Homeless shelter

New York, there are rules for nutrition in food that can be served to the homeless. The government makes it so no food can be served unless it meets certain nutritional standards. The DHS, the organization that checks these standards, is often unable to get around to all the shelters or organizations handing out food. This makes it even harder to feed the homeless because even food that is generously donated to the shelters must be thrown away. The law says it aims to make sure all food is…

abundance of homeless people. For decades, we have battled this problem with many different solutions, none have made a significant different. “The geographic distribution of homelessness remained relatively unchanged from 2013, except in one area: Gresham/East County. In that area, the reported number of people who were unsheltered (sleeping outside, in parks and other areas not intended for human habitation) increased significantly, from just 65 in 2013 to 176 this year.” (Homeless…

Consider a world without help. No one to give you directions to the theater. No help to move into your new house. Now consider how a homeless youth feels without programs to help them overcome their situation. “The Department of Justice estimates that every year, over 1.7 million teens experience homelessness in the US.” (11 Facts About Homeless Teens). Homelessness may be the result of abuse , mental health problems, drug addiction of a family member, or aging out of foster care. The…

affects more than 3.5 million citizens annually in the United States alone. People become homeless because of the loss of a job, mental or physical disabilities, or they do not have the skills to get a higher paying job. Homelessness is a social problem because of the lack of jobs, the lack of education, and the lack of affordable housing. People may think homelessness is not that big of a problem, and that homeless individuals are just lazy and want attention, but it is much bigger deal. If the…

If you see a homeless person with an animal on the street, do you provide some type of donation, walk away and ignore them, or criticize that person for keeping an animal? Homelessness is the state of being without a home or lacking permanent housing. Homelessness is a worldwide problem that increased noticeably in the 1980s (“Grolier”). Many of these people own pets that they didn’t want to give up after becoming homeless. Even though it may seem like an irresponsible choice considering the…

absence of “home” that are defined by the six key indicators which are: shelter, hearth, heart, privacy, roots, abode and paradise (Somerville, 1992). From this nature, home is now defined as not just a physical space for protection, but rather a setting where people would feel safe, secure and comfortable in a daily basis. Homelessness, lacking the sense of home, on the other hand contradicts with this. • Lack of shelter = Material deprivation • Lack of hearth = Coldness • Heartlessness =…

accessing health services experienced by some homeless individuals and what government, Primary Care, voluntary organisations and healthcare professionals such as nurses are doing or can do to improve access to health services for homeless people. Lund (2013) defines homelessness as a state of not having a home. Even when people have a roof over their head, they could still be classed as homeless person (Shelter, 2013). An individual may be classed as homeless if they are temporarily staying…

Development in Homelessness “I miss my house but I’m never homeless. Home is where you make it… I miss my home, but I’m never homeless. Home is where you make it” (Indar, 2013). After reading this as well as many other short stories and poems that were compiled into the book Writing for Donuts, you can definitely see that the homeless have a culture all their own. Culture and individual development can apply to any group of people such as the homeless. Culture is the term that refers to the…

to live in. In the City of Los Angeles they have named a town, "America 's Skid Row", where thousands of men and women comprise the population of homeless people living and sleeping on the street sidewalks, bus stops, under the bridge, makeshift tents, cardboard boxes, and under the tarps. Through extensive research, The National Coalition for the Homeless records Los Angeles,…

occurs more people are added to the lists of the homeless due to job loss or foreclosure of property. Other risk factors are medical conditions, inadequate job skills, lack of education, domestic violence, addictions, and mental illness (Olivet, Paquette, Hanson, & Bassuk, 2010). As income diminishes, so do expenditures for healthcare. It does not take long for a small health problem to turn into a large health problem. When this occurs in the homeless, treatment usually starts with the…