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2.  Homeless: An individual who lacks housing including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations, and an individual who is a resident in transitional housing.  Effects a wide variety of demographics. Families with children are the fastest growing homeless population (Rabiner & Weiner, 2012).  2.3 to 3.5 million individuals in the United States alone face homelessness annually (Cronley, 2010).  Cause of homelessness › Structure problems vs individual problems 2

3.  Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J0vps 63twU  Full documentary (if interested in watching): http://www.hulu.com/watch/555563 3

4.  Since of community and hope.  Homeless to flight homelessness.  Problems with the current system: › Lack of community support. › Missions. › Commission boards providing poor advancement. › Temporary or respite housing. 4

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0DYg HY21FY 5

6.  Social media.  Single actions and one person can make a difference.  Stigma vs reality › A single set back can result in homelessness. 6

7.  A right vs individual responsibility › McKinney Act of 1987  Housing problems › Inadequate affordable and temporary housing › Missions can be dehumanizing 7

8.  57% of homeless individuals in the United States lack health insurance (Hwang et al., 2010). › Medicare  High rates of acute and chronic disease  Reasons for not seeking health care: › Competing priorities › Transportation › Feeling stigmatized › Discontinuity of care › Education › Poor diet 8

9.  Teaching  Increase job placement programs and respite housing  Food stamps, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) › SSI/SSDI Outreach Access and Recovery (SOAR)  Increasing preventative care access › Patient navigators 9

10. Cronley, C. (2010). Unraveling the Social Construction of Homelessness. Journal Of Human Behavior In The Social Environment, 20(2), 319-333. General Information. (n.d.). National Health Care for the Homeless Council. Retrieved June 10, 2014, from http://www.nhchc.org/resources/general-information/ Horvath, M. (2012, July 27). Mark Horvath at TEDx SkidRow. YouTube. Retrieved June 10, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0DYgHY21FY Hwang, S., Ueng, J., Chiu, S., Kiss, A., Tolomiczenko, G., Cowan, L., &... Redelmeier, D. (2010). Universal health insurance and health care access for homeless persons. American Journal Of Public Health, 100(8), 1454-1461. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.182022 National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty - Housing Rights Overview. (n.d.). National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty - Housing Rights Overview. Retrieved June 10, 2014, from http://www.nlchp.org/housing Rabiner, M., & Weiner, A. (2012). Health Care for Homeless and Unstably Housed: Overcoming Barriers. Mount Sinai Journal Of Medicine, 79(5), 586-592. doi:10.1002/msj.21339 Tent City U.S.A. - Trailer - OWN Documentary Club - Oprah Winfrey Network. (2012, September 17). YouTube. Retrieved June 10, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J0vps63twU 10