Tagged With "homeless"

Susan Traylor says “When they see the cross on the table, they know someone has died.” The ‘they’ she is talking about are the many folks experiencing homelessness in our small community of Tarpon Springs, Florida. A few weeks ago, the cross was on the table for Terry. I knew him by sight but never knew his name. I observed him over the past few years quite often in a state that makes most people not only uncomfortable, but anxious and fearful as he argued with someone only he could see. He...

This specific program will target the homeless population in Alachua county specifically in Gainesville that utilize Grace Market Place and Saint Francis House. We will also offer support for those who participant by allowing health professionals (such as nurses and social workers) visit them and help in any capacity. The plan is to tackle the disparities within the Gainesville community in the homeless population. This will be achieved by providing the target population with social workers,...

LOQuYSIF aims to connect existing resources in Florida – foster organizations, mental health services, academic counselors, career planners, and legal services – to serve queer youth facing homelessness. Primary outcomes for LOQuYSIF include reducing homelessness, increasing the number of foster homes for queer youth, reducing queer youth in the juvenile justice system because of homelessness, advocating for policy change, increasing self-efficacy, and improving emotional regulation abilities.

Hello! For my 'Building Resilience in Individuals and Communities for Public Health' Course, I was tasked with creating an intervention aimed at building resilience in a community focused on a particular critical public health issue. The issue I choose to focus on was childhood homelessness. In the United States, 2.5% of school-aged children are homeless (U.S. Department of Education, 2020). Florida is doing far worse in this health issue. Florida is ranked 40th in the country in childhood...