Homelessness Observation Report

With homelessness increasing over the years and showing up as a bigger problem and no solution being seen, more action has to be done to help the homeless. There is many ways into becoming homeless and many ways to help the homeless to better themselves, as easy as a small donation of daily items, to help reduce a big problem. Ranging from a worldwide to a local problem. The united nations took upon a challenging task but got an estimated 100 million homeless worldwide and about 1.6 billion lacked adequate housing according to homeless world cup.

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

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).

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

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

Homelessness is a prime concern for numerous countries across the globe, including the most advanced ones. Though the population of homeless people tends to be higher in developing countries, it is still a concern in developed nations. Homelessness is a state where someone lacks regular shelter. The term includes people who do not have a home and sleep on the streets, as well as those whose basic nighttime residence is a homeless shelter or other improvised form of housing. Such people lack the capacity to acquire or maintain sufficient nighttime shelter. Individuals and family units become homeless for many reasons. Assessing these causes can help to mitigate the issue.

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

This investigation will focus on the daily survival for members of the Atlanta homeless community. The questions to be asked will pertain to surviving the night with inclement weather, ensuring safety with no barrier protection, places to sleep, shelter issues, theft issues, governmental aide, church aide, and the homeless bartering network. Also interviewed is a Marta Rail Operator who deals with the homeless daily.

This source begins by describing homeless as individual who found can’t find a right place to live. The author mention that society underestimates homeless people and don’t really know what is the cause of homelessness nor appreciate them. The source goes on and describing that homeless people are not antisocial in fact they are smart to be able to live on the streets, and also resourceful to be able to survive in rough conditions. The primary three reason individuals are homeless is that by choice, economic fall/natural disaster, or psychological problems or drugs related. Homeless today are caused by gentrification in the city which makes the cost of living goes up and results in homelessness. The solutions to this problem worldwide is first to reduce population growth, second more affordable housing with basic human needs, third improve health care, fourth better advocate for the homeless, fifth encourage government to makes law to eliminate the root of the problem, sixth take legal actions to enforce basic human right, seventh overall just communicate with the community for better understanding.

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.

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

Homelessness, also described as a person that has no residence, is becoming more prevalent in today’s society as the population of persons living without a home increases. Millions of people in the United States survive without basic needs such as food, water, and shelter every day due to causes such as unemployment, lack of affordable housing, and more.

PER REPORTER: The family is homeless. They are sleeping in a 2000 Tahoe; it's green and white in color. They have been homeless since March. Mom moved with some guy. The guy jumped on her and she moved back in the truck with dad. There is previous history with DHS; a case was already reported. There are concerns that they are smoking weed around the children. It's not being sold or manufactured. They also pop pills. Drugs are accessible to the children. The children have not been harmed or hurt that the reporter know of. The parents always fight in front of the children. The children are not being fed, bathed, or clothed. They have no access to water. They are fed when someone gives them food. Reporter wouldn't say that they are starving but

Homelessness is a growing problem in our society and has been going on for decades. This can be caused by common addictions like drugs and alcohol, mental or physical abuse, or even age and sexuality can play a role. Although, most common assumption people make about those who are homeless, is that they became that way because of laziness. While in fact, the most common cause of this issue is job loss. The simplest way to help contribute to the solution of this issue is to do small spontaneous acts of kindness and pay it forward. Those that are lucky enough to have a home, need to be more helpful to those who are less fortunate by doing research and looking more into the topic on ways that they can help. There are numerous explanations as to why someone might be homeless and it’s up to the public to find solutions to the causes of the problem to lessen the effects.

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.