Rox Anne White EDU 644 Child and Family

Rox. Anne White EDU: 644 – Child and Family Welfare Child Protection Philosophies and Resources Dr. Allyson Johnson August 6, 2015

AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE What do you think? IMAGE Retrieved fromhttp: //tallskinnykiwi. com/2013/12/10 -things-some-poor-people-do-every-day me Or / them HOW DO YOU SEE HOMELESSNESS?

WHO IS HOMELESS?

YOUTH ADULT HOMELESSNESS New York College Students with work histories cannot afford to rent an apartment There are 22, 144 Homeless Students 9, 000 Youth live without a Family or Guardian Youth between the ages of 1824 have the Highest Unemployment Rates 20, 000 youth living on the streets of NY are under the age of 24 Chicago 138, 575 are Homeless due largely to the Rising Enrollment of Homeless Chicago Students IS ON THE RISE!

THE TRUTH THAT IS OFTEN IGNORED According to politics. com poverty is not a lack of character. It is a lack of money. A lack of opportunity. A lack of investment. It is when a society turns its back and makes you invisible. According to recent studies the new face of homelessness is families. There are literally thousands of homeless people who come from all walks of life, especially youth, who are living with out an address, living unstable with friends or other families, sleep in cars, subways, park benches, or ride the bus or train to get some sleep. .

Today, many are fighting the fight to get resources and additional funding to offer shelters, outreach programs, assistance to aging out foster kids, and the rising number of homeless children enrolled in schools. More advocacy is needed to continue to fight and keep policies that support extended state income rates, homeless programs, supportive housing, emergency shelters, transitional housing, and homeless intervention programs. In NJ, programs like the Social Services for the Homeless (SSH), and the NJ Coalition to End Homelessness all support the NJ Administrative Code, Title 5, chapter 41 that supports and provides funding for homeless prevention programs.

NEW JERSEY In New Jersey there was an anti-begging law that was challenged. The town folk of New Brunswick, NJ wanted to prohibit others from begging for food or money. The New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness stepped in to help John Fleming a homeless man arrested four times for holding up a sign stating that he was broke. The organization served as a plaintiff who got New Brunswick not no longer enforce the anti begging law.

REFERENCES All Chicago (http: //www. allchicago. org/division/chicago-alliance) Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. (2014). No youth alone. Retrieved from http: //www. chicagohomeless. org/programscampaigns/advocacy-public-policy/no-youth-alone/ August 7, 2015 Covenant House. (2014). Helping homeless kids in New York. Retrieved from http: //www. covenanthouse. org/homelesscharity/new-york Coalition Updates. (2014). Settlement Reached in Anti-Begging Challenged. Retrieved from http: //www. njceh. org/ August 7, 2015 Safe Horizon. (2014). Homeless youth statistics & facts. Retrieved from http: //www. safehorizon. org/page/streetwork-homeless-youth-facts 69. html August 7, 2015