Anti-homelessness legislation

Case Study #2: Javari Brown Over the past couple of months, I’ve had the opportunity to do my internship at Camp Connri. Camp Connri is a part of The Salvation Army and is run by Salvation Army officers Jon and Sienna Jackson. Most of the children that attend Camp Connri come from low income families and the children are considered high risk. Prior to attending camp, the children must be seen by a doctor to fill out medical forms and complete an updated physical. Camp Connri sees children…

attention, when a young person gets involved with the wrong group, and engages in unruly behaviors, it’s hard to pull yourself away unless someone responsible is forcing you and that’s exactly what they need. according to The National Alliance to End Homelessness: we must take action to the following to improve the system and help get youth the real guidance they…

Driving through Austin, it is almost commonplace to see people standing on the side of the street requesting food and items to get them through their day. These are the people we see with dirty clothes, a backpack, and cardboard signs requesting help. It is rather depressing to see so many desperate people wandering our city without places to call home. I thought I knew how hard their lives were. However, I had never had a conversation with them. Nor did I truly know what went on in their daily…

To become homeless there is not really just one cause or reason why there are several reasons. Homelessness can be caused by: poverty, unemployment, lack of affordable housing poor physical or mental health, drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, family and relationship breakdown, domestic violence, physical and/or sexual abuse (Salvation Army, 2014). For a brief period back in the '80s, homelessness was the chic issue of the pretty people. It was worthy of galas and…

United States. According to The National Alliance to end Homelessness, in January 2014, in a required census count, there were over 578,000 actual homeless people in communities across the country(2014). It is estimated that that number could be closer to 3 million. (Basirico, Cashion & Eshelman, 2014). The National coalition for the Homeless reports that 39% of the homeless in the United States are children under the age of 18 (2014). Homelessness affects people of all races, geographic…

Social Determinants Social determinants are the conditions in which people are born, where they live, grow, age and work. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of power, money, and resources at local, global, and national levels (Social determinants, 2015). Many factors are considered when determining what affects the health of individuals as well as entire communities. Health is affected by environmental and circumstantial factors. It is largely influenced by income, education…

I feel like the empowering issue of homelessness is not actually discussed as much as issues are being discussed surrounding the current candidates along with the 2016 election as a unit. Both poverty with homelessness can move hand in hand in terms of psychology as well as sociology. For me, I will only focus on the sociological aspects of homelessness, not so much in its psychological sense. There are questions that should be of main interest…

I am walking down the street and you see a person in ragged clothes, you can tell they are homeless and come up and ask you for money. You tell them no and continue walking down the street. This is something that happens to a lot of people in our society and is something we don’t really think about overall. When people think of a population like the homeless, they might look at them in a negative way and wonder way they just can’t get a job, not know the conditions that surround their situation…

“Homeless” by Anna Quindlen is a powerful essay that goes in depth about what it means to have a true home. While Quindlen was writing a story about homeless people she met a woman named Ann. Ann was homeless and currently living in a Port Authority Bus Terminal. While Quindlen spoke with Ann about being homeless she was shown a picture of an old house. This house was once Ann’s, it used to be her home. After speaking with Ann and seeing the photograph Quindlen learned that just because some…

It is common to walk down the street in New York City and find many Americans living in poverty, wondering how they will survive through the cold winter or how they will find their next meal. Living in severe poverty has an effect on bystanders due to stereotypes that cannot be accommodated or changed. Barbara Lazear Ascher and Lars Eighner write about poverty in their essays, “On Compassion” and “On Dumpster Diving.” Barbara Lazear Ascher focuses on the difference in interactions with certain…