Liz Murray Case Study

Liz Murray lived a life in which others may consider it to be unfortunate and may assume that she would not have the ability to become resilient, due to the life in which was created by her family and the systems they were involved in. Not all life events were inevitable, but a lot could have been avoided through a lot of support and advocacy from persons they were involved with, such as the social worker. Liz Murray lived in a home in which her parents used substances, the care in which she received was not always healthy and safe, and her housing was not always stable moving from friend’s house to friend’s house. What Liz Murray experienced from childhood and beyond seemed to be tough to bounce back from, but from today’s social work perspective …show more content…
Her parents did not finish their schooling but were intelligent individuals, they began to live life that was dependent on drugs and alcohol which often impacted the family’s well being such as not having adequate food in their home or even the mother’s pregnancy, employment was not stable, a degenerative eye condition the mother had that effected her ability to work, the support system that the family had were not always positive, and sicknesses that impacted the family were just some of their challenges. Liz was a very intelligent young girl that had a lot of motivation and ambition to overcome her obstacles, but was let down by systems and persons who were ought to help her with this process. She was placed into an institutionalized setting, truancy, There are many policies and programs that could have been of great assistance to Liz and her family. Some on a larger level, but are able to reach the community level to assist individuals and/or …show more content…
The ESG Program provides formula funding to improve in the quantity and quality of shelters for homeless individual and families (Schwartz, 2010). The grant also helps to operate the shelters, provide fundamental social services to shelter residents, and prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless (HUD Exchange, 2014). The recipients of the ESG Program was created in order to aid individuals and families who are facing homelessness, but also the subpopulations within the group. Subpopulations also include those who have been or are victims of domestic violence, youth, people with mental illness, families with children, and also veterans (HUD Exchange, 2014). ESG Program has also been able to provide assistance to persons who have the possibility of becoming homeless (HUD Exchange,