Essays on Homeless Veterans

Ladies and gentlemen, in the words of Martin Luther King, “True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.’’ In these wise words, Martin Luther appreciated the value of compassion; but he knew something more needed to be done. Settling veterans are an infallible sign of appreciation for the sacrifices that veterans make for the sake of the country. Today, San Diego is the sixth most populous domicile for homeless veterans. And, according to the State Department of Housing and Urban Development, the number of ...

1a). Leadership approaches relevant in the field of social work

Social workers often pride themselves in their capacity to efficiently assist those that they serve. Notably, this is their primary competence and as a result are committed to individual dignity, significance of relationships, service delivery, and social justice. Therefore, the first approach of leadership in the field of social work would be to practice an authentic type of leadership. An authentic leader would have in his possession an emotional resolve making the leader gain the required confidence from his peers. Besides, it shows one’s willingness to lead. When one practices an authentic type of leadership, he is bound ...

Homelessness among military personnel is a sore thorn in United States. There are several programs aimed at alleviating this problem veterans, but as fate would have it the various efforts placed forth to help the veterans are inadequate to deal the homelessness crisis. This paper takes a deeper look at the problem of homelessness among veterans, examines the living conditions of homeless veterans and also identifies the current initiatives aimed at addressing the menace of homelessness among the veterans. Homelessness in broad sense is a challenge faced by people who lack a place to live that can be considered ...

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This research paper focuses on the Homeless Veterans in Southern California. Veterans make up 34% of the population in the US. Three percent of all veterans are women. Eleven percent of the veterans are considered homeless with about 400,000 falling to the problem of homelessness every year (Tsai, Pietrzak & Rosenheck, 2013). As a community of interest, the Homeless Veterans in Southern California comprise of men and women that survived wars such as the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the Afghan and Iraq wars. The ages of the veterans tally with the age and time when they were ...

The agency I chose to visit for the purposes of this interview was the VA Long Beach Healthcare system, which is an integral part of the Department of Veteran Affairs. The system is currently considered the most diversified one in veteran affairs. It consists of the medical center and clinics, and it provides inpatient, outpatient and extended heath care programs. The clients of this system are veterans, and they receive such services as treatment of physical and mental illnesses and comorbid conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, military sexual trauma, schizophrenia and substance abuse. The ...

Intergovernmental support is a driving variable under the urban development model discussed by Savitch and Kantor (2002) that “provides the finance and infrastructure that are also essential for development,” mainly through intergovernmental support agreements entered by the Secretary of any federal executive department with a state or local government (Procurement Generally, 2006):

Simply put, intergovernmental support is granted by the federal government, through one of its executive departments, to a state or local government for the purpose of providing finance and infrastructure essential for development. An article from the Department of Veterans Affairs – Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs (DVA-OPIA, ...