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Homeless Prevention, 2004.
Discussion of an agency, called Project Paul, designed to provide services to those in jeopardy of becoming homeless.
2,889 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 85.95
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This paper looks at the problem of homelessness and its far-reaching consequences. The paper points out that homelessness is not a problem limited to the unfit or mentally ill and that, often, the homeless are comprised of families with children. The paper goes on to talk about homeless prevention programs, with particular emphasis on the agency, Project Paul. The paper explains the purpose of Project Paul, how it functions, and some of the approaches that are taken to helping those who face the possibility of homelessness.
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"There?s a man standing on the corner with a sign that says, ?will work for food?. Behind him, in an old, battered Chevrolet, sits a woman that looks like she might be his wife. Three children, ages two, four and eight, are in the back seat, staring out the window. If one were to talk with the man and his family it?s possible that his story would be closer to the average person?s reality than expected. This man was working as a mechanic at a ?quick service? station and making a little more than minimum wage. He didn?t have insurance; his children were receiving extra help from Medicaid. He didn?t want to go to the ?welfare? department but found he had to, in order to feed his kids. He got a second job, working as a security officer at night. It wasn?t much but it helped. Then he was laid off from his day job. The wages from his night job barely paid the rent and utilities."
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The Reality of Homelessness in Boston, 1999.
A discussion of history and policy issues of homelessness along with interviews of homeless individuals.
3,750 words (approx. 15.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 103.95
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A review of public policy issues surrounding homelessness, including history, Internet research and interviews with homeless people in a shelter in Cambridge, MA. It also discusses the lessons that can be learned from the moderately successful Massachusetts programs of the early eighties, and the lack of public interest in this issue, especially elite public interest.
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"Homelessness was first addressed in the early 1980?s in reaction to the visibly increased homeless population, but interest has steadily decreased since government action was initially taken over a decade ago. In reevaluating public policy options, it is important to examine the causes of the problem and delegate authority to those best suited to solving it. Lessons can be learned from the moderately successful Massachusetts programs of the early eighties, but in order for that pluralistic model to work, public interest must be created by an elite source."
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Affordable Housing and The Homeless, 2007.
A research proposal on how to meet the needs of the homeless population in the United States.
3,599 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 100.95
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The paper examines affordable housing availability - provision, guidelines, regulations, funding and other relative factors - and the examination of the homeless population in terms of why they are homeless, what led to them being in the homeless condition, if their needs are being met and how. The paper investigates new initiatives that have been implemented to reach the large homeless population in the United States. The writer designs a study to explore these questions.
Outline:
Objective
Statement of Thesis
Statement of The Problem
History of The Problem and Literature Review
I. Affordable Housing Options
II. Causes of Homelessness
III. Demographics of The Homeless Population the The U.S.
IV. New York's Blueprint
V. Landmark Study
VI. Importance of the Provision of Assistance in Obtaining Housing
VII. Prevention
Methodology
Data Gathering and Data Analysis
Scope of the Survey/Questionnaire
Country Designation Guidelines
Approximate Costs of this Research Project
Consideration of Ethical Factors
Feasibility of the Research
Bibliography
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"The findings of research in an Iowa study states that of those who are homeless in the State of Iowa 60% of those are children. While this is enough to suggest critical research needs, state as well are findings that in areas of the state that are rural, non-metropolitan areas, the group of homeless are comprised of larger percentages than in metropolitan areas homeless population. Obviously, this area of research has been overlooked by researchers in this field and that is the research with its' primary focus the homeless children of rural and non-metropolitan areas of the United States."
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Global and Local Homelessness, 2004.
Describes global homelessness and how it is also tied to the issue of local homelessness.
2,857 words (approx. 11.4 pages), 38 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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The paper begins by describing global/worldwide homelessness. It provides refugee data and statistics. The paper also covers issues, such as globalization, rent control and affordable housing, gentrification, and hidden homelessness. It also looks at what people are doing to help homelessness. The paper includes statistics and supporting information.
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"We constantly see and hear about homelessness, even in our own communities. Homelessness is a growing problem throughout the world, but many of us do not understand how huge the issue is. Homelessness is defined as a condition of people who lack regular legal access to adequate housing (MSN Encarta). In 1999 there was up to 100 million homeless people in the world and in 2000 there was about 3.5 million homeless people in the United States (How Many People Experience Homelessness?, 2002). At least 600 million people live in shelters in developing world cities that are life threatening or health threatening (100 Million Homeless in World). About 50,000 people die everyday as a result of poor shelter, polluted water and inadequate sanitation. The things that cause homelessness throughout the world help bring it into our own communities."
