to be homeless, and exploring friends/friends as a resource. The patient appears to not have any recovery support from any friends or family. She detailed about the event that led to her homelessness as she was residing in an motel with a roommate

I would also have to say that I found her story very inspiring as well. One part that I am actually glad about is that by sharing her own story of going from homeless, in some sense she is paying it forward so to speak. That is because she is using it to help inspire students including many of whom are also "non-traditional" to stay motivated as to work towards their degree. But hopefully, it will then continue to go "forward" as we can encourage others on their university career as they work towards their degree.