Homeless Population

Question 1

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Category 3

Answer 1

• Homeless Under Other Federal Statutes:
  > Unaccompanied youth and families w/ children & youth who are defined as homeless under other federal statutes who do not otherwise qualify as homeless under this definition

Question 2

Department of Education (ED) - Definition of Homeless Student

Answer 2

• McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 ensures that each child and each homeless youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other children and youths
• Includes children & youth who are:
  > sharing the housing of other persons (frequently referred to as “doubling up”)
  > abandoned in hospitals or
  > awaiting foster care placement

Question 3

Factors tht Contribute to Homelessness

Answer 3

• Shortage of Affordable Housing
  > considered affordable if it costs no more than 30% of income
  > HUD operates programs tht provides financial housing assistance to low-income families; the demand for these programs has far exceeded the supply
• Income Insufficiency
  > w/ the lack of affordable housing & insufficient income, ppl have to spend much of their income on rent, leaving w/out adequate resources for other necessities; food, clothing, hlth care
• Inadequacy & Scarcity of Supportive Services
• these factors contribute to homelessness rather than cause homelessness

Question 4

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Category 2

Answer 4

• Imminent Risk of Homelessness:
  > Individuals and families who will imminently lose their primary nighttime residence

Question 5

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Category 1

Answer 5

• Literally homeless
• Individuals & families who lack a fixed, regular, & adequate nighttime residence meaning:
  > has a primary nighttime residence tht is public or private and not met for human habitation
  > living in a publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including shelters, transitional housing, and hotels & motels paid for by charitable organizations or by federal, state, and local programs)
  > exiting an institution where he/she has resided for 90 days or less and resided in an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering the institution

Question 6

Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) - Category 4

Answer 6

• Fleeing/Attempting to Flee Domestic Violence (DV):
  > individuals & families who are fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions tht r/t violence

Question 7

Market Justice System

Answer 7

• Dominant model
• Belief tht ppl are entitled to valued ends (i.e., status, income, & happiness) according to their own individual efforts
• Stresses individual responsibility, minimal collective action, & freedom from collective obligations other than respect for another person’s fundamental rights
• Results in a downstream approach to problems

Question 8

Social Justice System

Answer 8

• Belief tht all ppl are equally entilted to key ends (e.g., access to hlth care & minimum standards of income)
• Says all members of society must accept collective burdens to provide a fair distribution of these ends
• A foundational aspect of public health
• Supports upstream thinking