Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. When responding to your classmates, provide at least one local, regional, or national non-profit organization, charity or governmental organization in place to aid this population. Your response posts need to be at least 200 words each. The discussion post below is for 2 classmates’ is either you agree or disagree 1)Human Services Population            Persons struggling with mental illness suffer from a range of chronic mental health conditions. Many are often neglected and vulnerable in society. Conditions include major depression, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, and a host of other conditions. Depending on the severity of their disorder, some of these clients are high functioning and others need to be in protected group home settings.  Some of these conditions make them vulnerable to physical abuse, financial abuse, and emotional abuse.  They also have a high risk of being homeless.        This population needs human services that include case management, intervention strategies, help with emotional regulation, and more.  This population also needs help with meeting their basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter.  Over the past 10 years, this population has expanded, and a lot of these clients have dual diagnoses such as mental health disorders and substance abuse additions.  When people suffer from dual diagnosis, they have two major life events that interfere with them living normal life’s.  When I was a mental health case manager for a local organization, I had a caseload of 30 clients.  More than half of those clients had a dual diagnosis that included substance abuse.  Most of these substance abuse additions were additions to pills.  This complicated servicing them, because the medicine they needed they often abused it and physicians would not give them refills because they knew there were not taking their medicine as prescribed.  Many new health providers have medical personnel or home health aides that go to the client’s homes to help them monitor their medicine, by keeping counts.  I believe over the next 10 years substance abuse and homelessness for the mentally ill will become more of a crisis.  We can see now that many persons struggling with mental illness are living in our cities in tents and under bridges.  I believe this is a crisis that our government and local communities must solve.       According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, people can not meet higher needs until their basic needs are met.  As a human service practitioner, I would focus on three of the most basic needs of the mentally ill, food, clothing, and housing.  I believe that when people have their basic needs met, it frees them up to work on themselves.  If a person is struggling for food, they can not focus on improving their mental wellness.  Reference:  Martin, M. E. (2018). Introduction to human services: Through the eyes of practice settings (4th ed.

1. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings. When
responding to your classmates, provide at least one local,
regional, or national non-profit organization, charity or
governmental organization in place to aid this population. Your
response posts need to be at least 200 words each.
The discussion post below is for 2 classmates’ is either you
agree or disagree
1)Human Services Population
Persons struggling with mental illness suffer from a
range of chronic mental health conditions. Many are often
neglected and vulnerable in society. Conditions include major
depression, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder, schizophrenia, and a host of other conditions.
Depending on the severity of their disorder, some of these
clients are high functioning and others need to be in protected
group home settings. Some of these conditions make them
vulnerable to physical abuse, financial abuse, and emotional
abuse. They also have a high risk of being homeless.
This population needs human services that include case
management, intervention strategies, help with emotional
regulation, and more. This population also needs help with
meeting their basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter.
Over the past 10 years, this population has expanded, and a lot
of these clients have dual diagnoses such as mental health
disorders and substance abuse additions. When people suffer
from dual diagnosis, they have two major life events that
interfere with them living normal life’s. When I was a mental
health case manager for a local organization, I had a caseload of
30 clients. More than half of those clients had a dual diagnosis
that included substance abuse. Most of these substance abuse
additions were additions to pills. This complicated servicing
them, because the medicine they needed they often abused it
and physicians would not give them refills because they knew

2. there were not taking their medicine as prescribed. Many new
health providers have medical personnel or home health aides
that go to the client’s homes to help them monitor their
medicine, by keeping counts. I believe over the next 10 years
substance abuse and homelessness for the mentally ill will
become more of a crisis. We can see now that many persons
struggling with mental illness are living in our cities in tents
and under bridges. I believe this is a crisis that our government
and local communities must solve.
According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, people can not
meet higher needs until their basic needs are met. As a human
service practitioner, I would focus on three of the most basic
needs of the mentally ill, food, clothing, and housing. I believe
that when people have their basic needs met, it frees them up to
work on themselves. If a person is struggling for food, they can
not focus on improving their mental wellness.
Reference: Martin, M. E. (2018). Introduction to human
services: Through the eyes of practice settings (4th ed.).
Pearson.
2) Vulnerable Population - Homeless
In the world we live in, there are different types of
individuals, there are the rich, poor, and homeless. Individuals
are homeless due to no fault of their own, or they faced with
decisions that lead them to live in conditions that are unsafe and
sometimes depressing. Many Americans are faced with being
homeless without a stable home, money, food, or employment.
To many, this population is considered to be a vulnerable
population due to factors of health conditions. Unable to
receive the proper care for different medical conditions,
homeless individuals are more prone to having medical
conditions, and diseases that could result in health ( Martin,
M.E.(2018)

3. Human services professionals should first establish
informed consent, limits of confidentiality, privileged
communication, and authorization to release information when
talking to a person who is homeless (client). This allows the
human service professional and the client to establish rules and
understanding of what services provided. A human service
professional is to determine what is expected from the client
and a time frame of how long the process lasts. An agreement
that will allow the social service professional to review the
purpose, goals, and nature of what is provided through their
service. Over the past ten years, there has been a program
established to help individuals who are homeless. The
Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to
Housing (HEARTH) Act was proposed to help individuals who
are homeless to transition from the stress to a stable home.
Human services professional goal is to help those who are in
need to improve their overall ability to do better. In ten more
years, these needs may change in ways to improve the
percentage of Americans who are homeless. More programs
that would be offered to help with the epidemic (Moffat, C. t.
(2011, Fall).
After reviewing "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" video, the
way I would address the unmet needs of individuals that are
homeless is to first assessment of their exact situation. I would
ask of the reason being homeless, what factors contributed them
to being homeless. I would also ask questions to determine
their behavior patterns. I am allowing myself to come to a
conclusion based on what is being said by the client. To know
what to expect during the observation of the client.
Determining if they have any involvement with family or
friends. I would also determine what is any mental assistance
is needed in order to help the needs of the client.
Moffat, C. T. (2011, Fall). Helping those in need: Human
service workers. Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 55(3), 22–32.
Holzknecht, J. (Writer & Producer). (2007). Maslow’s hierarchy

4. of needs [Video]. Castalia Media.
Martin, M. E. (2018). Introduction to human services:
Through the eyes of practice settings (4th ed.). Pearson.