Homelessness in the United States

There are too many problems in this world today, that go day after day unaddressed. Homelessness is on of the biggest. This is crazy, the causes, the percentages, and just why homeless people cannot just stop being homeless. The number of homeless children let alone adults is insane. This year there are between 700,000 and 800,000 people that are homeless. Around 2.5m and 3.5m people have experienced homelessness in this year ("Gimme"). If becoming homeless is a common stage of life for…

According to the statistical data provided by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Homeless Youth Act Biennial Report, it is estimated that up to 6000 unaccompanied youth may be experiencing homelessness in MN on any given night. This count can be further broken down into the following ages: 2500 minors under 17, and 3500 young adults ages 18-24, (Homeless Youth Act Biennial Report, 2017). Sixty percent of unaccompanied homeless youth live in the Twin Cities Metro area. Issues such…

Harlem in the twentieth century was associated with crime, violence, and poverty. With a child mortality rate of 5%, 1 in 20 children would not survive. With an unemployment rate twice as high as New York, people were poor and often turned to drugs and gangs. But next to all this tragedy, Harlem was a community of musicians and artists. Theater, novels, poetry and music arose from people’s suffering. Bands playing music was a common sight on the streets of Harlem. In Sonny’s Blues, James Baldwin…

CPoverty is an ongoing problem in the United States. Many people in the country live wondering about their next meal or their next source of income. In Orange Country, many families have given up their homes and moved their families into one bedroom motels. The documentary, Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County by Alexandra Pelosi, follows the lives of several children living in the Motel across the street from the happiest place on earth Disneyland. However the lives of these children are…

money and escaping the system. Why some may ask? Simply because they make more money for their effort, and effort is used very loosely. These types of people would rather be lazy living on the streets then get a job and work for a better life. The state of Oregon is under a homeless epidemic, and we can aid them by creating shelters, job opportunities, and getting them the help they need. Today I am not…

type frequently have an excessive number of qualifications which prevent many of the most at-risk demographics from receiving the help they need (16). The Housing First model evolved in response to transitional housing, and it states that the primary response to homelessness should be the provision of permanent housing as immediately as possible, and without excessive qualifications (7). Additionally, Housing First is based on research which demonstrates that social services such as job training…

take advantage of this assistance because in his or her eyes this is a sign of weakness. New Life Evangelistic Center, the Saint Louis, Missouri based organization, is an excellent example of a local shelter doing everything it can to help fight homelessness at a local and national level. According to the New Live Evangelistic Center’s website, they provide: over 150,000 meals and sandwiches, and more than 65,000 nights of emergency overnight shelter every year. We provide 80,000 social…

Pine Street Inn, Boston’s largest provider of shelters to the homeless was faced with a reduction in the level funding from $29.6 million in 2003 to $26.9 million in 2004. In the past, Pine Street made up the short comings in its funding by seeking charitable donations. Lyndia Downie, the executive director of Pine Street, knew that this wasn’t a sustainable strategy due to the increasing population of Boston’s homeless. In order to better understand how long guests were staying, Pine Street…

Homelessness in america is a huge problem and most of the time nothing is done about it. My claims for there to be a solution is for the people to unite and peacefully protest for the government to step in and do something about it. Or they themselves unite and do their best to their financial ability. The best and fastest solution is for the people to help out because if you ask the government for help they will but it will be a very long process. For example there is a bunch of people that are…

Today, hundreds of people struggle just to get by day by day. Walking through the streets surrounding downtown, the heart of Denver; there can be seen many homeless asking for money, laying on sidewalks, shaking in this dirty blankets, there eye’s full of sorrow. What is worse is that some shelters are filled to the maximum and without these people having a means to pay they are left out on the streets begging just hoping to receive enough to buy their next meal. People with a criminal record…