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Social work is a demanding yet rewarding field. Through various initiatives, social workers can have a profound impact on the world in which they live. This is particularly true for homelessness as it relates to the LGBT Youth. Homelessness unfortunately continues to be a costly epidemic plaguing society. The costs of homelessness far outweigh the traditional aspects of lower tax revenue and productivity. The costs of increased crime lack of skills training, and lack of professional growth are all very real costs to society. Fortunately, research dedicated towards the improvements of homelessness throughout America is very robust. Various activities such as counseling, job training, and other forms of intervention have had a profound impact on homelessness in America. This document will first discuss effective prevention and intervention measures of homelessness within the LGBT community. Particular emphasis will be placed on peer reviewed articles and academic research to support all of the prevention and intervention techniques discussed.
As stated earlier, homelessness has very real implications for society at large. Social work has been instrument in the mitigation of homelessness within the LGBT community. First, social workers have been instrumental in lobbying congressional lawmakers into passing legislation aimed directly at the homeless population of America. In 1987, due to social work...
McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. The act was the first of its kind to directly appropriate federal funds to targeted homeless persons. With over 15 programs designed to help provide shelter, healthcare and education, this act helped to greatly diminish the social costs homelessness imposes on society.
Within the LGBT community, The Homeless Coalition of America has concluded that intervention and training has a direct impact on homelessness. According to the National Coalition of Homelessness, 3% to 10% of youth have a sexual orientation of LGBT. The main catalyst for homelessness within the LGBT community according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is family conflict. Family conflict generally pertains to the sexual orientation of youth within the household. In many instances, the parents are in strict opposition of this sexual orientation and often resort to extreme measures to force the youth to change it. A form of this punishment has been the direct removal of the youth from the household. The city of Seattle's Commission on Children and Youth found that this is particularly profound with gay males within minority communities. The social stigma along with a general lack of understanding contributes to the high rate of minority homelessness among the LGBT community. A San Francisco study of homeless and severely poor…
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Abstract Much of the research that shaped this paper reflected how the most functional adults were able to make the transition from adolescence to adulthood with the emotional and financial support of their parents. Homeless youths don’t have such pillars to rely upon and if they’re going to successfully transition into productive, stable adults free of psychological scars, drug addiction or other destructive tendencies, there needs to be a social support
In their second survey, the authors found that the majority of students felt that PROJECT 10 had been positive and beneficial - not merely for LGBT students, but for the overall educational environment. This resonates with one of the conclusions reached by Sedgwick (1993) when she offered her first class in gay and lesbian studies at Amherst College in 1986. While she initially designed the course for the five to
Strengths Perspective Theory Provide some data specific points on the trends associated with the two oppressed/marginalized population (LGBTC Youth and Homeless Youth). B. Indicate the reason behind your interest in the population, and its direct connection to social work practice. LGBTC youths are overrepresented amongst the homeless population. In spite of the fact that it is challenging to obtain accurate figures, it is approximated that LGBTC youths constitute 20 percent to 40
. Even when the child in a home where DV occurs is not physically harmed, most of the time, these children know about the violence. As a result, they may experience emotional and behavior problems (The Domestic Violence…, N.d.). A victim of DV needs to be reminded: She is not alone. She is not at fault. Help is available. In The physician's guide to domestic violence, P.R. Salber and E. Taliaferro (N.d.). about stress
The subjects were adolescents 14-18 years old. They were recruited from schools and health clinics. The subjects completed an in-depth survey and interview at baseline and again 6 months later. The subsequent analyses were limited to adolescents with steady partners who reported sexual activity between the baseline and 6-month follow-up assessment periods (N = 179). At baseline, five-scale measures and a single-item measure were used to assess predictive constructs,
Marriage and the Family When studying the dynamics of marriage, family, children, and all the interactions and psychological components that go along with being a family, there are decisions that must be made in that milieu that hold enormous importance. Those decisions should be based on a firm knowledge of what parents are supposed to do when it comes to children; what married people are supposed to do when it comes