...located within Illinois. Suburban Express bus service Suburban Express bus service provides transport to six universities within the Midwest, primarily the Chicago area. Airport shuttle services are run by Suburban Express subsidiary company, Illini Shuttle. Over 200 Lawsuits have been have been filed by Suburban Express bus service against students for violations of Suburban Express terms of service. “As Suburban Express continues to file lawsuits against students for contract violations, Annie Mauro is one student who has not given up fighting against the company.” (Student legal services helps students fight suburban express lawsuits, 2015) Mauro tried to board a Suburban Express bus without a printed ticket and was turned away. Mauro parched another ticket and got on the next bus but contacted Suburban Express for a refund on the first ticket, Suburban Express never contacted Mauro back. Mauro contacted her Credit Card Company and disputer the ticket and had the charges reversed, Suburban Express bus service filled a lawsuit against Mauro. Another example is the lawsuit against Jeremy Leval, a University alumnus. “The lawsuit alleges that Leval violated the company's terms of services, which, at the time, stated that passengers agree to pay $500 if a passenger or someone with a passenger interferes with or delays the departure of the bus in any way.”(Suburban express lawsuits reappear in Cook County, 2014) Suburban Express bus service uses an...
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...released to the public, but told with conflicting viewpoints. The most common conflict brought up again and again is between FEMA and the relief victims. Relief victims and FEMA argue over humanitarian aid issues such as evacuation, supplies, and housing. Evacuation was the most important humanitarian effort that FEMA could provide. Getting residents out of the disaster area was the primary goal of FEMA. Evacuation by bus was the initial form of evacuation. The bus evacuation plan that FEMA provided allowed the whole city to evacuate in a reasonable amount of time. Then evacuation by plane was added as another way for FEMA to get relief victims out of the city in large numbers. The plane evacuation was very efficient once it got under way. The conditions at the airport allowed only outbound aircraft. The last form of humanitarian aid shown through evacuation was the creation of emergency shelters. FEMA, in conjunction with surrounding states, had set up shelters where the evacuees could go. Then states further away volunteered to house evacuees. The shelters provided a place for evacuees to stay after the hurricane and provided time for them to look for more permanent housing. FEMA provided basic humanitarian aid by evacuating Katrina survivors. Supplies were a form of humanitarian aid that FEMA provided. The most basic of these supplies was water. When FEMA brought in water it was the most needed and cherished item. The relief victims showed gratitude toward the people who...
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...Caring for Populations: Milestone1: Community Windshield Survey Form Directions: Please refer to the Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Guidelines and grading rubric found in Doc Sharing for specific instructions in order to complete the information below. This assignment is worth 150 points. Type your name above and your answers below directly on this form. Click Save as and save the file with the assignment name and your last name (e.g., “NR443 Windshield Survey Form_Smith”). When you are finished, submit the form to the Week 2 Caring for Populations: Windshield Survey Dropbox by the deadline indicated in your guidelines. Your Name: Jessica Cunningham Date: 5/15/2014 Your Instructor’s Name: Instructor Murray Criteria | Your response | 1. Community introduction: Identify the community you will be using for this assignment. It should be the area where you live or the area surrounding your work setting. | The community being observed is Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The population is around 5,000 with the majority race being Caucasian. Within the community there is a local hospital, two different school districts, and a court house. On any given day many of people are seen either walking or riding bikes within the community. The hospital is located right in the middle of the community within a residential area. The community offers shuttles that take people without transportation around the area and within 30 miles outside the area. | 2. Windshield surveya....
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...Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing Hillsborough County, Florida is the 4th largest county in Florida. It is comprised of 1,048 square miles of land and 24 square miles of inland water area for a total of 1,072 square miles located midway along the west coast of Florida. It has a diverse culture of people cohabitating in a large community. Assessing the community allows you to see a broader picture of diversity and layers of multicultural issues that affect the community as a whole. Population Economic Status Assessment Hillsborough County is an average sized county for all intents and purposes with a population of approximately 1,316,298 people. The county is also average in income levels with the average household income of $49,596 and only 16.8% of this population being at or below poverty level and 83.2% above the poverty level. Isolating ethnicity, it is the Native Americans with the highest percentage of “poor” individuals 29.8% and African Americans second at 27.7%. Approximately 3% of the population is receiving public assistance in various forms. are receiving assistance in one way or another. According to the Tampa Hillsborough Homeless Initiative there are approximately, 1,931 people living without a fixed residence in the county. This number is slightly down from 2014 numbers of 1,944. The majority race in Hillsborough County is Caucasian at 75.6%, followed by Hispanic or Latino at 26% and African...
