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Mental health issues are common among homeless people, and number of homeless people is increasing in Chicago. An analysis by the CCH estimates that 125,848 Chicagoans were homeless in the course of the 2014-15 (Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 2015). According to the Health Care for the Homeless, approximately 39% or about one third of homeless people go through mental diagnosis, but “lack of documentation, lack of transportation, and difficulty adhering to treatment regimens prevent many…

564,708 people in the U.S. are homeless (“Homelessness Statistics,” n.d.). According to a (recent report), over half a million people were living on the streets, in cars, in homeless shelters, or in subsidized transitional housing during a one-night national survey last January. Of that number, 206,286 were people in families, 358,422 were individuals, and a quarter of the entire group were children (“Homelessness Statistics,” n.d.).The phenomenon of homelessness is one of the phenomena…

HNH - Helping Newark’s Homeless Proposal Why are people homeless? There are many reasons why people became homeless. Some due to their actions, some out of their control. Some have fallen victim to unaffordable health issues, poverty, domestic violence, addiction disorders, and mental illness. Some have had their homes foreclosed due to declining work opportunities and declining public assistance. Though the shamefulness should not be levied on the homeless themselves, it should be on us,…

Homelessness has been depicted as people living on the streets. When someone thinks of homeless people, they think of middle aged drunks on the streets. Homelessness isn’t just people on the streets; it's also people staying from one place to another because they don’t have a secure home. Homeless people are labeled as lazy drunks who do not want to better themselves. It isn’t always the case. Many do want to better themselves but struggle to do so. That is the case for some homeless youth. Many…

Steven Danley Argumentative Essay American's Right to Bear Arms As a twenty something American myself, I have seen quite a few serious issues growing up in this great nation we call home. We have a growing amount of poor and homeless people whom are unable to find any kind of employment or medical help that they so badly need. Our country is experiencing quickly rising expansion rates, an out of control unbalanced budget, and a major problem with misuse of firearms. I can't help but to…

When I grow up, I want to change the world! Changing the world one day would make me feel really good. Three ways I would change the world are: make sure everyone has a shelter to live in; help more lost, sick, and hurt animals, and make sure no one is hungry. I would like to help homeless people have a nice place to stay. When I’m driving downtown I see a lot of homeless people on the streets; dirty, and sad. My house is the best; it’s so cozy and warm, but in the winter those people don’t have…

Multiple Perspectives There are multiple perspectives with being homeless in Americas. Often the homeless are stigmatized and a multidimensional scaling analysis reported by Cuddy, Fiske, & Glick (2008) reports, the stigma associated with the homeless is due to traits the homeless are perceived to have to include, "insignificance, dishonesty, irresponsibility, a lack of intelligence, as well as a cluster of other negative attributes" (Boster et al., 2016, p. 1294). The stigma often associated…

Do you love animals? And do you maybe have a four-legged furry companion living with you that you adore? Well, “furry” there, who is also probably your best friend, obviously deserves the best! After all, he or she is always there to weave lovingly between your legs after a long hard day. They are always happy to see you. And, generally, they just add that much more joy to your life! However, one of the worst problems pet owners everywhere usually have to deal with is not finding enough…

In Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson, Woodson portrays the American Dream in different ways. She showed how people were given a life and it was up to them to decide what they did with it. She was able to take you to Brooklyn NY and portray a world from the beginning of the book where her main character August ,and her childhood girl friends thought of Brooklyn as a place where they could believe they were beautiful, talented, and brilliant . But little did these girls know know…

A.M. Grandchildren Life changes happen mostly based on the choices made by a certain individual. Whether or not it happens to be toward other people or if it has something to do with things out of our control. Many things that have happened are not necessarily for the best. Those who do not work are given money to survive by the government. Although on the other hand we have veterans in the streets homeless and without food. The society I grew up in is worse than the one my grandparents grew up…