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The Mirror (A reflection of self): This paper explores the characteristics and causes of homeless individual and families with children and I will also like to reflect and share some of the remarkable things I learned during community assessment to a homeless shelter. I had the opportunity to visit Grassroots crisis intervention center. This center operates the only general emergency shelter in Howard County at 6700 Freetown Road in Columbia, MD. The program has 33 beds for families and single…

Any individual who walks through a major city is liable to see a homeless person. They lie on the streets, beg for money, and are generally considered unsightly by those fortunate enough to be in better circumstances; where a lack of stability and poverty intersect, homelessness will always be a given. The question that this brings to mind is how will society react – will these people just be left as they are, or will the government try and intervene for good or for ill? What sort of…

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…

If America is one of the richest countries in the world (Haroutunian), why are nine out of twenty-five of the top cities for homelessness located in the U.S. (Castillo)? As of April 27, 2016, there are 7.4 billion people in the world (Current). Currently, there are 100,000,000 people worldwide (Castillo), 500,000 in the United States (Johnson), and 60,000 in New York City alone that are suffering from homelessness (Castillo). Homelessness in New York City is higher than the time of the Great…

in the United States today, “an estimated 3.5 million people - of whom nearly 1.4 million are children - are homeless” (Mantsios 381). Homeless children face enormous consequences due to their circumstances such as poor living conditions, lack of education,and the endless cycle of the poor staying poor. One of the main consequences of a child being homeless is their poor living conditions. Homeless children will be placed within a shelter with the rest of their immediate family. The issue with…

In every country across the globe, prisoners are seen unsuccessfully attempting to reintegrate back into society upon being released from jail. This poses a serious social problem because individuals who are not successful after being released from jail typically end up back in jail after committing another crime of the same type, or often times an even more serious crime than their original offense. For many of the individuals that commit more crimes, they end their sentence and re enter…

There are homeless people all over the world, when you’re driving down the street you see some elderly man or woman holding up a sign. On that sign it says “ help wanted” or “anything helps”. I myself hate seeing signs like that, most of the time i’ll help them out but when i do it effects me cause i’m giving my things away whether it’s money or food, sometimes i’ll just turn my head and look away. Then as you drive away you feel guilty knowing you could’ve helped someone out. Yupe that’s me,…

For twenty years of my life, I have never done any volunteer activities for the soceity. Although I have donated money to some of the organisations, I have never joined any activities physically. As in the class Social Ethic: Phil 123C we discussed at the beginning of the semester about “you” and “me”, I always think in term of “me” instead of thinking for the soceity. I want all my free time after school is only dedicated for myself, even if I just doing nothing for a whole day. When I take the…

The Search for Solutions to end Homelessness Each day, the typical person goes through the same set routine of waking up early from an annoying alarm clock, getting ready, and commuting off to their destinations. On this commute, one most likely passes several people lingering on the side of the road with tarnished cardboard signs, pleading for money and a better chance at life. Some commuters even go as far as to give money to these individuals, however most just ignore them…

Family Resiliency, Homelessness, and Mental Health Homeless families often present with complex health concerns and social situations that overwhelm the family unit and the ability to function. Homelessness is an over-arching term fraught with substance abuse, poverty, domestic abuse, and mental health issues. These issues reach across the biopsychosocial continuum of health and social issues and contribute to a greater rate of familial clientele with mental health issues. The homeless are…