et al. (2005) Facts on Trauma and Homeless Children. National Child Traumatic Stress Network - Homelessness and Extreme Poverty Working Group. Online available at http://www.nctsnet.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/promising_practices/Facts_on_Trauma_and_Homel Continue Reading...
" How many people are homeless? The number of homeless is difficult to ascertain because estimates vary depending on the methodology used. Numbers also vary substantially depending on whether a measurement is taken on a single night or is extrapola Continue Reading...
With the increase in families, and thus children and teens on the street, there has been a subsequent increase in youth drug use, pregnancy and crime, especially violent and sexual crimes. This disturbing trend has created a new challenge to how to Continue Reading...
In Level 1 almost all of the adults can read a little but not well enough to fill out an application, read a food label, or read a simple story to a child. Adults in Level 2 usually can perform more complex tasks such as comparing-contrasting, or in Continue Reading...
Crime is not the only issue where homelessness is concerned, however, and homelessness in and of itself can be very difficult for someone to deal with, especially if the homelessness was unexpected or there are many familial obligations that sudden Continue Reading...
Homelessness in the United States The homeless population in the United States is far from invisible. It is impossible to walk down a street in any city without encountering someone sleeping in a doorway, pushing a shopping cart filled with personal Continue Reading...
Homelessness: A still-Important issue Homelessness is not just a housing problem. As noted by PLoS Medicine "there is a substantial prevalence of mental disorders among homeless people in Western countries. Among prior studies meeting criteria for c Continue Reading...
Homelessness Why are there so many people who are homeless in the state of Chicago? What causes this and what can be done to correct this issue? Is the Federal Government doing anything at all about the homeless people in Chicago, and if so, what ar Continue Reading...
Homelessness in the United States has been a growing social concern. It has also become clear that measures to deal with the problem have not been significantly effective. Specifically vulnerable to this problem are women, often the sole care takers Continue Reading...
This model views literacy as woven into the person's identity, based in turn from his acculturation and participation in his socio-cultural community. Spoken or written communication is understood and appreciated according to who is reading or writi Continue Reading...
B. Prevention The most important step in the plan, prevention will target the root causes of homelessness, providing resources for those who are at-risk for becoming homeless. Some of the prevention measures will include family counseling centers, Continue Reading...
Homelessness On any given night in the United States, 407,966 individuals are on the streets or in homeless shelters; 109,812 of these individuals are chronically homeless (Paquette, 2010). The homeless population is ethnically diverse but is majori Continue Reading...
Homelessness in Orange County California Homelessness in Orange County - II The natural history of disease refers to the progress of the disease process in an individual over time and in the absence of intervention (Figure 1.1). Knowledge of the na Continue Reading...
" (Ibid.) Today, "Prisoner Reentry into Society" is considered to be a "key corrections issue." ("Prisoner Reentry'... ") Another key issue "Second Chances," was reinforced by President bush during 2004, when he noted: "America is the land of second Continue Reading...
Otherwise, they would not have been taken into the military (they were volunteers), supporting the theory that the military had an impact upon their being homeless (ibid., 377). Among all of these populations, IQ dropped and mental illnesses such a Continue Reading...
Homeless Youth: Access to Healthcare Services Homeless Youth Homeless Youth: Increasing Access to Healthcare Services Homeless Youth: Increasing Access to Healthcare Services The estimated number people in homeless families in 2014 were 216,261, Continue Reading...
Hispanic-American Population Assessment POCKETS OF MISERY The Hispanic-Americans of Santa Ana, California are the population to be assessed. National Demographics The total U.S. population is 312 million, according to the latest U.S. Census Burea Continue Reading...
Data also indicates that almost one-fifth of the homeless population is female, many of whom are on the streets due to domestic abuse and/or substance abuse, and most of whom find themselves in the same abusive relationships as sent them to the stre Continue Reading...
homelessness in America, especially looking at children and families who are homeless. Homelessness has always been an issue in America, but today, there are even more homeless people in the country because of the economic crisis. People have lost t Continue Reading...
