Poverty & Homelessness

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Poverty & Homelessness

Working one day at a time

To help the people rid

There selves of these misfortunes

Presentation by: Tina Whittington


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The Industry of Human Services

*Greatest concerns

-Ways to make money are limited

-Demands are raising, but no money out there

-Human services are seen as a stigma on society


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About Poverty and homeless

By definition, a

homeless person

- Does not have a

permit residence- Has a privately or

publicly ran residence

- Living temporally withothers

Qualifying for

Homeless

Governmental

Assistance You must have eligible income

coming in

Clean record from

Prison

Detainment

* The above rules are an Act of

Congress, or a state law.


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Demand and Supply

The supply of housing for the homeless is

not increasing

Homeless people are in higher numbers

due to our economic crisis

- Food drives fall short to fully meet the needs

- No money to create ways to provide housing to

the homeless


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Lack of Funding

The needed funds to keep opening, facilities that are needed for the

homeless are just not there.

-Fundraising ideas are limited and require a lot of volunteers

-Even free, rundown buildings require proper funding to maintain

-A lot of volunteer workers do it for free to be able to provide services as a

way of making up for the poor funding


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The Stigmas and Problems of using

Services

Many homeless people will not admit

theyre homeless or are too mentally ill to

receive help.

People do not feel comfortable taking from

the services or do not want to admit they

have help

A record will follow you if you have applied

for government services*this would be an unwanted record.


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Working Together

As human service

workers we are here

to define a better

living for people inneed of services in all

areas by sacrificing

our pay and selfness

Provide free

counseling

Provide free food

drives Provide seminars

Provide transportation

Providing medical


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Why work for Social Justice?

People need to know

that there are ways of

getting help

Reaching out to an

organization

Reaching out to

someone Picking up Pamphlets

Doing Research on

Organizations orprograms


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Working towards Social Justice

Since the government onlyallows a small amount offunds, it is our part to stepup and provide the rest.

As human service workers

we need to sacrifice most ofour personal needs soothers needs can be meet

-Although homelessnessand poverty may never becured, we can at least work

to keep them safe andhealthy


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Changing Views on Human Services

My views have

changed on a few

aspects of human

services

Did not realize the

need of services

would be rising

Gained a betterunderstanding about

the poor economy

New realization on

the amount of Debts

and loans


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New Respect for Government Role

Realization of how

much governmental

funding goes into

these programs

Assistance with

-Elderly

- Handicapped

-Families with children

- Native Americans

- Veterans

- Making sure childrenhave a future


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What I have learned

To provide all people including my clients

with an unbiased opinion

To always listen with empathy

To redirect the homeless

Always research and give the best and

updated information possible


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My Future Career

Better Understanding on the Causes of

Homelessness

New ways to build funds

New Listening Skills


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Lending A Helping Hand!

People everyday are hungry, homeless,

and sick just like in these pictures, so

please lend a hand or two!!!!


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References

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Homeless guidance. (2008). Retrieved May 28, 2013, From

http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg1.html#sec101

http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/spec-ed-homeleness-q-a.pdf.

Joseph House Retrieved May 28, 2013 from

www.thejosephhouse.org

Maryland Department of Human Resources: Retrieved May 13, 2013 from

www.dhr.state.md.us

Salvation Army Retrieved May 29, 2013 from

http://www.Salvationarmymaryland.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/vw-local/programs

Us House Code. (2012). Retrieved May 28, 2013, From.

http://UScode.house.gov/uscodecgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+t41+42+7516+17+0++29%3Acite%20WWikipedia.com, URL

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