Last week, I had the opportunity to meet one of the residents at my local shelter who became homeless this year. I was informed by staff members that he was struggling to find employment, due to his criminal record.\u00a0 I wanted to discover the causes of the circumstances he lives and how he maintains to survive without receiving federal assistance.\u00a0 His conversation relates to this week\u2019s reading from chapter 6 \u201cHelping Homeless Youth\u201d in Inequality, Poverty, and Neoliberal Governance <\/i>by Vincent Lyon-Callo.\u00a0 I saw he was overwhelmed by his expression towards the case management working on his case, the frustration in seeking employment, and his upcoming residential contract termination.\u00a0 He kindly shares his experiences regarding the career and education services provide as a requirement for self-suffiency.\u00a0 He stated, \u201c\u00a0 \u201cI am still stuck in that wall, what happens if I push it through it\u2026.am I supposed to keep going..keep walking..stop there..you know\u201d.<\/p>\n
Most of the homeless people lack education and support system from the staff that discourage them from seeking help in order to develop a plan to achieve their goals in obtaining a stable life.\u00a0 This man like everyone else feels pressure to have a job without having the proper education to succeed.\u00a0 How can staff normalize these individuals, when staff are not patient and willingly to understand profoundly the homelessness realities and people\u2019s conditions.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cInstead of starting from 100 to 1\u2026people are not educated and staff do not understand how frustrated they feel. How can I do it when I don\u2019t understand it\u2026? I am not producing I still need to learn how to use it\u201d says the respondent. \u00a0In chapter 6 explains that homeless people want to be themselves not be \u201cfixed\u201d because it seems like a way that people are labeling them distinctive as the rest of society.\u00a0 Homeless people may object to follow regulations and unwillingly to cooperate with staff.\u00a0 Staff usually give up easily with the homeless people without understanding the major point\u2019s homeless people want to develop to lead them on their path to attainment.\u00a0 In my opinion I do believe is true, how can we force people to become educated, when we are not educated ourselves.\u00a0 We need to place an example in order to teach other the leadership skills that they were taught to help others in need.<\/p>\n
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Last week, I had the opportunity to meet one of the residents at my local shelter who became homeless this year. I was informed by staff members that he was struggling to find employment, due to his criminal record.\u00a0 I wanted to discover the causes of the circumstances he lives and how he maintains to … Continue reading sympathy towards change<\/span>