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...The book ‘Hitler’s Daughter’ written by Jackie French is based around the idea of conflict. The story started with conflict at a bus shelter with a group of young children. Mark was included in this group and was one of the main characters to fuel more of it. There was then more conflict, which Anna had created between Hitler and his daughter, Heidi. All the characters had been exposed to conflict in some form throughout the novel. Conflict is a disagreement or argument about something important. Mark creates many disagreements with the people surrounding him, which contributed more conflict throughout the story. Mark would always cause an argument at home with his family by asking questions at unnecessary times. The following extract illustrates that Mark was always overloading his parents with pointless questions. “You choose the worst times to ask questions.” (Page 21) Mark also causes conflict with his schoolteacher, Mr. McDonald by asking too many questions. “…Maybe I’d been asking too many questions lately…”(Page 73) This shows that Mark makes people feel nervous when he is constantly quizzing them because they feel they can not provide him with the right answers. All through the novel, conflict is established every morning when a group of students, including Mark, Anna, Ben and Tracey meet at a bus shelter. They began an argument by yelling at one another and making rude comments about the story Anna was telling. “‘BLERK!‘ Snorted Ben rudely.”(Page 6) This gives you...
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...Introduction Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gained an increasingly high attention in recent years. CSR can be defined as the ways in which businesses align their values and behaviors with their various stakeholders such as employees, suppliers, customers, government and other societal interests on whom their operation may have an impact. The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Dubai government and the UAE has always been present from the earliest Islamic times, with people and organizations practising Islamic values, donating through philanthropy and Shariah compliant ways of commerce. In recent years, there have been worldwide initiatives to invest responsibly and focus on investing profits into community life and saving the environment. CSR addresses a company’s transparency or openness and considering its stakeholders’ expectations. This means that business does more than act out of self-interest and shows social responsibility (Juholin, 2004). Companies cannot operate any more entirely independently and need to consider the needs of society and welfare of the community. Organizations now realize that in order to survive and stay unique in business and obtain strategic advantages, they need to practice being socially responsible. Many larger organizations have already integrated CSR into their strategic plans as an important factor in order to have a sustainable business. Although larger enterprises have more impact on society today, SMEs are...
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...June 29, 2015 Fred Oskin Issues of Advocacy in the Human Service Field An advocate is a person who acts in support of an interested party during negotiation, litigation, or another conflict resolution process. When being an advocate the relationship with your client the client has to trust you and believes that you can get the help that is needed. There are many different types of housing for teens that are homeless. The homeless shelters provide beds for homeless youths 16 through 20 shelter and transitional housing with supportive services. The youths are allowed to stay in these programs as long as they are making healthy goal progress and respecting house and community rules. Youth counselors and case managers provide direct care for the youth 24 hours per day, under supervision of Program Director. The youths get clean bedrooms, bathrooms, and laundry facilities, three nutritious meals per day, personal hygiene supplies and bus tokens. Youths work together to define housing, social, personal, health and educational goals and opportunities. The Social Workers that work at the shelters are committed to working with young people from where they are to help gain real life living skills at every level including how to engage with adults and other youths in the house... Helping prepare youths to engage constructively in their communities and develop self assurance by addressing both their basic needs and the four core elements of positive youth development: a sense...
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...which this type of violence is increasing (Kenney, 16). The state law of Louisiana defines domestic violence is the physical and sexual abuse of one member of a household towards another member, and ranges from mild to severe forms of abuse and this law also governs Shreveport City. Statistics released reports showing that a in a span of one minute 4 women are beaten, meaning that domestic violence is the major cause of injuries to women with statistics showing its numbers are higher than rapes, muggings and accidents put together. However, it should not be assumed that domestic violence in Shreveport is only limited to women and also occurs on adult males and children with the number of men reporting to have been physically abused by their spouses increasing tremendously. This report shows the available services (including programs) for the people who have been through some form of domestic violence, the target group for these services, the challenges faced by these services and some of the interventions to these challenges. The reason for opting to focus on this city is because of the increased number of cases witnessed and the access of information. There is also the fact that there is no ready information because researchers have not focused on this city (Davis, 79). The city is home to about 51 domestic violence shelters that acts as refuge for victims of domestic violence and are open to all the residents of Shreveport (Welfareinfo.org, n.p). These shelters are divided...
