Life Experience And 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

Homelessness is a serious problem in our society. Every night in our nation thousands of people are on the streets. This type of behavior is considered deviant because it does not reflect the norms and values of our society. In many cases the homeless people in our country are treated as total outcasts. Many of these people have severe mental disorders. Some are victims of an economy that has failed them. One may ask how such harsh situations exist in such an advanced society. With all the money and programs created to help people it seems ridiculous that this behavior exists. In a society where people have so much how is it possible that there are still people that have so little. The homeless are humans, no different than anyone else.

The study was conducted to determine from the perceptions of professionals whether life experiences or becoming homeless was the traumatic event that triggered (PTSD) posttraumatic stress disorder amid the homeless adolescent population of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill North Carolina. Participants included 12 professionals with experience of working with homeless adolescents ages 13-18, in regards, to posttraumatic stress disorder development. A questionnaire was utilized for 14 participants to gather the information for the study, in which, had an 85.7% response rate. The results did not determine whether it was life experiences or becoming homeless that was the traumatic event that triggered the development amid the homeless adolescent population in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. However, the study did yield a PTSD issue within the population and a lack of service providers to help address the issue. The study also revealed a need to further research the issue to identify the true scope of the problem and to implement services to help address the issue of PTSD amidst the population.

As we know there a lot of homeless people in Los Angeles. Each year the population of homelessness grows each day. Homelessness is an issue because it affects the community. The cause of people might be because the made a bad choice and at the end they regret it. After being homeless, they can imagine having a great job or career, owing a house and their own property they want to have wealthy lives again like they had before being homeless. Homeless people wanted to bring back their lives as one piece. People who have become homeless might have lost their jobs causing them to be homeless. Los Angeles County last April, her benefits of three hundred and fifty five was suspended on October after EDD did not respond to her requests to

The study was conducted to determine from the perceptions of professionals on whether life experiences or becoming homeless was the traumatic event that triggered (PTSD) posttraumatic stress disorder amid the homeless adolescent population of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Participants included 12 professionals with experience of working with homeless adolescents ages 13-18. A questionnaire was utilized for 14 participants to gather the information for the study, which had an 85.7% response rate. The results did not determine whether it was life experiences or becoming homeless that was the traumatic event that triggered the development of PTSD amid the homeless adolescent population in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. However, the study did yield a PTSD issue within the population and a lack of service providers for homeless adolescents. The study revealed a need to further research the issue to identify the actual scope of the problem and to implement services to help address the issue of PTSD among the population.

Why did you select this theory? There is a great overwhelming need in the United States of America as well as globally dealing with the homeless population (children, women, men, and families) is massive and getting worse all the time.

This experiment wasn’t really successful because we chose a place right next to the White House. But anyway, that was interesting to see the reaction from two points of view.

Daiski & Halifax & Mitchell, 2012 discuss the lived experience of homelessness in the suburban areas in the Peel Region. These individuals who faced homelessness expressed feelings of being trapped and pushed out by society. However, these individuals did not want to leave their area as this is where they grew up (Daiski & Halifax & Mitchell, 2012). Homelessness affects many people, in Peterborough there were 63 individuals who stayed in shelters every night (Affordable Housing Action Committee, 2016).

Being homeless is not how most of us would think about how we may be living. However, at any given time there are around 578,424 people that experience homelessness every day (“The State of Homelessness” 3). In the same way, I am sure this is not how they thought they would be living their lives as well, but most of these people that are experiencing being homeless have no choice. As we pass these people on the street, we look at them as if they are criminals; they are not contributing to society or our economy. Most people think that the reason for homelessness is drug and substance abuse, when the leading factors for homelessness is poverty and mental illness (Sun, Without a Roof). The homeless is struggling to contribute and survive in society the way most Americans do. Many of us may look at homelessness being affiliated to the lack of a person being able to fit within society, but the characteristic of homelessness has changed. Due to increasing housing prices and rents, these factors have forced many of these people on the streets and they are now having a difficult time getting back on their feet. Unfortunately, the number of homeless are increasing. As a society, I feel we have an obligation to our community to help those in need by providing shelter and skills that will allow them to be successful at providing for themselves. What are we doing as a society to help with the homelessness? Can we prevent the numbers of homeless from increasing further?

At some point in one’s life, a person has seen or heard of an individual who lives on the streets. An individual who lives on the streets and holds a sign that says they need money for food is considered homeless. Sadly, these individuals are everywhere and the amount of people currently homeless in the United States is 564,708 according to National Alliance to End Homelessness. However, in this nation, everyone has the ability to decrease this massive number. By providing the necessary assistance required to place these individuals in permanent housing, the number of homeless individuals will begin to decrease.

Homelessness, what is homelessness? Well, there is no official definition of the word homelessness. According to Health centers funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) use the following:” A homeless person is an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets; stay in a shelter, mission, single room occupancy facilities, abandoned building or vehicle; or in any other unstable or non-permanent situation.” - Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.

Help! 90% of our idea is to get a food truck, or at least find a way to give food to the homeless and low income families in a way that will benefit them and bring in enough money for us to continue buying food and helping the homeless. We need your help and support to help get the homeless off the street and into where they belong. We students at Helen C. Pierce have decided that the homeless have starved for long enough, and that they deserve the chance to make some money for their own, even if it’s no more than enough to buy themselves some food when they need

In this essay I will specifically doing a research on the young people being homeless, because I think they should not belong to homeless. I think people should be homeless are those who are old, disable, and the drug addictive person. Young people should have be able to work for themselve and go get a job to suppoert their living. Although I think some young people may need to living in the street due to family issue, I don't think there should be have a lot of youther around. From the video I watch from LA Times, I understand some of the youther are homeless because they are just come out from forster home, but they are trying to get out of street. In addition, some other youthers are having job, but their income cannot support their lifing

In our modern time of depressive prosperity in the U.S. many people are taking part in their happy lives, brilliant wealth, and fitness; however, there are millions of people who are homeless and wishes they could live a wealthy and healthy life style. These people have no home, no food, no jobs and sometimes no money at all. Homelessness is a very big issue that people don't really think about. This research paper will talk about people who are homeless, how they got to this situation, how more fortunate people can help them, and what role the government should take to deal with this serious matter.

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.