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Data also indicates that almost one-fifth of the homeless population is female, many of whom are on the streets due to domestic abuse and/or substance abuse, and most of whom find themselves in the same abusive relationships as sent them to the streets in the first place. Moreover, for the street homeless, shelters are often seen as a last resort, as many surveyed found them too violent and dangerous, too restrictive and constraining, with many feeling more at ease sleeping in the park.
Permanent housing for homeless families and individuals actually costs less than shelter and other emergency care. The cost of sheltering a homeless family in the New York City Shelter system is $36,000 per year and for a homeless individual is $23,000 per year, compared to a supportive housing apartment with services which costs as little as $12,000 per year, and the cost of rental assistance with support services for a family as little as $8,900 per year.
On June 23, 2004, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced plans to end chronic homelessness in New York City within five years. The plan would increase the City's commitment to create supportive housing from 5,000 units to 12,000 units as part of a sweeping strategy to re-orientate the City's response to homelessness. Moreover, it shifts the emphasis from shelter to prevention, supportive housing, and other cost-effective solutions. Uniting for Solutions Beyond Shelter's five-year goals are to reduce street homelessness and the shelter population by two-thirds and eliminate chronic, or long-term, homelessness on City streets and in shelters. The plan's key initiatives include an expansion of community-based homelessness prevention programs, including a new initiative focused on preventing needless evictions at Housing Court. It also includes expanding permanent and transitional housing models for chronic street homeless individuals who today reject traditional shelter; increasing cross-agency case conferencing to prevent system-to-shelter discharges; and strategies to redirect funds now locked into shelters into prevention and other housing solutions.
It will take years of dedication and focus for New York City to ease the problem of homelessness, including not only adequate housing but available services for those suffering...
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Homelessness." New York City Department of Homeless Services. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dhs/html/press/pr062304.shtml
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Women and AIDS in New York City: Hidden Cases, Hidden Problems Ask most people what group of people you think of when you think of AIDS, and most people will name gay men. While it's undeniable that the AIDS epidemic was first noticed among gay men, AIDS has become an equal opportunity illness, and currently women represent the fastest growing sector of people with HIV / AIDS in the United States. This
"The Research Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2011" Census.gov (2012): 32, internet, 26 Jun. 2013. Available: http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p60-244.pdf.] With so many residents facing homelessness, it seems imperative to understand the cost of not implementing the hygiene centers through the local public health departments. When researchers examined the hospitalization rates of homeless persons in Honolulu, Hawaii, they found that hospitalizations in acute-care hospitals occurred at a rate 5.6-fold above the average for state residents.[footnoteRef:6]
This particular programs was created not only to address to issue of hunger but also of health and nutrition. 4. Technology Project-this program encourages the uses of computer hardware and software to assist clients. The technology project supports organizations by instructing them on how to use technology to have benefits outreaches, track clients, network to find jobs for clients and to improve nutrition. All of these things allow the organizations
First and foremost is the recurrence of addiction with which Ms. Stone has struggled her entire life. This reflects the powerful dependency which is a distinct feature of heroin as is this compares to other substances. Indeed, Ms. Stone makes explicit mention of the intense physical and emotional rigors of withdrawal that are associated with detoxification. The number of times that Ms. Stone has engaged in detox and relapsed
Streetwalkers are generally the lowest-paid of all prostitutes. They are also in the most danger. As a result, those who work as streetwalkers are likely to be more desperate than other prostitutes, suggesting that, regardless of chosen profession, they would experience greater levels of mental distress than the normal population. What is fascinating is that when research does not look at streetwalkers, but at higher status prostitutes, prostitutes do not
African-American Women in New York State "About 30% of Hispanic and 20% of African-Americans lack a usual source of health care compared with less than 16% of European-Americans" (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2003). "Racial and ethnic disparities in health care, whether in insurance coverage, access, or quality of care, are one of many factors producing inequalities in health status in the United States" (Lillie-Blanton & Lewis, 2005, p. 1).