...Abstract This research paper looks at some of the loopholes of the various Rental Housing Assistance programs offered by the government to help families that cannot afford to live to pay their rent. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) oversees the three major programs offered by the federal government, i.e. public housing, privately owned subsidized housing and housing choice voucher (section-8). This paper doesn't focus on one of them specifically, but rather on the efficiency of the overall programs. The loopholes and inefficiencies addressed in this paper relate to the eligibility requirement, the lack of coordination across the various programs, their portability, the lack of incentives, and their perception across the indutry. Keywords: HUD, government, Section 8, housing, assistance, rental Are Government Rental Housing Assistance Programs Fulfilling their Social Mandate? Government Rental Housing Assistance has three programs to help low income families with their housing: public housing, privately owned subsidized housing, and housing choice voucher programs, the latter popularly known as Section-8. These programs are the result of a long process that started a hundred and fifty years ago with the Civil Rights Act of 1866. However, while the Civil Rights Act of 1866 established the conceptual foundations for fair housing policies, the country was still left without mechanisms to unable a fair housing market. It is only in...
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...numerous distinctive qualities they use every day when working with their customers. One of the most significant jobs that a Human Service Professional do is assists the customer with the challenges that the customer is faced with. A customer settling on choices can be one of the jobs that the Human Service Professional would need to help with. Some individuals would assume that an individual would not require any assistance settling on a choice however that is not correct and the Professional can assist in a manner that makes the choice making simpler for the customer. As a Human Service Professional, in order for the expert to assist the customer in a successful way they must be acquainted with the rules and proper techniques. What is an Advocate? An Advocate is an individual who assists individuals normally individuals who can’t assist themselves. These certain sorts of individuals could go from a mental weakness to a physical debilitation. What is a Mediator? The Mediator is fundamentally the same to an Advocate. The distinction would be the Mediator is assistance to one or a few individuals. Challenges of the Dual Relationship Throughout Mediation it is a procedure with a third party. The third party is known as Mediator that will assist the parties’ outcome an argument and think of a shared acceptable resolution to their argument. ( Leviton & Greenstone,1997, p.1). The arbitrator might not have every response or most likely be unable to come up with a concluding resolution...
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...Paul C Federal Bureau of Prisons-Reentry One very important function of the corrections system is to assist inmates that are up for release from federal prison. Assistance is given by connecting these individuals to outside organizations for assistance. These organizations help to reduce recidivism rates. “The BOP contracts with residential reentry centers (RRCs), also known as halfway houses, to provide assistance to inmates who are nearing release. RRCs provide a safe, structured, supervised environment, as well as employment counseling, job placement, financial management assistance, and other programs and services. RRCs help inmates gradually rebuild their ties to the community and facilitate supervising ex-offenders' activities during this readjustment phase.” There are basically five general services provided by (RRCs.) (1) Accountability- Daily counts are conducted to all residence. A resident is only authorized to leave by sign out procedures, and only approved activities are accepted. These are for recreation, counseling, looking for employment and working. These approved activities are constantly monitored by RRC staff members. Individual’s that return to their RRC facility may be given a random drug/alcohol test. (2) RRC staff members help residence locate employment opportunities in their local communities. ” offenders are expected to be employed 40 hours/week within 15 calendar...
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...be able to fully assist others. Family of Woodstock began as the founders found several factors that led them to create such an awesome organization. The people in need are the people that inspired the founders to open the organization. The founders had to learn and understand why so many teens and young adults had decided to run away or to escape the confines of the world they had been living in. Listening to their reasons and to understand why is what helped them plan an organization that would be able to assist them fully. The founders saw how people slept on benches, on parking lots, hitchhiking, and even seeking out food and clothing. These are some of the reasons that led the founders to provide them with a shelter and other assistance needed such as clothes and food. Once the organization was established, they were able to specialize to meet many of the needs of the people in their community. After reviewing how the organization was established and how it has worked in a 40 year period, it is clearly...
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...Support Center (SLOSC) Programs include: * Supported Housing through our Independent Housing Program (IHP) assists individuals with establishing safe, affordable permanent housing by: * Assisting with the search for an apartment, moving expenses, security deposits and rental assistance when appropriate * Securing basic furnishings and household supplies * Providing advocacy and support to maintain their independent living situation. Bridge Services at SLOSC works with individuals receiving other SLOSC assistance to: * Provide community-based supports to adults who are struggling to manage or make progress in their pursuit of the quality of life they desire, and seek greater levels of wellness, independence, and personal satisfaction and success in their lives. * Support people in the development of their recovery goals focusing on physical health, independence and coordination/instruction related to accessing transportation. SLOSC Assisted Competitive Employment (ACE) and Supported Employment programs provide eligible individuals with a variety of employment-related supports including: * Resume development, interviewing skills and job search assistance * On and off-site job coaching * Ongoing support and advocacy designed to assist individuals with maintaining their employment * (Supported Employment also provides these services to...
