Shelter Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

This case concerns a local shelter which is the recipient of funding from the National Institute of Health and Mental Health. Currently, it is in the process of improving its website with the help of a web developer and consultant. The consultant has suggested that the shelter might add a testimonial web page which includes a feed from such public rating sites as Yelp or Angie's list with posts by people who have utilized the services. The developer suggests that the site use a feed which includes the already publicly available ratings information from Angie's List or Yelp and ...

Disasters most commonly elicit the response of city, local, state, and federal aid agencies to meet the mitigation of destruction during various phases of an emergency event. Public health legal authority, during a hazardous substance discharge, may call for both public and private agency involvement. Thrusting personnel and materials in the area must operate under the auspices of inter-jurisdictional protocol and legal authority. The objectives in this written exercise are to alert the learner, in anticipation of future professional behavior, about gaining an understanding for legal protocols in public health/hazardous emergencies while maintaining the highest levels of public safety during a ...

Abstract

Homelessness has serious and often severe implications for families, but in particular for their children. The effects of homelessness for children can be devastating and long lasting. Even after a child is no longer homeless, he or she can still suffering lingering effects. This paper examines these negative effects of homelessness on children and considers possible methods for mitigating these effects. It also relates these to the specific situation into Durham, North Carolina by discussing the homeless statistics in the city. As this paper will point out, one of the most effective ways to address this issue is to ...

According to Mendel (653), the phenomenon of homelessness in a affluent society and actions of business leaders in Cleveland to address it provides the starting point of Daniel Kerr’s Homelessness and Urban Development in Cleveland, Ohio. Kerr makes immense contribution to aid our understanding on what most of the public and private civic leaders consider as intractable urban residential poverty, discriminatory public housing policy, contribution to Communist Party, urban renewal public planning, and costs to affordable housing.
Molinari et al. (487) and Mendel (653) agree that the homelessness is prevalent in United States and triggers challenge for veterans ...

The proposed plan to construct a homeless shelter within our home is a great idea according to me and one that we should welcome and embrace with zeal. It is important to note that the project to build the building to house the homeless will be funded by the federal government and not any money that will have to come directly from our town. The project I therefore such a great idea as it will help as solve our housing problems in this town by providing the additional housing. Before we can reject the proposed plans, it is important that we all ...

The American society has an estimated population of 1.5 million children in being homeless and lacking shelter, healthcare or education. These statistics are detrimental and shows that the government is failing in provision of services and thus undermining the liberties of the US citizens who lack housing. The HEARTS was established as an action plan towards addressing homelessness. The plan based its actions on six areas of the project development. These are housing, public policy, evaluation, services, education and collaboration with economic partners. The plan directs its efforts and resource base towards housing and serving the chronically most homeless ...

Haverwood Furniture produces medium- and high-priced furniture. The company is quite large and in 2007 its before-tax profit equaled to $3.7 million. Haverwood operates similar to many other furniture manufacturers and uses traditional distribution channels.
Now Haverwood has a problem concerning the planning process for the next year. The household furniture industry has been gradually growing and Haverwood has had more or less similar profit growth rates. Now the company sells its furniture in 1,000 department stores and specialty stores nationwide. The company needs more resources in order to maintain the growth rates, in particular 4% in 2008.
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Introduction

The reason that George knew John very well and that they were very good friends, gave him the morale to work out a plan to help him. Being a manager in an organization, means that john had worked in that company for a very long time and he had won the trust of his employer. John also introduces his friend George to the same job and he was hired. This shows that John had positively impacted his name in that given organization. John does not value his job any more but money has made a way into his mind to ruin his destiny. ...

The similarities between the characters in that the major characters are members of the same family. All of them have dark complexion and all are part of the same hunter-gatherer group. The characters in this play are:
Jo; this character is 22 year-old. He is the protagonist of the story. Jo is short and muscular. He is observant and curious. He is also skilled tool and weapon maker. He is strong and determined however his skills are limited and cannot match the skills of his cousin Yan.
Zay; he is the father to Zay and the leader of ...

Abstract
Shelter is one of the basic human necessities. Provision of decent-quality and affordable housing is one challenge that various authorities have been faced with, and Sheffield is not left behind. Though she has surpassed her average annual housing needs, Sheffield is still struggling to mitigate housing problems. This research project reviews the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Sheffield’s housing and how education level affects the adoption of GIS in affordable housing initiatives. In order to achieve this objective, the current state of Sheffield’s housing is exhaustively considered. Using the boundary data from EDINA ...

The role of porters is attributed to their nature of being hardy, physically strong, and their ability to function well in anaerobic conditions, while carrying heavy loads. In addition to that, they have a history of mountain climbing and exploration.
However, there are a number of problems that face the porters, while in the line of duty. These include lack of proper; clothing, shelter, food, and medical care. In addition to that, the porters have limited knowledge on safety procedures to Aids and hygiene. Campaigns have been set up by socially concerned organizations, in a bid to solve some of the problems ...