Homelessness Case Summary

Synopsis The aim of this report was to investigate what disadvantages the homeless face in Australia, the steps that are taken by the government and other support groups to alleviate or eliminate these disadvantages and what still needs to be done in order to solve the homelessness epidemic in Australia. The main methods of research that was used to gather information and certain aspects of the homeless were: Government Websites News Articles Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Support Group Websites (i.e redcross.org).

1. Reduce the risk/fear of homelessness at a community level by reducing the amount of drugs and alcohol consumed by these clients through education and increased coping. 2. Budgeting classes at the community level will increase the knowledge to live successfully and independently by increasing the knowledge of how to manage money. Risk for decreased housing satisfaction objectives: 1.

When I first walked into the building, I remember being very nervous. I had never been inside of a shelter before and I was scared to see how so many people affected by homelessness lived. There were many families that were living there, and the adults looked worn down, with dark bags under their eyes while the children wore stain filled clothes and had crazed unmaintained hair. When we arrived, we were welcomed with sheer kindness and good manners from the occupants and the staff, they really looked eager to see

In the year 1984, October 1st, two Holy Cross Priests had the mere idea of creating a foundation to help the poor and homeless. By renting a house they started their own idea, by bringing in their first guest and creating something that will forever remain to offer hospitality. Slowly but surely, this organization formed many new members of volunteers to help as well. Not only did the volunteers increase, services were established that this organization offers, and many people from all over the Phoenix area started to send in donations such as clothes, blankets, and medical needs. Andre House of Hospitality is a non-profit organization, and because of this, they rely on “us”, the community, to do our part to help the less unfortunate. There

Research Assignment for SCWK 201 The first article that I chose to discuss for the assignment was the “Effectiveness of Housing Interventions and Housing and Service Interventions on Ending Family Homelessness: A Systematic Review” article by Ellen Bassuk, Carmela DeCandia, Alexander Tsertsvadze, and Molly Richard. Bassuk, DeCandia, Tsertsvadze, and Richard start off the article by discussing how there has been a significant increase in the amount of homeless individuals in the last 30 years. They then discuss how there has been very few individuals who have actually done systematic reviews to determine whether or not current housing, housing interventions, and service interventions are effective ways of decreasing homelessness. The next thing

In my experience, my homeless clients have engaged in high risk health behaviors and neglected their health. These high risk behaviors include substance abuse, criminal activity, incarceration, and unsafe sex practices. As a result these individuals experience high disease burdens and mortality rates. Boston Health Care for the Homeless estimated that the total annual expenditures from ER visits was $16,011,738 annually (Thakarar, Morgan, Gaeta, Hohl, & Drainoni, 2015). “Multiple factors have been identified as predictors of frequent ER use in homeless persons such as older age, previous hospital admissions and emergency room visits, multiple primary care visits, perceived inadequate mental health care, poor health status, and HIV” (Thakarar, et al., 2015). Previous studies have shown that homeless individuals are frequent emergency room (ER) users and this leads to high health care costs (Thakarar, et al., 2015). Several clinical trials have shown that interventions such as intensive case management programs, assertive community treatment teams, or supportive housing can reduce frequent ER visits and hospital costs. (Thakarar, et al., 2015). The cost of providing case management needs to be weighed against the value of

Introduction This case takes place in an upstairs meeting room inside of the Lutheran Church located in the downtown area of Pacific City. El Dormitorio is a nonprofit organization stationed in the Lutheran Church and has been in operation for six years. The organization’s mission is to empower homeless Latinos. Although the organization has twelve board members, only eight participated in the scheduled meeting.

GCU should give back to this community by building a shelter that provide basic need for these

Although homelessness is caused by many things, homeless people are usually labeled as homeless. But there are types of homelessness. One type of homelessness is Situational or Transitional homelessness. This is when someone is forced into homelessness because of uncontrollable circumstances such as losing a job, important material lost, lost of a main breadwinner (Father, husband, wife) etc. The second type of homelessness is Episodic or cyclical homelessness. This is when a person repeatedly falls in and out of homelessness. This usually happens with drug addiction and with people experiencing mental health issues. The person may be able to stop consuming for certain periods of time and get off the street, while being at high risk of homelessness

In chapter 8 the characters express their ideas on what they think it’s like for someone that’s homeless. After everyone 's put out their ideas one of the quieter girls says that homeless people are worthless. Ian pauses then states that maybe they aren’t worthless but worth less than everyone else. I think that for someone to think about the hierarchy, and where people are placed is how I would want to would want to see the world. If someone thinks that deeply about how society works and the people in it I would want to be like that person.

Ever since she had muttered at me, I felt different. I’ve been doing things for other people that I normally wouldn’t. Whatever anyone says I have this urge to do it. Like yesterday when Marlana asked me to go and buy her some food. So I got up, drove to Malden and bought some food for her, then went back and gave it to Marlana. I didn’t even want any food or want to drive anywhere. I had been comfortable sitting on the couch where I was.

Ever since she had muttered at me, I felt different. I’ve been doing things for other people that I normally wouldn’t. Whatever anyone says I have this urge to do it. Like yesterday when Marlana asked me to go and buy her some food. So I got up, drove to Malden and bought some food for her, then went back and gave it to Marlana. I didn’t even want any food or want to drive anywhere. I had been comfortable sitting on the couch where I was.

Winston could have several possible responses to the director’s proposal to purchase and operate a fast food franchise to help with Homeless, Inc.’s tax-exempt mission, which would result in additional revenue of 45%. The first response to find out for sure that the new fast-food would not fall under the unrelated trade or business income tax.

For a few weeks, Deborah and the children had been living at a homeless camp behind the SAMS Club in Gulf Port, MS. Deborah left her friend 's (Shaylynn) home to be with a man, and to live in the woods. Shaylynn would not allow Deborah 's boyfriend come to the house because all he does is get drunk and act stupid. Since 4-3-16, Deborah and the children have been staying at the hotel. The reporter thinks Deborah is paying for the hotel with Hayley 's disability check. Hayley has PTSD, ADHD and Bipolar. When the reporter saw Tyler on 4-3-16, he stated he was very hungry, and the reporter gave him some food. Deborah does not take care of the children. The people that she stays with take care of the children, and the reporter is not sure that is

Way in the dark streets of a small town was a boy and a dog who were homeless, and wandering around to find shelter and sources to survive. Since Dirk and Paulson are homeless and have nothing to eat and drink they go searching for it. First, they go everywhere to find these resources, but they have no luck in finding them. Then, one day they found a bag on the sidewalk. They were checking what it was. It was food and water, but not enough for the both of them. There was only one hamburger and one soda. Dirk and Paulson decided to split the burger in half to share and the drink too. Finally, When they were devouring their food, Paulson thought of an idea of making a tip sign so people can give them money to buy resources. “Isn’t that a good