Street children

In response to the decrease in the economy in our state, thousands of people have lost their home. They have moved to temporary camps. The government and police need to encourage the homeless population into searching for other states where the economy is better. Allowing the homeless to stay in this state in the current situation, it will cause violence, and it will cause health hazards not only to themselves, but also to the environment, and other beings. With the decreased economy, the…

Advocacy in Social Work: Championing Support for Homeless Teens at Risk for Contracting HIV/AIDS There are many groups in our society who need the championing efforts of dedicated social workers to assist them with meeting their needs, reaching their goals and manifesting their highest possible potential. Few are so radically marginalized as homeless youth. This population is considered to be highly vulnerable because they lack so much more than their mature counterparts. In order for social…

are millions of people without home around the world right now. One of the most shocking facts that are more than a million of the homeless is kids. More than a million kids are on the street without a place to live. While most people take what they have for granted, there are kids that need help to get off the street. II. Thesis: The StandUp For Kids organization is significant part when it finds a solution and helping kids that are homeless, so they can be safe and have somewhere warm to…

Have you ever driven past a homeless person and thought to yourself, where in life did this person go wrong? I know everyone has a different story, but I feel as though all homeless people deserve a second chance to better their lives. To help with this, I think the public should offer special assistance and resources to homeless people. Homeless people should be offered resources to go back to school, if needed, financial support and financial management, as well as reliable transportation to…

According to the City of Savannah website, Savannah currently hosts 20 different homeless camps. Additionally, the statistics also show that the homeless population in Savannah fluctuates between 1,000 and 4,000 people (savannahga.gov). To say I was surprised by this information would be a lie. I see the face of the homeless population every time I go downtown. I see their faces at Forsyth Park on Sunday mornings, when they line up to get a meal. I see the Mother’s with their signs, begging for…

Over the past decades the economy has been very irregular, affecting those with low incomes. Due to this struggling economy, a normal person with a stable job and a monthly income could be at risk of ending up homeless. The word homeless is usually used to define those people who have lost everything, including their property, and have no monetary income to sustain themselves or family. A person could be homeless for different reasons. One of the most common reasons to end up homeless is because…

families with kids. Children who are under the age of 18 take up 25% of the population. Unaccompanied or homeless youth are children under the age of 18 lacking parental, foster or, institutional care. The National Runaway Switchboard states that there can be around 1.3 million homeless youth in unstable living conditions per night. (National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness" 2003. 8 Oct. 2015) What are the reasons America's children are being put in…

According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, a homeless youth is one who is “under the age of 18 who lack parental, foster, or institutional care.” (National Coalition for the Homeless, 2008) Our youth are very valuable to how our nation will turn out. With that being said, one would think that the numbers of homeless youths would be low. However, this is sadly not the case. These kids are faced with many difficulties for being homeless, one of the biggest being education. Homelessness…

I would like to attend Machik Weekend because I want to learn more on how to help my homeland. I am passionate about Tibet because of my heritage, and I want to improve the lives of my fellow Tibetans inside Tibet. I am also very passionate about social justice issues, like poverty and access to education, of which Tibet, unfortunately, has many. Going to Machik Weekend would help me gain information and ideas on how to help native Tibetans and my community in Minnesota. I remember that…

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…