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...network of any kind? If so, what organisation? 3. On a scale of 1-10 how effective do you think support networks in general are and give reasons? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4. If you have used or will use in the future, what type of support network do you think will help you best? * Online help * Face-to-face help * Phone help * Written help 5. If your family needed assistance would you reach out to a support network? Why/why not? 6. Identify 3 support networks that assist families in your local area. 7. What would be one barrier stopping you from seeking help from a family support network? * Lack of confidence * Guilt of cause * Insecurity * Personal issues 8. If you needed family support, what would you look for in a support network? 9. At what stage in point would you think about contacting a family support service? * Death of an individual * Financial assistance * Constant fighting * Cause of family member moving out/divorce 10. If you had to reach out to a support network that assists families, name which one it would be and why. Thank you for...
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...foreign. Which in fact that person end up being someone of our own race, ethnicity, and born in Hawaii. (End) Our Goal is to help immigrants be more independent and self-sufficient so that they will be able to get better education, jobs, and life in Hawaii. Slide 2: Target Audiences (Groups targeted) * Chinese * Japanese * Filipino * Micronesians * Koreans * Samoans (Decision-makers and People of Influence) * Department of Human Services: To help those in need of medical, financial, and housing services. * Catholic Charities: To help those that need counseling, housing, and guidance. Catholic Charities can also help with immigrants obtain and maintain citizen status. * Workforce Hawaii: To help those that need assistance in gaining the skills and the abilities to obtain a job. Slide 3: * Assisting...
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...Centralized training and registration for Service Dogs Dessie Marek UMUC Abstract In today’s evolving society, there is more mobility that ever for people with disabilities. One of the things that allows this to happen is the use of service animals. Problems however arise when people try to cheat the system. Attempts to pass off pets as service animals, improperly trained animals, and businesses with lack of knowledge on laws all contribute to ongoing frustrations. The need for a centralized training standard as well as government registration and regulation of service animals is clear and immediate. If standards can be established within breeding clubs for “Good Citizen” training, then it can be done for service dogs. Then, once they are trained to standard, there is no reason an official registration system cannot be implemented. The simple act of giving an official ID to actual service dogs would alleviate the stress from business owners as well as handlers. It really is just common sense. Centralized training and registration for Service Dogs Disabilities can be life changing and world altering circumstances. For many people becoming disabled meant living a lesser life, that is until they discovered service dogs. In the united states more and more uses are being found for service dogs every day. This of course leads to frauds and problems. How do they deal with it all? Easy! There needs to be a centralized standard of training and registration system for all service...
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...Resource Links Wounded Warrior Resource Center The Wounded Warrior Resource Center Web site (WWRC) is a Department of Defense Web site which provides wounded Service Members, their families, and caregivers with information they need on military facilities, health care services, and benefits. It supports access to the Wounded Warrior Resource Call Center and trained specialists who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone at 1-800-342-9647 or by e-mail at wwrc@militaryonesource.com. Advocacy/Support - Disabled American Veterans* www.dav.org The DAV’s 1.2 million members provide grassroots advocacy and services in communities nationwide. From educating lawmakers and the public about important issues to supporting services and legislation to help disabled veterans — the DAV is there to promote its message of hope to all who have served and sacrificed. Advocacy/Support - National Veterans Foundation* www.nvf.org Our Mission: to serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of all U.S. Veterans and their families through: * Management and operation of the nation’s only toll-free helpline for all veterans and their families. * Public awareness programs that shine a consistent spotlight on the needs of America’s veterans. * Outreach services that provide veterans and families in need with food, clothing, transportation, employment, and other essential resources. Advocacy/Support - Salute Inc.* www.saluteinc.org SALUTE, Inc. is a...
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...seeking government assistance be required to take drug tests? INTRODUCTION On August 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, also known as the Welfare Reform Bill, into effect ending welfare as it had been known for many years. “This law transformed the traditional entitlement to cash welfare under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) into a transitional program, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), which requires most recipients to work after two years of receiving assistance, or, at state option, even earlier, with few exceptions. After 60 months of receipt during a lifetime, a recipient is ineligible for federally-funded cash benefits (NPC, 2004)”. (1) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act shifted the responsibility of the poor to the states. The Act also made allowance for states to perform drug testing of those who were in need of federal assistance. According to an article in the New York Times “Policy makers in three dozen states this year proposed drug testing for people receiving benefits like welfare, unemployment assistance, job training, food stamps and public housing (Sulzberger, 2011) .” The controversy rising from the proposed drug testing has many debating the question: Should people seeking government assistance be required to take drug tests? PROs/CONs: There are several pros and cons to the new legislature to drug test those seeking government assistance. PROS: ...