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Homelessness in Toronto, 2007.
This paper examines homelessness in Toronto within the context of the different definitions for the term "community" and proposes ways to reduce homelessness in this city.
1,725 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper explains that the homeless community can be seen as a community because they are people trapped in a common cycle from which they would like to escape, with common interests in finding shelter and adequate food, which often compels them to act in unison performing petty crime as a means of survival. The author points out that, if the burgeoning homeless problem in Toronto is not addressed, then the community of Toronto will start to see an increase in crime and movement out of the areas populated by homeless people thus creating impoverished pockets within the city. The paper recommends that funds, which have been earmarked for homeless shelters and other programs should be spent rather than be languishing somewhere because of bureaucratic red-tape. The author suggest that this money should be invested in re-training programs and the conversion of brown fields areas into affordable housing condominiums for the working poor.
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"Toronto's homeless situation can also be looked at by looking at Marxist definitions of what a community is - or, more precisely, what it is not. For instance, those academics who subscribe to Marxist theory maintain that communities are manifestations of the class dialectic; in other words, communities are organized in such a way as to ensure the exploitation of some by others at the same time as they reveal the inequalities present in a capitalist society. While this assessment of the community can be dismissed as unduly cynical and extreme, there is little doubt that Toronto is a city of extremes."
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Homelessness in France and the United States, 2002.
Examines and compares the issue and treatment of homelessness in France and America.
1,355 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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Precise numbers of the homeless in the United States and France are impossible to collect. Firstly, because researchers define homelessness in different ways and also because the homeless are, by definition, a difficult group to identify due to their transitory way of life. This paper examines the issue of homelessness in the United States and France. It looks at the differences in terms of what types of shelters are provided for the homeless in these two nations. The paper looks at the difficulties faced by both those running the homeless shelters and those living in them.
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"Nationwide in the United States, about three-quarters of help for the homeless comes from the private sector, principally from churches that run soup kitchens, operate shelters, and distribute free clothing. The main U.S. federal programs for the homeless are those established by the 1987 Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. The McKinney Act established a nationwide network of health clinics for the homeless. Among other things, the act also established adult education programs for the homeless, provided emergency homelessness prevention funds, and created a number of transitional housing programs. These programs have made the lives of many homeless people more tolerable, but they do not address the low-income housing crisis (Lazaroff, 1998, p. 3). Homeless shelters in France are also run by a combination of the public and private sectors."
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Homelessness, 2007.
A discussion on the causes of homelessness and possible solutions to alleviate the problem.
1,099 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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The paper discusses how, for the many countries around the globe, problems on population and poverty persist. The paper examines how problems of homelessness are increased when issues of overpopulation and scarcity exist. The paper further discusses how various non-government and government organizations were established to analyze the profundity of the situation, and at the same time to provide assistance to the homeless population. The paper concludes that the most obvious solution to the homeless problem is to increase the availability of affordable housing and the number of living wage jobs.
Outline:
Definition
Statistics Related to Homelessness
Reasons for Homelessness
Proposal to Enhance Homelessness
References
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"Based on the report submitted by Cuomo, upon receiving assistance from authorized agencies, such as health care assistance, treatment from substance and drug abuse, education and job training and even services for mental health problems, a big part of those living in families (76%) and of those living alone (60%) tend to put a stop their homeless status and gradually move to an improved living situation. Another point to ponder is the fact that the cost of homeless assistance is considerably lower than the cost of putting homeless people in jail to get them off the streets. For example, the Supportive Housing Network estimates that in New York City in 1998 it cost $40,000 per year to jail someone, compared with just $12,500 to provide affordable housing and a variety of supportive services."
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Homeless Students.
This paper discusses homeless students and their unique needs, both emotionally and academically.