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...Early in 1988, the outreach committee of Orange Park Presbyterian Church identified safe shelter and other services for victims of domestic violence in Clay County as a "critical and local need.” When the steering committee investigated the needs in Clay County concerning battered women and their children, they found the nearest shelter was Hubbard House in Duval County, and it was usually full. Even if a woman could get to Duval County, the services she needed to access in Clay County were located in Orange Park and Green Cove Springs and there was no regular bus service between Jacksonville and these cities. When checking the local statistics on domestic violence calls against the number of women actually sheltered in Hubbard House, it was discovered that women in Clay County weren't going to Hubbard House. Shelter was needed in Clay County! Quigley House is named in honor of Pansy Quigley, who lived in Green Cove Springs from 1912 to 1988, and who was well known in Clay County for her volunteer work. The mission of Quigley House was established as such: "to break the cycle of domestic abuse by providing crisis intervention, temporary shelter, protection, counseling, community education, and prevention programs." Quigley House Domestic Violence Shelter Green Cove Springs Clay County Florida Community Education at Quigley House is all about awareness and teaching as many people as possible how they can be a part of the solution to making every home in Clay County a safe place...
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...Thelmeca Williams Professor Jocelyn Williams Bus 100 Saturday, June 14, 2014 2 The cheesecake Factory has an established code of ethics that is used to maintain the balance between the human aspect of ethics and the business success for Cheesecake Factory. Although there are many areas of the Cheesecake Factory’s code of ethical conduct is important, there are a few key areas of the code of ethical conduct that are of significant to The Cheesecake Factory. The first in Article IV, “Conflicts of Interest”. This says that an officer or a director,” Should avoid participating in any transaction or investment that conflicts with, or appears to conflict with, the interest of the company. This is an ethical key because a person who is in a position of leadership or management must be loyal to the organization, otherwise, all decisions that could be made are suspect as to the integrity of the choice, especially concerning money matters. A second key area of The Cheesecake Factory’s code of ethics Article V, in the “Compliance with Company Policies and Procedures,” section that pertains to confidential information. It is important for the success of any company that the confidentiality of information be maintained. This leads to another key in Article V of the code of ethical conduct. It deals with insider trading. It prohibits insider trading. It states that, “An officer or director shall observe the Company’s policy prohibiting trading on the basis of material, non-public information...
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...Strategic Plan, Part I Joanelle Jones BUS/475 March 22,2012 Robert Smith Strategic Plan, Part One A Way out Women’s Crisis & Family Outreach Center is a non-profit business organization. The author would like to develop and start this organization in the near future. This paper serves as a preliminary business plan. The organization’s services and customers are defined within the mission statement. The vision clearly states the direction the organization hopes to achieve in the future. The principals and values are defines as they relate to social responsibility, ethics and the organization’s culture. The conclusion analyzes how our mission, vision, and values that guide our strategic direction and how the organization addresses the needs of whom we aim to serve. Mission A Way Out Women's Shelter and Crisis Center is as support based family shelter that thrives to help our communities STOP domestic violence and sexual assault. In the process, it is our desire to help clients within our communities that wish to create better lives for themselves and their children. Our Crisis center provides quality residential and non- residential services to woman and children who are victims of domestic and sexual violence. The Way out Woman Shelter and Crisis Center is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization comprised of members throughout the state of Arkansas and services Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline Counties and rural communities as well who share the conviction that violence...
