Explain the scope of homelessness as a social problem in the United States. What steps need to be taken to address this problem?
What will be an ideal response?
Vary. According to your text: "Most public and private sources agree that the number of homeless people is at least in the hundreds of thousands, not counting those who live with relatives or friends. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2016) estimated that 549,928 people were homeless on a given night. The majority (68%) were staying in residential (shelter) programs, while the rest (32%) were in unsheltered locations. Over one-fifth of all homeless were children under the age of 18. About 32% of the homeless were families.
Although supportive services are necessary for the homeless, homelessness cannot be prevented or eliminated without enough housing for the poor. According to the text, homelessness cannot be prevented or eliminated without a livable wage, employment opportunities for inner-city residents, more efficient management of public housing projects, emergency rent assistance programs, and the expansion of low-income housing subsidies
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a. The clients all stare at his zipper area until he looks down and realizes there is a problem. b. One client acts as spokesperson for the group and interrupts the presentation, taking the salesman aside to tell him privately to zip his zipper. c. The clients all laugh at him. d. No one mentions it.
Liberation theology was first advocated by
A. Karl Marx. B. Friedrich Engels. C. Émile Durkheim. D. Gustavo Gutiérrez.
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a. increases in exercise. b. increases in hypoglycemia. c. increases in comorbidity. d. increases in obesity.
According to Goffman, maintaining a certain image of the self is known as
What will be an ideal response?