1,665 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that, according to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act, homeless children are defined as those children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youths sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing or economic hardship; have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings; are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and migratory children. The author points out that homeless students face a range of unique mental challenges, which compound their fiscal challenges, such as lesser social skills than their peers with homes because of their shame about living in a shelter and being homeless or because of the frequent moves their families make. The paper describes the Yellow School Bus Project in Durham, New Hampshire, which helps meet the physical needs of homeless students by providing them with school supplies and clothes so that they can feel good about themselves and succeed in school. The paper relates the need for school-based counseling for these homeless students.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Homeless Students Overview
The Yellow School Bus Project
Three Reasons to Provide School-Based Counseling for Homeless Students
Conclusion
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"Even if they are not teased about their hand-me-down clothes and lack of school supplies, these students are still at a significant disadvantage when it comes to doing even their schoolwork. Homeless students don't have home libraries or Internet-access computers, as is so often required for homework assignments nowadays. And, even their in-school work can suffer if they do not have the right supplies, such as calculators and protractors."
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Homeless Families, 2007.
This paper explores the variables that increase the risk of homelessness.
1,589 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper discusses political, cultural and health care concerns that impact families who either are currently homeless or are at risk for becoming homeless. It reviews literature that identifies how these factors affect the status of families and can contribute to or reduce the risk of families becoming homeless.
Outline:
Predictors of Homelessness
Health Issues Affecting the Homeless
Intervention Strategies
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"Data indicates that the overall risk of homelessness can be predicted through the degree to which families experience specific conditions. The higher or more severe these variables are expressed in respect to the family, the greater the risk that the family will experience destabilizing effects in regards to their housing situation. Shinn et al. (1998) produced a comprehensive study into these variables. In a qualitative, longitudinal, interview-based assessment, Shinn et al. (1998) surveyed the data from 266 families seeking shelter from low-cost or free public shelter facilities within New York City. The authors then contrasted the data from this survey against responses from 298 families who had some form of permanent housing, and the majority of which owned or were able to rent shelter that was exclusively under their control."
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Homelessness in America, 2007.
This paper discuses the problem and possible solutions to homelessness in America.
2,280 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 70.95
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This paper stresses that the average American's innate intolerance of the homeless, which assumes that all homeless people got themselves into this situation and should get themselves out of their problem, does as much injustice as the public policies surrounding the issue. The author points out that the self-perpetuating stereotype of the scary, dangerous homeless man overshadows the more legitimate cases of mental patients put on the street because of the reduced funding of mental hospitals or women with children who fled horrendous family circumstances. The paper concludes that better long-term solutions to the homeless situation at the local rather than national level, such as much more low-cost permanent housing, require active observation and understanding of the causes of homelessness.
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"In the thirty year span between 1955 and 1985, homelessness resurfaced as a major national problem. Low-income housing and Single-Room-Occupancy hotels were down 95 percent. By the 1980s, the social safety net dramatically decreased, "wages began to decline" and "the problem of homelessness skyrocketed to the top of the public policy agenda in most urban areas". The unemployment rate in the United States jumped from 5.8 percent to 9.6 percent. Rent increased 190 percent around the nation. At the same time, population increased 150 percent in this thirty year span."
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?Helping and Hating the Homeless? by Peter Marin, 2004.
This paper discusses the perpetuating marginalization of the homeless in the United States as discussed in ?Helping and Hating the Homeless? by Peter Marin.
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that Marin argues how society itself contributes to this marginalization due to the fear of breaking the status quo. The author points out that society itself is the primary factor that serves as the catalyst for homeless people to be displaced and labeled as a nuisance. The paper relates that Marin wrote the essay in response to a Santa Barbara court?s decision to ban homeless people from sleeping in public places in the town at night.
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"Whatever social attention the homeless people receive from the society is certainly a negative feedback about these ?nuisance and vagrants?: ?Hundreds of them turned out for the meeting? and castigate them? It was the power and depth of the emotion revealed: the mindlessness of the fear, the vengefulness of the fury? the actual homeless men and women, might not have existed at all.? Utter rejection and negligence in the part of the society to solve the problem of homelessness is one of the main reasons why the perception that the homeless are dangerous prevailed in Marin?s society, and continues to prevail until today."
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The Homeless Problem in New York City, 2004.
This paper discusses that New York City is a city with a staggering homeless population, a problem that has persisted throughout the city?s history.
975 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper reports that, in 2004, New York City set a record when the number of homeless New Yorkers residing in shelters reached the highest point in the city?s history. The author points out that 90 percent of homeless New Yorkers are black or Latino, even though only 53 percent of New York City?s total population is black or Latino; moreover, over 60 percent of homeless families previously lived in four of New York City?s poorest neighborhoods, and over half of the homeless mothers have a history of domestic violence. This paper concludes that it will take years of dedication and focus for New York City to ease the problem of homelessness by creating not only adequate permanent housing for the homeless, which actually will cost less than the present shelter and other emergency care programs, but also available services for those suffering from mental illness and substance abuse.
