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The document discusses the nature and extent of homelessness in America. It notes that homelessness has increased, particularly among families with children, as many cannot find affordable housing. There are various subgroups among the homeless population, including the "hidden homeless" who are difficult to count because they live in places like motels or vehicles or double up temporarily with others. Common causes of homelessness include mental illness, poverty, drugs and alcohol. At any given time in 2009, over 124,000 individuals were chronically homeless, with veterans, those with HIV/AIDS, unaccompanied youth and victims of domestic violence making up significant percentages. The McKinney-Vento Act provides remedies focused on preventing and responding to homelessness.
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The document discusses hidden homelessness in Britain. Some key points:
- An estimated 380,000 people experience hidden homelessness, living in hostels, shelters, or staying with friends/family temporarily. This is equivalent to the entire population of Manchester.
- Hidden homelessness costs Britain £1.4 billion annually, similar to the budget of Birmingham. It impacts individuals' health, employment prospects, and ability to rebuild their lives.
- Comprehensive support is needed to help the hidden homeless, including stable housing, job training, and treatment for issues like addiction and mental health problems. Conducting a census of the hidden homeless population is a priority to understand the true scale of the problem and develop appropriate solutions.
Essay On Poverty In America
Poverty in America
Poverty in America Essay
Poverty In America
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Poverty In The United States Essay
Essay on Poverty in America
Poverty In America
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Homelessness is more complex than stereotypes suggest. While some are homeless due to addiction or mental illness, many lose their homes due to unemployment, poverty, lack of affordable housing, or medical issues. The document discusses the definition of homelessness, personal experiences with homelessness, who the homeless populations are, where they live, their health issues, challenges faced, and ways to help address the problem.
Homelessness
Homelessness is defined as lacking stable housing or living in shelters, warming centers, or other inadequate locations. The top three causes of family homelessness are lack of affordable housing, poverty, and unemployment, while the top three causes for single individuals are substance abuse, mental illness, and lack of affordable housing. An estimated 100 million people worldwide were homeless in 2005, including 40% of youth and 1 out of every 50 children in the US. Countries assist the homeless through services providing food, shelter, and clothing run by community groups and governments.
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The document discusses homelessness as a global issue that has many causes and serious effects. It provides statistics showing that millions of people worldwide are homeless due to issues like poverty, lack of affordable housing, unemployment, natural disasters, and more. Homelessness has negative mental and physical impacts, especially on children, and the document suggests ways people can help address the problem.
CHAPTER 8American Poverty The Dream Turned NightmareBroadly spe
CHAPTER 8
American Poverty: The Dream Turned Nightmare
Broadly speaking, observers can consider two sources of poverty—either personal weaknesses that encourage its onset or circumstances outside individuals, families, or communities that promote or even determine being poor. Stereotypes are often linked to the first condition. A stereotype is a set of distinctly negative traits that prejudiced people apply to all members of a group against whom they are prejudiced. Stereo-types affect both oppressing and oppressed categories of individuals. The oppressing group often develops critical images of the poor and other oppressed groups, which are self-serving, endorsing a conviction of dominant people’s superiority and justifying the maintenance of the current economic, political, and social status quo. Further-more stereotypes can savagely erode disadvantaged people’s self-image and performance.
In Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, J. D. Vance wrote about his poor white family, particularly his grandparents, who moved from Kentucky to Ohio. Vance indicated that his grandparents’ middle-class neighbors viewed them suspiciously—“[t]hey had too many children, and they welcomed their extended families into their homes for too long” (2016, 31). Clearly to the neighbors the Vances and other Kentucky migrants were no more than marginally civilized, retaining traits from their rural roots, such as raising chickens in their back yard. When one of their friends from Kentucky engaged in this practice, local government officials complained. The officials and local neighbors found it particularly objectionable that
when his chicken population grew too large, he’d take a few of the old ones, wring their necks, and carve them up for meat right in his backyard. You can imagine a well-bred housewife watching out the window in horror as her Kentucky-born neighbor slaughtered chickens just a few feet away.
(VANCE 2016, 31–32)
The idea of stereotypes seems to suggest that the people who display their qualities are inferior, quite possibly deserving to remain so. Sociological analysis, however, emphasizes the role of outside circumstances, describing various conditions that put poor people at distinct disadvantage.
This chapter examines the history of American poverty, the official definition of poverty, contemporary living for poor Americans, and the enactment of welfare reform. In the upcoming section, it becomes apparent that poverty has always been a reality in American society.