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...Windshield Survey Hayden Idaho Geographic Assessment My community is Hayden Lake Idaho, zip code 83835. Hayden Lake is in Kootenai County and located in the northern part of the state about 90 miles from the Canadian border. Hayden Lake shares the same zip code as the city of Hayden located next door to it. Size is 0.68 square miles. Elevation: 2,239 feet and there is 40 miles of shore line (City-Data.com, n.d.). The shore line is heavily populated with homes and has little public access. Hayden Lake is fed by streams and springs. Population is 575. Coeur d’Alene Indians initially inhabited the area around Hayden Lake. The area provided excellent hunting and fishing, and an abundant supply of huckleberries and bulbs. Good huckleberry picking still exists within a few miles from Hayden. Hayden Lake was formed by glacial activity and prehistorically was a hunter and gather society. This has helped to shape Hayden Lake into what it is today. Hayden Lake residents are heavily into big game hunting, growing our own food, canning, and big on out doors activities. The boundaries of Hayden Lake are Hayden lake shore line, government way, north Lakeview rd., and Honey Suckle Dr. Highway 95 runs north and south through the city of Hayden and can easily be reached from just about any road in Hayden Lake. There is a railroad in nearby Rathdrum however it does not run through or border Hayden Lake. Housing in Hayden Lake is a mix of new development track homes that are close together...
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...Windshield Survey Assessment Paper Windshield Survey Assessment Paper Physical The city of Victorville began in 1962 and started off with a population of 8,000 that has grown to be a population of 121,000, and continues to grow (92392 Zip Code Population and Races, n.d.). The condition of the houses appear to be in mint condition with the exception of some homes in the area of El Evado and Pacoima that have lawns that are dead and full of weeds. The paint on these homes are chipped and not well kept. There are many apartments in Victorville that appear to look old on the outside, but each apartment building has been renovated to look more twenty first century. There aren't many abandoned houses in the city of Victorville but there abandoned vehicles in front of houses that have oxidized paint and dust covering them. The houses in the neighborhoods are very similar in their layout, the only difference each house has is the color of the paint on outside of the house. Some residents have also added on additions to their homes such as extra rooms or in ground pools, which have raised the equity in these homes. There is one abandoned building that stands out in Victorville and that is because it is in a shopping center that has flourishing businesses within that same parking lot that use to be an Albertsons. This building has been empty for a couple years and is located on Bear Valley and Amargosa. There is a large number of stray dogs in Victorville due to the faulty wooden...
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...Some friends of the parents told them that they started a home school program, and that they should let their daughter join the program before another year of school starts. So the parents ask their daughter if she want to try home schooling. The girl said she would try homeschooling only if she can go back to public school if she does not like being homeschooled. A couple of months after that, the girl started homeschooling. When you think of Homeschooling, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Do you think of a child being pulled out of public school for bad school environment, such as bullying and negative peer-pressure? Maybe you think of a child with special or personal needs?Or, do you think of a child that would be socially shelter from his/hers peers? For some, these are the first conclusions about homeschoolers, but are any of these conclusions true? That 6 year old girl was me 12 years ago, and I remember the first day I started home schooling, I was quite unsure how is was going to be. I thought that I would not be around kids anymore, and that I would never have a high school graduation. I know that is a lot for a kindergartener to think about, but that was just how I would think A few month after I started home schooling, I started the non-profit home school program, and I was surprise to see so many kids. In fact, there were over 120 students, from...
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...notice, various colleagues established a medical facility—the Katrina Clinic—at the Astrodome/Reliant Center Complex in Houston. By the time the resource facility closed about two weeks later, the Katrina Clinic medical staff had seen over 11,000 of the estimated 27,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees who sought shelter in the Complex. Herein, we designate the scope of this medical response, citing our major challenges, triumphs, and recommendations for conducting similar efforts in the future. The majority of patients who required more critical care, including hospital admission, were referred for further evaluation to publicly funded hospitals within the Harris County Hospital District, specifically, Ben Taub General Hospital and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital several times a day to reassess operations and accommodate the fluid situation. As we seek lessons from the evacuation of Hurricane Katrina, it is imperative that communications and disaster plans account for the specific obstacles run into by urban, minority communities. There work provides an opportunity to listen to the voices of the evacuees themselves. These voices lead us to believe that removing the obstacles of shelter and transportation will be insufficient to ensure safety in future disasters. Policies must additionally address the important influence of extended families and social networks through better community-based communication and preparation strategies. By September 4, nearly 500 evacuees had been flown to Illinois...
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