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"According to the Coalition for the Homeless, in the month of August 2004, some 36,400 homeless men, women, and children were sleeping each night in the New York City shelter system, including 15,300 children, 12,700 adult family members, and 8,400 single adults, with many thousands more sleeping on city streets, park benches, and subway trains. New York City?s homeless shelter population has increased by 73 percent since 1998, from 21,000 to the current 36,400. The past six years has seen the number of homeless families sleeping in New York City shelters and welfare hotels increase by 99 percent, from 4,429 families in January 1998 to 8,726 families in August 2004. Moreover, the average stay for homeless families in the municipal shelter system has almost doubled over the past decade, from six months in 1992, to nearly twelve months today."
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Homelessness From the Colonial Period, 1999.
A history of the homeless and the evolution of public attitudes and social policy. Discusses poverty, mental illness, charity and housing.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 9 sources, $ 71.95
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Early Americans had little sympathy for the homeless. When not ignored, homeless people were regarded with fear and contempt. Animosity was especially strong toward the homeless mentally ill. The homeless were generally shunted from one community to another due to the prevailing attitude that a community's social responsibility extended only to their resident poor.
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"Early Americans had little sympathy for the homeless. When not ignored, homeless people were regarded with fear and contempt. Animosity was especially strong toward the homeless mentally ill. The homeless were generally shunted from one community to another due to the prevailing attitude that a community's social responsibility extended only to their resident poor. Homelessness was considered a temporary condition brought on either by unforeseen tragedy or lack of personal diligence. Therefore, homelessness did not become an official concern of public policymakers until after 1930.
Sociologists agree that homelessness involves more than merely not having a roof over one's head. Albeit the lack of a stable residence is an important component of this definition. For people in extreme poverty, the lack of a domicile is a ..."
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London's Homeless, 2004.
Considers the role private landlords have in regard to London's homeless problem.
11,668 words (approx. 46.7 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 227.95
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This research paper addresses the causes and impact of London?s homeless problem and provides a detailed analysis of the role of private landlords on the problem. The paper hypothesizes that private landlords have the ability to play a major role in tackling homelessness and outlines an innovative approach to tackling the problem and improving the policies addressing the homelessness that currently exist.
Profile of Homelessness
Research Aim
Rationale
Literature Review
Introduction to London?s Homeless Problem
Progress in Reducing Temporary Accommodations
Lack of Private Options
Overview of the Private Sector
Advice Services
Working Towards a Solution
Methodology
Research Aims
Research Design
Limitations of Study
Results of Study
Challenges to London
The Views of the Homeless
Analysis of Current Government and Council Actions
Analysis And Recommendations
Considerations for Future Studies
Conclusion
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"On the other hand, a relatively small but nonetheless significant group of people may experience or be at risk of homelessness, for a variety of reasons, including the breakdown of family, domestic abuse, debt, trauma, drugs, mental problems or other circumstances that may lead to them being unable to pay their rent or mortgage. Many of these people cannot secure alternative housing on their own or even with the help of family or friends."
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The Homeless Population, 2007.
This paper examines the conflict theory and how it can be applied to the problem of homelessness.
2,716 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 81.95
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The paper researches the problem of homelessness and looks at how the conflict theory can be used to help explain and shed some light on this problem. The paper discusses how the daily struggle of homeless people to survive, coupled with their impression that they have no value, can create a mindset in which homelessness is accepted as a societal option. The paper shows how the homeless create a society in which the members become accepting of their plight. The paper maintains that societal attitudes must change in order to help the homeless population.
Outline:
Introduction
Conflict Theory
Applying the Concept to Homelessness
Conclusion
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"One of the issues that face the metropolitan areas of the nation is the homeless problem. Cities are constantly dealing with thousands of residents that have no where to live or call home. They fill shopping carts or boxes with their belongings and from the time they wake up until they go to sleep their days are filled with trying to get together enough money to eat, and trying to find warm places to hang out. As the weather across America turns cold, the homeless become a larger issue for society as the attempt to reach out and provide shelter is often met with refusal and sometimes anger. Homeless populations become their own little societies, in which they network among themselves and turn further away from "the man" and all that he represents."
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