This research assessed the struggles of homeless children. The study compared the educational struggles of a random sampling of children living in stable environments to children who are considered “homeless.” Homeless refers to any child or youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The study revealed the number of homeless children is steadily increasing. However, despite the instability of a home life, a positive school environment for children and youth impacts their success as adults. It is recommended to promote community awareness regarding child…
Bassuk, E. L. (2010), Ending Child Homelessness in America. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80: 496–504. doi: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2010.01052.x…
“On any given night, there are over 600,000 homeless people in the U.S.” (Quigley, 2014). Most find themselves sleeping in homeless shelters, short-term transitional housing or someplace uninhabitable. While there are many circumstances that can create homelessness, the major causes are high poverty rates, racial disparities, single parenting, domestic violence, lack of affordable housing, mental illness, and other traumatic experiences. In cases where the homeless person is single, lack of affordable housing, poverty, and unemployment were the leading causes. In cases where families are homeless, substance abuse, lack of affordable housing and mental illness were the top cause. In this research paper, I will try to unveil the factors that…
In 2012, more than 1,600 people were turned away from homeless shelters because of lack of space.…
“Homelessness is the condition of people without a permanent dwelling, such as a house or apartment.” In the United States over 500,000 people, almost a quarter of them children, were homeless this year. That’s over half a million-people living on streets, cars and or homeless shelters. 49,933 people, veterans to be specific, were identified across the United States as homeless, 51% of these homeless veterans have disabilities, 50% have serious mental issues, 70% have a substance abuse problem. Nearly one-quarter, 23% of the homeless are children under the age of 18. 10% are between the ages of 18 and 24, and 66% are over the age of 25.…
Homeless people have the tendency to treat the streets of cities like their personal homes. It’s only natural that they do this because hey, the streets are their homes. But this becomes a problem when you are strolling the streets of your beautiful city and are overwhelmed and distressed by the horrific stench of urine and waste consume the side walk. Like I said before, the sidewalks are homeless people’s homes but when you have to hold your breath, it becomes a problem.…
In the 1640’s homelessness began to be an issue in the United States, and over time the homeless population continues to grow. During this time period not having a home was seen as god’s way of punishing the people. According to most religious folk as long as you didn’t disobey god your needs would always be met (Fischer). Youth homelessness first appeared in the 1850’s, the biggest reasoning for this is because parents could not afford to care for their young adults anymore. During the Industrial Revolution many people that moved to cities quickly became homeless, causing many people to turn to panhandling and prostitution. The Great Depression in the 1930’s was responsible for a large mass of people going homeless, due to a lack of income and available jobs in the market. Natural disasters such as the Great Chicago Fire and Hurricane Katrina can cause mass homelessness. Since houses have to be rebuilt and locals lose their money and possessions some are forced to be homeless for extended amounts of time. People born into poverty lack the confidence in improving their lives, so instead of getting an education and trying to better themselves, they continue with the only life they know, usually on the streets.…
Homelessness has become an epidemic issues across the world. Baltimore City has become a hot spot for the homeless. According to statistics, Baltimore City is rising at thirty thousand homeless individuals with the given year (Shocking Stats About Homelessness in Baltimore and USA, 2016). On any given night, Baltimore City streets will be homes for three thousand individuals (Shocking Stats About Homelessness in Baltimore and USA, 2016). This is an on going problem that continues to grow every year. There are several prevention programs in placed to help the homeless in Baltimore City, however it is not enough to get them off the streets for good. A better prevention plan needs to be implemented. This paper will…
Parents can help to modify their child’s lifestyle and offset the effects of homelessness by actively and consistently looking for employment, finding support programs that assist homeless families with children, and seeking help such as rehab or counseling if substance abuse is a factor in their homelessness. The community can help by volunteering their personal time, donating money to shelters as well as toiletries, educational supplies, and clothing. Another way to modify factors associated with homelessness is to support public policy and legislation that supports more funding and resources to shelters and/or programs that aid the…
This study of the homeless is to examine the issues surrounding their economic status and the negative limitations these issues cause. Many of these issues either keep the homeless in their current situations or forcefully place them into these positions.…
The world has so many problems that seem unrealistic to fix; poverty, bullying, terrorism global warming it’s overwhelming. Most people believe that homelessness is one of those but they are wrong. The solution to homelessness is to put the homeless people in homes. Specifically foreclosed homes. The ratio of foreclosed homes to homeless people in the United States is about six to one. Every single homeless person in the United States could be housed in a foreclosed home and there would still be thousands of foreclosed homes in America. These houses are costing states and banks money and they are not being put to use. The banks should be able to sell these homes and make a profit but due to the recession in 2008 where thousands…
Crisis happens to everyone and depending on the severity; it has the potential to render individuals and families without the resources to overcome adversities, which can result in homelessness at any given time. The homeless population lives at the edge of poverty often losing connections with family, neighborhoods, and friends. They face a stigma inflicted by society, which often leads to them being isolated and/or rejected. This paper will examine the meaning of homelessness, multiple perspectives on the issue, what is currently being initiated in the field of social work, and explore ideas on possible solutions.…
Many children are forced into homelessness due to poverty or household instability. For homeless children, the loss of their homes is often more sudden, more unexpected, and more traumatic. The family is suddenly thrust outside of its own community, friends, support system, and schools. They begin to focus on their survival instead of their education and becomes the last thing on their mind. What many people don’t understand is homelessness affects a child's ability to succeed in school, their legal rights regarding education, and what schools can do to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of homelessness on children (Rafferty).…
Homelessness is a growing social injustice in the United States. The degradation that these people face every day is terrifying. It is a crisis that we too often ignore, hoping it will restore itself. That assumption delivers a widespread lack of understanding about the facts that lead to homelessness. Homelessness exists as a problem that we should acknowledge and treat.…
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the number of young people who were forced out of their homes, abandoned, or living on the street with their parents’ consent was increasing. In the 1990s, the main reason for youth homelessness was dysfunction within the family. It has become increasingly difficult for these youth to successfully integrate into a modern, industrialized society. As a result, most children and adolescents who are forced to leave their homes or choose to run away today end up living with others, staying in shelters, with friends, or sleeping inside whatever space they can find in order to protect themselves. Teenage homelessness is a serious, growing problem in America. Thousands and thousands of people find themselves living on the streets every…