The Door At 1212 Prairie Open At 7

I selected the Beacon to complete my service learning assignment over two days. The Beacon, a nonprofit day center that provides services to Houston’s homeless, is located at 1212 Prairie and staff can be reached at (713) 220-9737. The Beacon’s website, www.chomhouston.org, provides comprehensive information on the history of The Beacon and the services they provide. Established in 2007 by Christ Cathedral Church, The Beacon is currently open to serve clients Friday through Monday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. However, starting in April, The Beacon will begin opening on Thursday to provide services five days a week (Chomhouston.org, 2014). My contact, Zachary Hubenak, is the kitchen Coordinator and informed me the population The Beacon serves

To really captivate the interest of donors and spark that emotional response that will lead to action we will have a group of those who have struggled with being homeless in the winter months of New England tell their stories to donors. As previously noted women give causes that support women. We will focus on the stories of young mothers and young ladies fleeing terrible circumstances then show how FHCHI does not just offer hope it leads to change. When presenting these stories and images FHCHI will ensure that the representations are not demeaning, exploiting, or misleading the public (Burnett, 2002). The organization will also ensure that the dignity of those depicted remains in tact. The sole purpose of telling these stories it to spread awareness and inspire others to take action.

In an effort to end homelessness in Washington, DC, low barrier shelters, such as the Harriet Tubman Woman’s Shelter were implemented. Located in the center of DC General Campus in Southeast, DC, the Harriet Tubman Woman’s shelter, “is a 100 bed low-barrier emergency shelter for women over the age of 18 who are in urgent need of housing, food or case management” (Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Washington, Inc., 2010). A low-barrier shelter is “usually primarily short-term shelter for individuals. Low-barrier shelter is designed to keep people safe, is often open only 12 hours a day, and is often in a congregate setting. This type of program is provided, on a first come, first served basis, to any adult presenting as homeless. It is sometimes also referred to as emergency shelter” (Interagency Council on Homelessness District of Columbia, 2010, p.4) For all shelters in the Washington, DC area the women are to be out of the shelter from the time of 7am until the doors open again at 7pm. For those women who are not a part of the work program or have nothing to do during the day, the women have a chance to participate in the day program located in the shelter.

that serves 100 meals each night to clients staying in the shelter. A number of colocated agencies make the ARCH a one-stop shop where clients can receive support for

A letter to hospital administration, to be determined after some research on who may be the most receptive. The program includes highlighting the issue of homelessness, mental health concerns and the consequences of their use of the emergency room services. The creation of homeless services to be able to obtain non-medical essential services without having to claim an illness to receive food, shelter or other basic needs. Allowing the homeless to receive food, warmth or other requirements without tying up vital medical personnel with false complaints to gain access to address their nonmedical needs. The request to present a plan of action with data and research to all parties of interest and who could be of assistance.

The center is a day-time shelter, with long dining tables and chairs with a sitting capacity of 160 for homeless people. I observed the daily activities of card playing, loud laughter of happy people and chatter about what lunch might be at the homeless resource center. I noticed people starting forming a line against the wall. I checked the time and saw it was 11:15 a.m. a conditioned time for people to line up to eat lunch. More people entered the front door after being scanned in through a finger print process, which extended

Our Engaged Learning Community group was given the opportunity to participate with The Catholic Charity of Chicago, a group committed to help the less fortunate and the people with need of income. In accordance to Loyola’s mission, Catholic Charities helps the community regardless the background people seeking for assistance may come from. They are willing to provide assistance through funds, referrals, case managements, emergency shelter, clothing, food pantry, information on government benefit screening, basic needs, and social services.

I have decided to create a social program that identifies the social problem of Homelessness. The new human services, social program will target helping homeless individuals and families to get off the streets. In order to have a successful program I have to come up with an outline and cover all of the basics. This program will have many different resources available to homeless or about to be homeless individuals and families. There are so many homeless people out there and her in the state of Florida there are not many places for homeless people to turn to for comfort and safety. So I am truly excited to be creating this new program that will help many people to go forward and live wonderful and successful lives, no matter what they have been through. Throughout this paper I will be discussing some of the things that are needed in order to start an organization. This paper will serve as an outline or an information source on how to create a social program as well as the social program that I am creating.

The center provide free hot lunches, free food bags, free clothing, low-income housing, work experiences and NA meeting. For Veterans they have services such as recovery programs, regulated free housing, and supervised case management. The lunches are served Mondays through Fridays from 11am-1pm and the closet room is open from 9:30 am to 1Pm. The food bags are given out every third Wednesday of the month. Everyone is required to show some Identification to receive free clothing and the food bags. They also give out Hygiene kits every second Wednesday of the month. There are 24 low income housing that Frazee currently has in the San Bernardino Area. The NA meeting are held Mondays, Wednesday,

Housing Crisis Center (HCC) was established over 37 years of pioneering programs and services assisting homeless families and individuals in our community. HCC saw a need to opening the homeless shelter in Dallas, Texas, in 1978. Since that beginning, has added additional programs and services, always in response to needs in the community. The HCC has three target populations to help in the community. One target population is All Citizens Empowered (ACE). To qualify for assistance in the ACE housing program the head-of-households has to have a disabling, mental condition such as schizophrenia, and also have an addiction to substances. Individuals must also be continually homeless. Half of the population that the Housing Crisis

The homeless population is a population that is in need of assistance and the fact that your community has an organization like New Life Evangelistic

We have very limited services in Las Cruces that we offer our homeless and mentally ill. There is a shelter called "Gospel Rescue Mission" it provides these vagrants with three meals a day, and shelters them in the the evening. The assistant manager stated, "They are allowed to stay three times a month or depending on the needs of the vagrants. As long as they are willing to cooperate with he workers and follow the rules they have at the shelter they are welcomed to stay (Smith, Telephone Interview). They also offer Bible study in the evening and offer spiritual counseling. I asked him, "Does your center help out with medications?" He stated, "No, we refer them to Southwest Counseling Center where they have to go through a screening process in order to receive medications."

Family lives in a two-bedroom home, two bathrooms, family room, and dining room, all with well lighting, working water supply, and electricity. The house is clean with good hygiene, there are no safety hazards, and waste and garbage disposal is adequate. The family feels a moderate sense of privacy although would like to have more independent space. The family has lived in this neighborhood for 20 years it is a well kept residential area with mostly a Hispanic population. M and J are not familiar with community services and S is typically to proud to use the services provided. L makes use of her college services but otherwise is not familiar with other services in the community.

Many area charities focus on the short term survival needs of the area’s homeless population, and provide food and supplies to them by traveling from area to area to reach them. These charities policy feed anyone. From the hardcore homeless population to a family down on their luck, their patrons include drug addicts, criminals and vagrants just passing through town. They have information on the resources available, but it is not standardized and these organizations and individuals are not coordinated in any

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.