HOMELESSNESS A WORLDWIDE ISSUE
SPIRITUALITY: purpose & meaning on life
SERVICE: providing basic needs
Physiological -food -water -shelter -warmth -sleep
100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
make less than $1,500 per month
Safety
Love/Belonging -family
-friendship
– Roger Fallot, Community Connections, Spirituality as a Clinical Tool: Care for the Homeless Mentally
Esteem
-self-esteem -confidence -achievement -respect of others -respected by others
security of: - body -employement -resources -health -property
“We think of spirituality as being part of a holistic, bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach to the treatment of severe mental illness.”
mental illnesses in the US
US population
a person in the general
a highschool
SERIOUS
have not recieved
homeless persons with a
individuals
over the course of a year, for
odds of experiencing
homelessness,
61
percent of homeless
* people worldwide are homeless
250,000
SOLUTION SPIRITUALITY NEEDS FACTS
100,000,000* 16% GED 1 194 in Chronically Homeless: either (1) an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition who has been continuously homeless for a year or more, OR (2) an unaccompanied individual with a disabling condition who has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years.”
Self-actualization -morality -creativity -spontenity -problem solving -lack of prejudice -acceptance of facts
“Homeless people have more spirituality than we give them credit for, many times all they need is a quiet place ‘to be’ and feel secure.” - Sister Monica O’Keefe, MSC, substance abuse counselor, Optima Health VNA Community Services, Inc., Manchester, New Hampshire
“A growing body of evidence suggests that spirituality is positively associated with mental health” “Spirituality appeared to play an important role in the lives of the homeless and that feeling close to God may be linked to better functional mental or emotional health in homeless people. - Kelly Knaub, http://pavementpieces.com/homeless-find-strength-in-spirituality/, April 16, 2010
PROVIDE FOOD AND SHELTER TO THE HOMELESS
- Dailey, D. E., & Stewart, A. L., Research in Nursing & Health, 2007
“The effectiveness of faith has even been proved scientifically.” - Kelly Knaub, http://pavementpieces.com/homeless-find-strength-in-spirituality/, April 16, 2010
CLOSE THE INCREASE INCOME GAP BETWEEN EARNINGS AND BASIC NEEDS HELP BY ALLOWING ACCESS
TO SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WILL
S
AS WELL AS PROVIDE FINANCIAL EDUCATION
johan venter