A basic concept throughout the chapter is the cycle of poverty, which is a circular process in which a set of interrelating large structures, primarily institutions, lock individuals and families into a low-income condition. The concept is provocative because it analyzes poverty as a dynamic, interactive situation, and it also encourages speculations about attacking poverty—breaking the cycle. The reality that the concept describes unfolds in the following manne ...
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This document discusses homelessness in Binghamton, New York and Denver, Colorado. In Binghamton, the author interviews an anonymous homeless man who says homelessness is often not a choice due to lack of education and experience preventing job opportunities. Many homeless shelters have also closed. In Denver, homelessness has increased dramatically since legalized marijuana in 2010 attracted many new residents but not all found prosperity. The author observes two homeless individuals huddling together for warmth and interviews them, learning their paths to homelessness involved moving to Denver, losing jobs and housing, turning to crime and drugs. The document argues strengthening family and faith could help minimize homelessness by providing a stable foundation.
Homelessness
This document discusses homelessness in the United States. It defines homelessness as lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. Statistics provided show that approximately 1.7 million teens and families comprising 40% of the homeless population in the US. Mental illness, such as schizophrenia, is correlated with homelessness as symptoms can worsen without treatment and stability. The author describes a volunteer experience making food and distributing supplies to homeless individuals, interviewing one man who exhibited signs of schizophrenia. Suggested ways to help the homeless are volunteering at soup kitchens or donating to organizations.
Homeless in America
This document discusses homelessness in America and provides statistics and information on causes and issues related to homelessness. It notes that over 3.5 million people experience homelessness in a given year in the US, including 1.35 million children. Common causes of homelessness include inability to pay rent, mental illness, domestic violence, lack of affordable healthcare, and addictions. The document outlines challenges faced by different homeless populations such as the mentally ill homeless and rural homeless.
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- 2. THE NATURE OF HOMELESSNESS To address the problem of homelessness -it is first important to understand the nature of this social condition -including developing an understanding of the extent of the homeless population -also in determining who is the most vulnerable to becoming homeless
- 3. THE BIG PICTURE While circumstances may vary, the main reason people experience homelessness is because they cannot find housing they can afford
- 4. Homelessness in the U.S. is increasing -particularly among families with children
- 5. Causes of Homelessness To confront the problem of homelessness, it must first be determined -WHO IS HOMELESS This problem is due to the difficulty in defining homelessness As well as including the transient nature of the homeless population
- 6. “Hidden Homeless” Those of the homeless population who are difficult to count -because they are living in a traditional emergency shelter -or because they simply do not want to be counted
- 7. “Hidden Homeless” -the “hidden homeless” may include those living in motels, automobiles, and abandoned buildings. -they also include those who double up with friends or relatives on a temporary basis.
- 8. U.S. Homeless Population At any given night in 2009: -124,135 chronically homeless individuals in homeless shelter 13% veterans 4% living with HIV/AIDS 1.5% unaccompanied youths 12% victims of domestic violence 25% suffering from mental illness 34% chronic substance abuse
- 10. Human Service workers are committed to advocating for & assisting those who experience poverty & homelessness
- 11. Common causes of Homelessness Mental Illness Drugs Alcohol Poverty
- 13. Negative Stigmas associated with Homelessness Targeting specific subgroups: single men certain social groups alcoholics Undocumented immigrants
- 14. Fundamental Attribute Error -the average person would assume those that they did not know, were homeless due to their own personal short comings -yet if someone they knew became homeless, they would attribute it to situational issues
- 15. History of Homeless in the U.S. During the 19th & 20th centuries: -consisted of mostly men -vagrants -unemployed -mental illness -alcoholism
- 16. Great Depression=homelessness The birth of homeless families in the U.S. -failure of the financial market -closing of many banks -rampant unemployment
- 17. Great Depression Resulted in many families: -losing homes -wandering streets -searching for shelter
- 18. During the 70’s & 80’s the typical homeless family usually consisted of a single mother and two children
- 20. Children are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population
- 21. Runaway Youth There are an estimated 2 million runaway youths in the United States alone
- 22. Most homeless adolescents are living on the streets because: They ran away from an abusive home Their parents kicked them out and won’t take care of them anymore Or they have aged out of the foster care system
- 23. Just less than 50% of the homeless population consists of men: men mentally ill Substance abuse Most veterans
- 24. Differences between younger and older homeless individuals YOUNGER ADULTS Older adult men reported an average homeless episode lasting over 60 days OLDER ADULTS Younger adult men reported an average homeless episode lasting about 14 days
- 25. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (HEARTH) -was reauthorized for the first time in 2 decades in May of 2009 by President Obama as the Hearth Act, which provides a variety of remedies focusing on both prevention & response to homelessness