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    Over 3.5 million people become homeless every year, and the government doesn’t help out as much as everyone thinks they do. A lot of people say they help the homeless but in reality, most of them treat the homeless like scum, they can't even spare 25 cents.If people help out even one homeless person it will make a huge change in the society. The main causes of homelessness is poverty and unemployment, but some people think differently. Help is what the homeless need, it doesn’t take much to…

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    Homelessness is a matter that most people do not take into concern. One experiences homelessness because of several reasons such as losing their home because of money, mental illness, domestic violence, or being born without a home because their family is homeless. However, the homeless population is viewed as criminals, drug addicts, or just lazy. Nowadays, homelessness is a subject that man Americans are facing. A homeless person tends to be associated with the images of sleeping on sidewalks…

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    entitled “The homeless lack political voices, but not American ideals” Matt Lynch argues that the effort to help homeless people is inadequate and the…

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    Essay On Homelessness

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    What role do you play in preventing homelessness? There are more than 500,000 people homeless in the United States. 41% of these homeless people are families with single mothers as the head of the household. A quarter of these people are children. (Johnson). The problem is that we don 't acknowledge the fact that there are families that have nowhere to lay their heads at night or even food to feed there kids. The song, “A Team” performed by Ed Sheeran addresses the issue of homelessness when…

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    Homeless Stereotypes

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    concerned for the people in Oregon. More specifically I am referring to the homeless epidemic. Whenever I am along the highways I am bound to see people on the side of the road who are fighting for survival. Not the perfectly capable of getting a job lazy person, I am talking about former soldiers, disabled individuals, and those who are incapable of getting employed. There are so called “homeless” people out there who are perfectly cable of getting a job but decide not too, those people in my…

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    Night Time Assessment

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    NIGHT TIME assessment? Describe. a. During the day time assess, there were many people walking around the city. Lots of people in business attire were walking around the capital area and near strawberry square. People from different ethnic background were standing at the bus stops. There was a handful of people with an unsteady gait using assistive devices. b. During the night time, there were mainly Caucasian people outside the bars on 2nd street. On 6th street there were mainly African…

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    For years our biggest issues in this place we call home there were many people who suffer from being homeless. They had no home, no food and only the clothes they had on their back. There were many who struggled with finding a healthy and positive way of living. Now today, there are people who are dying in our streets waiting for housing, this has to come to an end. By doing this we are engaged in having these homeless shelters and free food banks. We have come to dedicate these things to…

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    being taken to court by her landlord. Her next option is to go to a homeless shelter, where it costs the city $100 a night to provide for one family. In one year, New York City spends $870 million that goes towards emergency beds. On average, many families will be without a home for 415 nights . The rise of homelessness in America rises thirty-two percent as more families are getting thrown out of their homes and entering homeless shelters(nipped). Homelessness is not a temporary problem that…

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    Charity is a very important thing in our society. More and more young kids today try to help the homeless, elderly, and those in need. Kids and adults have started organizations to take care of their fellow human beings. There are volunteer organizations such as light house for the blind and visually impaired. There are many different types of volunteer opportunities available at the Light House and its satellite locations, and they encourage volunteers to take an active role in assuring that…

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    HOMELESSNESS The homeless population in Kalihi has grown steadily over recent years. Hawaii has the nation’s rate per capita for homelessness with 490 homeless per 100,000 people. While there are shelters and programs to help the homeless, there are far fewer beds than needed; only about 550 beds a night. 4,900 out of the 7,620 homeless are actually sheltered, while the rests live on the streets (Bussewitz). Most of these homeless people live in Kalihi due to the homeless shelters and soup…

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