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...Organizational Behavior MBA 530 CASE ANALYSIS NO. 3 Canine Companions for Independence BACKGROUND: Canine Companions for independence (hereinafter CCI), was founded in July 1975 as a non-profit organization that provides highly skilled Assistance Dogs for people with disabilities. CCI survives completely on private support of individuals and/or corporations. Dedicated supports have helped CCI recognize a huge growth since its beginning. CCI is now the largest Assistance Dogs organization in the world. Many doctors and therapists agree that, the most advanced technology capable of transforming the lives of people with disabilities has a cold nose and a warm heart. The organization usually trains Golden Retrievers, Labradors Retrievers and a crossbreed of the two to assist children and adults with disabilities other than blindness for free. One may assist the organization through various methods, which include sponsorship, tributes, monthly gifts, and one-time donations. CCI operates training centers in many different states in the United States, including, but not limited to California, Florida, and New York. CCI has a proud tradition of volunteer support. The trainers and participants volunteer their services for breeding and puppy raising programs. It is not uncommon for one to be put on a waiting list to become puppy raisers. Breeder dogs and their puppies are the basis of the foundation. To be selected for the breeder program, the dogs must endure...
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...| Hearing Dogs for The Deaf | National University | Professor Cortez | David Years | June 2014 | | Dogs are usually known as a men’s (and women’s) best friend. They provide a strong bond/relationship that sometimes other humans cannot provide. After a hard day’s work your dog greets you at the door with a smile or a bark of happiness every time. Having grown up with many dogs and currently owning one now, I understand what it is to come home to a partner that truly loves you unconditionally. However, could you imagine that same partner caring for your safety every day? Imagine a life without the use of your ears, imagine not being able to hear someone yell out to you when you can’t hear when danger is close. Hearing dogs have been around in organizations such as “dogs for the deaf”, have been around since 1977 (dogs for deaf, 2014). This study will provide information such as what classifies a dog as a “Hearing Dog”, the training that it involves and most importantly, how one of human’s best friends assists the deaf community every day. Hearing dogs alert their owners to everyday sounds that individual’s with hearing loss cannot. Simple acts such as the door bell ringing, the phone or a fire alarm allow individuals that cannot hear the sense of freedom and self-confidence. These dogs are allowed to travel anywhere with their owner after going through sometimes difficult training to ensure they are legally qualified to assist the deaf. The main function...
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...Kellie Hintz 15 May 2010 Writing 1200 The Human-Animal Bond: How animals enrich our lives The year 2003 started out the same as any other year. It was my second year in the Army and I was just beginning to get used to the demands of military life, when, all of a sudden, my unit got orders to go to Iraq. I felt as if my world had been turned upside down, and I had no idea how I was going to get through the deployment and still keep my sanity. About three months into the deployment, I was taking the trash out after dinner when it happened. As I was about to launch the bag into the trash trailer, I could have sworn I heard a cat meow. I thought, “I must be crazy!” I hadn’t seen a cat since I left the United States, but sure enough when I bent down to look under the trailer, there he was. Staring back at me was a cat that could have passed for my childhood cat. I doubted that he would come to me if I called him, but I decided to give it a try anyway, and to my surprise he came! This was the beginning of a three month relationship. I started calling him Marvin since he reminded me so much of the cat I had when I was young. For the three months I spent about 30 minutes a day with Marvin. He would usually show up right around dinner time. He always knew where he could find me, and when he did, he would come over and jump into my lap and lay down. He would sit with me for a while and I would pet him and talk to him about my day. Some of the people I worked with would come by and...
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...Matthew Varchol MGMT340 Petrie’s electronics CH 8; 1-5 1. Using the guidelines from this chapter and other sources, evaluate the usability of the page design depicted in PE Figure 8-1. Some of the information is displayed in a different language which makes it hard to understand. They need to include a setting which translates those meanings in to the users’ language so that the information is easy to understand and comprehend. Overall the page has limited accessibility for user interaction. 2. Chapter 8 encourages the design of a help system early in the design of the human interface. How would you incorporate help into the interface as shown in PE Figure 8-1? It needs to be simple and provide easy access with the ability to predict what the user may accidentally do if they are not familiar with the creation of help systems. Help messages should be short, to the point and easily understood. It can show the users how do something. 3. Describe how cookie crumbs could be used in this system. Are cookie crumbs a desirable navigation aid for this system? Why or why not? Cookie crumb trails can be used to show a user how far they have strayed from the home page. I find them very useful when dealing with multiple pages other than just a home page. 4. The page design depicted in PE Figure 8-1 links to an Order History page. Sketch a similar layout for the Order History page, following guidelines from Chapter 8. 5. Describe how the use of template-based HTML...
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