Nick Adolphsen's View Of Homelessness

"Currently in New York City there are over 60,352 homeless people that stay in a shelter each night." (Coalition) Nobody really pays attention to the fact that homelessness has always been a problem in the United States, even before the Great Depression in the 1930's. This does not include the people that stay out on the street. Each night thousands of people sleep on city streets, there is no accurate measurement of unsheltered homeless people in America.

Homelessness is the condition of people without a regular dwelling. (Wiki) All over America, there are people wandering the streets without a home. These individuals are seen as a crowd, a separate collective existence. They are called the homeless, as if that defines who they are, but we

He helped to give me an insight on his view of homelessness. We met at a local coffee shop where I held my interview where we discussed the topic and I asked him a set of questions. I recorded this interview by writing down what he said as we went along. The first question I asked, was “What is your definition of homelessness?” Mr. Adolphsen response was “People who are not fortunate enough to have shelter.” I agree with Mr. Adolphsen when he says this, because homeless people are not fortunate enough to have a shelter, therefore every night instead of having a set place to go they have to search for a new and semi-safe place to go in order to get some rest. When asked, “Why do you think people are homeless?” he responded, “I think people are homeless, because they have to made wise choices, or they have “Blown” of their money and have saved none of it.” (Adolphsen). I also agree with this statement that Mr. Adolphsen made, but I also think that there are other factors that play into people being homeless other that just the choices they have made, or just not saving up there money. For example, according to Health and Homelessness, Poor physical health is associated with poverty in general but seems to be more pronounced among those who are without homes. To be exact, 47% of homeless women meet the criteria for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder—twice the rate of

All it does is put our arrogance on display for all the world to see. Sooner or later, we are going to have to come to terms with homelessness. And we are going to have to provide the resources necessary to empower each and every homeless person who wants to get off the streets with a viable opportunity do so. But before we can do that, we are going to have to move beyond our personal objections to providing effective and meaningful homeless support services to those who live on the streets of our communities. Presented to the Office of the President and Congress on June 22, 2010, Opening Doors is the nation’s first comprehensive strategy to prevent and end homelessness. Opening Doors serves as a roadmap for joint action by the 19 USICH member agencies along with local and state partners in the public and private sectors. In September 2012, USICH released an Amendment to Opening Doors, which was developed to specifically address what strategies and supports should be implemented to improve the educational outcomes for children and youth, and the steps that need to be taken to assist unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness. (Opening Doors). Many different people have different types of views and opinions on why, we, as a community should or should not help out the homeless people. In my personal opinion, I feel like we