poverty-and-homelessness

The effects of homelessness on society can be quite costly, not only in terms of tax dollars spent but on the strain it puts on social agencies, individuals and families. Though families and some individuals may find themselves in homeless shelters for relatively short periods of time due to an economic or personal crisis, it is the long-term, chronic homeless population that runs up significant costs. These include hospitalization and emergency room visits, police intervention and incarceration, and use of mental health, poverty and homeless programs. 1. Health care When homeless people are admitted to a hospital, their stay is about four days longer than average, which adds up to an additional cost to the public of about $2,400 per incident. Homelessness itself causes serious health-care issues, including HIV/AIDS, addiction, psychological disorders and other illnesses that require consistent, long-term care. Homelessness inhibits access to treatment and recuperation, making health i...

  There are multiple types of poverty. Situational poverty  Generational poverty  Absolute poverty Relative poverty  Urban poverty  Rural poverty Situational poverty is very common and something you or someone you know may have experienced. There may have been a job loss, a divorce, or maybe a health crisis that caused you to be economically unstable. We've seen a lot of families who have experienced this during the pandemic, specifically families who are in service and tourist industries. There are so many families that were living paycheck to paycheck then had an event like a job loss and became so much more economically unstable. Generational poverty is defined as being part of a family that has been living in poverty for more than two generations. This is different because if you have grown up in poverty, there are certain thought processes, ways of being, and ways of knowing that will differ from if you have been brought up say in the mi...