Homelessness could come in many forms people from children, young adults, adults, and the elderly. In the case of many of them, many people have done many things to try to get out of being homeless although there are many reasons for why people are homeless and depending on what age group you fit in it could be different reasons to what lead them to the place they are in. For example, an increase in poverty rates, lack of affordable housing, Decline in the availability of public assistance all affect both adults and the elderly and at times even adults with a family. For us to get out of poverty since there are many reasons we are in poverty and that is explained in the book as followed: ‘DiNitto has defined five different approaches to the conceptualization of poverty in the united states: Poverty as deprivation, poverty as inequality, poverty as culture, poverty as exploitation, and poverty as structure.’ (Social Works and Social Welfare) Next Child’s homelessness, could be many causes as well with either being in a family one of the bigger issues is that they either lack Parental support, foste
r homes, or individual care. This case is easy although many kids are afraid to go into a foster home or a homeless shelter because they don’t know what would happen to them or if they’re with their little brother or sisters they wouldn’t want to be separated. This is a big issue although there have been improvements even helping kids at times helping them get an education and even get a job if they can’t find someone to adopt them or even foster them. As mentioned above many people get affected from all ages groups from children/infants through adults and elders. Like there are many ages groups that get affected many have different reasons to be homeless as well as have different situations that have them end up in that specific situation. Like those many reasons, there are also many factors such as race and another idea that causes a person to be homeless. Although there are many ways that we as a community can prevent or control homelessness in either our small towns or big cities. Even though they are homeless they also affect people that arent homeless depending on the area that you live in.