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Las Vegas and its surrounding area is home to a multitude of casinos which is a perfect revenue source for the county and state. The issue is that Nevada has such a high homeless rate that the state has to deal with through the use of programs and grants. Since a gambling addiction does have a correlation with homelessness as mentioned from the research, there should be an effort to help these people who have an addiction problem. As compared to the abundance of casinos in Las Vegas, there are only two gambling addiction centers in Las Vegas. The large discrepancy between the amount of casinos and gambling addiction rehab centers is a major concern that Las Vegas and the surrounding areas need to address. Some recommendations to
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This would help to diminish the amount of homeless people and help to get them off the streets of Las Vegas because no tourist wants to walk by a homeless person while on a visit to the city.
Within those rehab centers, increase the amount of staff on hand to help with the amounts of people checking into the rehab center. This will help increase the amount of support that the patients receive while in treatment.
Supply more economic funding towards these rehab centers. The funding will help the staff to hire more employees, generate more research for medicine that can help these patients from reverting back to their normal ways.
Reconstruct some of the program’s downsides such as maybe keeping the patients in the rehab center for a longer time if they are not ready to be released. This will help with stabilizing the patient’s state of being, so they don’t just get released back on the streets and fall into the same down spiral as before.
Lower the amount of casinos that are in Las Vegas. This will help to decrease the presence and temptation for the gamblers to continue on gambling, so with less casinos, the homeless don’t have such easy access to these
What can be proposed by the city to the public audience to help the homeless in need? In Anaheim, there is a problem with the growing amount of homeless people on the streets of our city; their presence has been increasing within parks, streets, in front of businesses, etc. The reason for why we chose this topic is because our group wants to be able to help these individuals get their life back on track, rather them having these unemployed people living out on the filthy streets. I constantly see individuals begging for money at the exits of freeways and cross lights, instead of seeing them work for their money. To do this, we need to be able to convince our community to propose programs to city hall that will help homeless
The U.S. government, middle, and upper-class citizens in the United States should come together and fund communities in large cities like Chicago in the next couple years to lower the amount of homeless people living on the city streets. In these communities they can build schools for those with children so they can learn while their parents work and build income. As well as providing two to three community hot meals for the families to eat. They can even build facilities where the homeless who struggle with addictions live and receive treatment such as counseling and inspirational speakers visit to share their testimonies.
Many of the anti-homeless polices that have been previously mentioned focus on improving the quality of life for the community rather than reducing the causes of homelessness and for these reasons it is imperative that these anti-homeless policies be reformed. Reforming these polices can be tricky due to the way they are framed. For example, no one is going to advocate that public urination should be allowed. A more effective argument would be to advocate for increased public spending on public restrooms. This is just one example of how allocating public funds away from criminal justice and towards public services could help improve the issue of
The Second concern Would be for those who need rehabilitation services for long periods of time , how would service be rendered for those who need help but don't meet the edibility requirements for them how can quality care be brought to people in this category if they happen to run out of health
Treatment is best way to help an addict. But there are often not enough resources to help everyone in need. This includes there being enough centers where people can go, and the supplies those centers have. There is also a need for more post-rehab resources at these patients disposal. Post-detox can be a very dangerous time for a patient, because their body is not used to the drug anymore, and if someone relapses they can more easily overdose. I recently interviewed State Representative Kevin Kuros, and one of the things he mentioned that he wants to see is a common place, like a website, where someone can go and find all the treatment centers in the state, as well as see how much space is available there. Representative Kuros was concerned that right now, the current system to finding a place to get treatment is not very organized, and leaves too many people in the dark. I consider the approach of rehab as a medium-term solution. The reason I do is because it’s focus is on help people who are already addicted. Rehab is reactionary and not preventive. Even still, I believe it is a necessary part to lowering drug overdoses, and the con is that it is expensive. Treating sick people is not cheap, but increasing a budget for it is a good investment.
In the right treatment program, patients get individualized care and treatment for their mental disorder. The treatment center looks at all of the factors fueling the addiction. They help find the underlying cause of the addiction so that patients can completely recover. Some of the programs available include options such as:
The city should build more homeless shelters to help people get back on their feet, because no one should have to live on the streets and feel like a second-class citizen. No one should have to live on the streets, it is not healthy, physically or emotionally. Being homeless can be very stressful and can lead to mental health issues causing people to make poor decisions to be able to survive. People will constantly get into some sort of trouble so they can be arrested and go to jail just so they can sleep in a bed or be given food because if the shelters are full the only other place that offers free food and a bed is the county jail.
Lastly, one more thing the government can do to stop homeless from living on the streets is to open a place at night for them to just stay. Opening a place for homeless to come to at nights is a great thing to do. When winter months comes around, the days are going to be too cold for people to live out on the streets. Nobody can live out on the streets when the temperature is going to be below zero or close to zero. The government should start doing some of these ideas because one day it might be them that is homeless and don’t have any place to
Recognizing the benefits of a rehabilitation and treatment program that includes active and hands of treatment for inmates can be financially beneficial in the long term for the prison
Improve confidentiality of staff and clients. Supply PCs to all homes, Improve communication with the residential staff and clients, making adequate arrangement to relieving the residential staff on duty and transportation of client to rehab on time.
"Individuals with co-occurring disorders are at greater risk of relapse, hospitalization, incarceration, homelessness and other negative consequences," (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, 2009) Knowing what methods are effective in treatment to keep the client engaged and efficacy for reducing symptoms and improving the quality of life should be an integral part of any treatment program.
In Philadelphia, homelessness is all around. On every street in the city, there will most likely be a homeless person asking for money or sleeping on the ground owning little to nothing. Homelessness is not only a major problem in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania but entirely the United States. There are so many people living on the streets, in abandoned houses, and even cars. The majority of homeless people are veterans, drug addicts, unemployed people, people who have a mental illness and teenagers who have ran away. The best solution to getting people off the streets and able to work, make money and living in a house or apartment that they can afford is for the state to give more money to homeless shelters and organizations. If the state of Pennsylvania gave more money to homeless shelters, the shelters would be able to open up their doors to more homeless people and help them get back on track. The shelters would also be able to build more shelters so they can eventually get all of homeless people off the streets. They would be able to hire more people to help out with their mission and teach the homeless way in a crash course of getting their life together. For the drug addicts, there would be rehab offered to the homeless and it would then eliminate not only homelessness in itself but also drugs on the streets. With such astonishing numbers, homelessness has increased within the last few years like never before. There are more homeless
County officials already spend $1 billion a year on health and welfare services and law enforcement interactions with homeless residents, and yet it’s still not enough. The county’s plan addresses the homeless population in regards to expanding rehousing programs to families, short-term housing, government grants for those who have applied for Supplemental Security Income, and federal housing for chronically homelessness. The plans seem to be well thought out, however these plans come with a cost roughly about $46 million annually per year. This year, Los Angeles will spend $30 million in aiding the homeless population and the problem lingers on. In efforts to reaching a higher budget, Mayor Eric Garcetti has contributed by setting a goal to reach $100 million in the next year’s city
Solutions I propose would include building housing for the homeless, as well as providing them with the necessary support, such as financial advisors and councilors, as well as the education and training to obtain a job. Building houses may sound expensive and unobtainable
The current state of work at Mona Heights Rehabilitation Clinic (MHRC) requires improvement through the implementation of