Simon Communities in Ireland has been a fundamental supporting organization for homeless people ever since Anton Wallich-Clifford set its foundations in the 1960s. As a probation officer in London, Anton was in charge with some of the situations arou Continue Reading...
Another issue is prison release, because newly released inmates often have nowhere to live, they cannot get a job because they are convicted felons, and so they end up homeless. A frightening statistic is that there are so many young people that are Continue Reading...
Talents are noted as an individual's naturally recurring patterns of thought, feeling, or behavior that may be applied productively. The more dominant a theme in an individual, the more that particular theme will likely influence that person's behav Continue Reading...
Homelessness: Risk Factors Associated With Homelessness Homelessness, by official definition is a state of people who use shelter care services provided by the state for any period of time- night shelter or extended periods. In America at any given Continue Reading...
Homelessness Hearing the story about the 90-year-old being arrested in Fort Lauderdale for feeding the homeless had me thinking that South Florida, with its warm weather, probably has a significant homeless issue. So I decided to look at the homeles Continue Reading...
Homeless Mental Health Mental health is an issue that is deemed to be very under-treated and very under-diagnosed within the United States. Beyond that, there are populations that are much more at risk than others. A good example would be the prison Continue Reading...
For some, there will be a denial and minimization of the substance habit as being inconsequential, purely recreational or extremely intermittent. This response is akin to the young adult asserting that there is no problem. For other homeless youths, Continue Reading...
He is made at himself for not coming to terms with himself earlier in life and he is mad at himself for spending so much time "giving his love" to people - men -- who didn't deserve it. He says that if he could go back, he would go to school, he wou Continue Reading...
Action Plan: Getting Homeless Families with Children and Homeless Single Women off the Streets of Seattle Part A 1. Executive Summary 1.0. Overview The problem of homeless in Seattle is likely to continue growing if no serious long-term intervent Continue Reading...
Cause of Homelessness in America has numerous social problems. Homelessness seems to be one of the most important ones. There are several causes that determine homelessness. However, the primary cause of homelessness can be considered the reduced af Continue Reading...
Evidence-based nursing interventions that will provide quality care to vulnerable populations There is evidence in innovative health programs whose outcomes are Hospice care with increased patient and caregiver satisfaction costs lower than the conv Continue Reading...
causes of homelessness among women. While there are many factors, structural and individual, which contribute to homelessness, poverty more than any other, single risk factor is responsible for women being homeless. Homelessness has become a social Continue Reading...
Rising Poverty and Homelessness NOT TO BE IGNORED Rising Poverty in the Nation's Young Families, Children and Homelessness Census Bureau (2010) reported that, for the three consecutive years, the number of people living in poverty has been increas Continue Reading...
This can include families who are breaking up, adult children forced to leave home, and any number of other situations (Editors, 2006). New York City has made it a priority to prevent homelessness as part of its comprehensive Action Plan for the Hom Continue Reading...
Opening up to students is very important for teachers. While it is obviously not appropriate for a teacher to confide intimate personal details to the class, or gossip about others to try to be more accepted, there are ways that a teacher can seem m Continue Reading...
Child Poverty Effects Crime Rates How Child Poverty Effects Crime Rates Amongst Teens and Young Adults in Today's Society How Child Poverty Effects Crime Rates How Child Poverty Effects Crime Rates Amongst Teens and Young Adults in Today's Society Continue Reading...
Homelessness in America Homelessness is one of the major issues in the United States given its significant social and economic impacts. As a result, homelessness has been the subject of epidemiological studies, public debates, and policy initiatives. Continue Reading...
Initiative for Homelessness Reduction and Access to Health Population chosen and reason for the choice. What data and/or public policy support your choice? According to federal law, homeless individuals are those lacking an adequate, stable, and regu Continue Reading...
Homelessness is an issue that has persisted in the United States because of the ever-changing demographic factors and economic circumstances. The composition and size of the homeless population in the country continues to change due to these varying Continue Reading...
