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By: Devyn Slowik
• Why Homelessness is important to me/world
• Audience Relevance
• Thesis
• What is Homelessness?
• Overview of Homelessness
• Organizations in Philadelphia that help the Homeless
• Skid Row
• Ronald Davis' Video
• Homeless in Philadelphia
• My Application
• Class Activity
• Conclusion
• Quote
I believe every person should be entitled to having a place to rest their head comfortably at night.
Seeing homeless people sleeping on the streets or begging for money breaks my heart.
Many good people fall victim to homelessness because of bad circumstances.
Homeless people are human beings also that deserve respect.
I don’t like to see young children suffering because of homelessness
We all live in the same world and should
look out for each other
It could potentially happen to you or
someone you know
• If you have a heart or compassion the suffering
of others should matter to you.
• I hope it will affect your view on homeless
people. Realizing they are human beings too,
and just in a bad situation.
• The more people that care about homelessness
the more likely there will be a change.
• Homelessness and poverty are important
issues in America today because more and
more people are falling victim to it. Raising
awareness and finding ways to help are the
responsibility of every compassionate
person.
In most states the “Minimum” wage is extremely lower than a living wage. This is what causes many people to become homeless. Despite having a job, you can’t make enough money to pay the bills. Without savings, or having someone else's support you will end up homeless. Minimum wage, and living wage employees spend a very high portion of their money on housing leaving no money at all for other things.
Different types of Homelessness People
Literally Homeless
A person who has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not meant for human habitation.
Is living in a publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements
An individual or family who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence
Residence will be lost within 14 days of the date of application for homeless assistance
No subsequent residence has been identified
The individual or family lacks the resources or support networks needed to obtain other permanent housing
Unaccompanied youth under 25 years of age, or families with children and youth, who do not otherwise qualify as homeless under this definition
Are defined as homeless under the other listed federal statutes
Have not had a lease, ownership interest, or occupancy agreement in permanent housing during the 60 days prior to the homeless assistance application
Have experienced persistent instability as measured by two moves or more during the preceding 60 days
Any individual or family who is fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence
Has no other residence
Lacks the resources or support networks to obtain permanent housing
• Its estimated that there are approximately
4,000 people who are homeless on any
given day.
• Homelessness affects over 80 percent
African Americans, and about 15 percent
White.
Poverty from a lack of good jobs
Minimal government assistance
Lack of affordable housing and inadequate housing assistance
Lack of affordable health care
Domestic violence
Mental Illness
Substance Abuse
Provide permanent solutions like jobs and housing. This will allow a person to become stable and a productive citizen.
Make sure people have affordable health care
Provide jobs at a living wage.
Help people in shelters make the transition so they don’t fall back into the homelessness cycle
Offer substance abuse, and mental health counseling to those in need
• Covenant House
• Sunday Breakfast
Rescue Mission
• Chosen 300
Ministries
• “Each year in the U.S. alone, as many as 2 million
youth experience a period of homelessness, and every
year more than 5,000 of these young people lose their
lives to the streets. Their hope and promise are lost
forever unless they find someone – like Covenant
House – to love and care for them.”
• Homeless kids go to Covenant House and without
question receive a meal, shower, clothes, medical
attention, and a safe place away from the dangers of
the streets.
• Covenant House has helped more then 1 million
homeless and runaway youth since it has opened more
than 35 years ago.
• The founders of Sunday Breakfast mission had one simple goal, and that was to provide breakfast every Sunday to the poor and influence them of Christian ways. They started serving breakfast in 1878 and continue serving to this day. Three meals are served a day, everyday of the year. The mission is located on 13th Street in Philadelphia.
• Chosen 300 is located in Philadelphia on Spring Garden Street and also has other locations in West Philadelphia, Pottstown and around the world. A married couple started this organization in 1996 and have been serving meals to the homeless since then!
• Skid Row is located in Los Angeles, California.
• This area contains the largest stable population of homeless people in the United States.
• In 2006, there were 80,000 homeless individuals in Los Angeles County on any given night.
Diseases spread quickly
amongst Skid Row residents
Tuberculosis, Staph Infection,
HIV, Hepatitis A, B, and C are
all common
Diseases spread quickly
because of the close living
quarters, people share needles
to inject drugs, and share the
same pipe to smoke crack out
of
Pictures of Skid Row
Above is a picture of volunteers going to hand out food to the homeless people living on Skid Row. They are wearing the mask to prevent themselves from diseases and infections they may be exposed to.
Skid Row
In my next slide is a video I found on
YouTube of a man telling his story of
homelessness.
Video
• Her husband was diagnosed with Lymphoma. He is still waiting to receive Medicaid insurance. She panhandles everyday to help pay his medical bills which is very expensive.
• Once was a Veteran from the First Gulf War, now living on the streets on Philadelphia trying to survive.
• She has been homeless on and off for 20 years. She stays on a friends couch each night for $10, but during the day she has to collect change.
• For the service portion of my project I decided to volunteer at a food pantry that is located at Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Schwenksville.
• Jerusalem's food pantry serves in excess of 150 families each month.
• This food pantry relies on donations from the community, grocery stores, and other events like food drives.
Food Pantry
Jerusalem Lutheran Church’s food pantry is run solely by volunteers. In a typical month more then 300 hours of volunteer work is organized through the pantry. There are many tasks you can do while volunteering here like receiving, shelving, dispensing stock, and paper work.
One of the goals of the food pantry is to
prevent low income families from becoming
homeless by providing food to them twice a
month. After families pay other bills they
often don’t have much money for food.
This picture
is of me
sorting
donations
to put all
the same
type of
foods
together.
These crates all have different labels on them like ‘canned fruit’, ‘corn’, ‘soup’, ect. When sorting the donations you find the crate that has the item you have and place it in there. This makes it easier when giving out the food.
These crates are to separate all the other
foods that aren’t in cans. This includes
condiments, stuffing, snacks, drinks,
cereal, and whatever else.
These are donations brought to the Church by
volunteers. These come from all different places,
and the postal boxes make it easier to transport
all the bags.
This picture is volunteers unloading a truck full
of donations that come from other Churches,
households, grocery stores, restaurants, or food
drives.
I put together a box of toiletries to donate to Jerusalem Lutheran Church since that it was
of the donation items they get very few of.
Class ActivityFor the class activity portion
I would like you to take a note card and write one thing you will commit to doing in the next week to help a homeless person.
One thing you learned from this presentation.
After your done writing, share what you wrote.
Key Source
• Select one of your best sources in your research, explain why it was a good source including author background, and summarize information it provided.
Conclusion
• A couple of slides to explain what you learned through the project. You could include what surprised you and/or inspired you, as well as how the project may have changed your view of the world or something you will do in the future.
Facts on Homelessness. Project HOME, 2013. Web. 16 May 2013.
Fast Facts about Homeless and Poverty. Family Promise, 2013. Web. 25 Apr. 2013.
PBS, ed. Facts and Figures: The Homeless. JumpStart Productions, 2010. Web. 25 Apr. 2013.
Skid Row was L.A.'s solution for homelessness; now that's changing. American Public Media,
The State of Homelessness in America 2012. National Alliance to End Homelessness, 17 Jan.
25 Portraits of Homeless People in Philadelphia. Business Inside, 1 Aug. 2012. Web. 25 Apr.