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I need the following proposal redone to reflect the current title. The research information must be referring to the title only. Watch sentence structure-nouns-pronouns-verbs etc. Must focus on homeless women and children mostly!

TITLE

The impact non-profit organizations have on the homeless community specifically women with children and the ways they can assist with building resilience for the future.

As a result of several years of working to support the homeless population in my current city, I have developed a passion for serving underprivileged women and children to help them improve their lives. Working with women and children has caused me to want to do more to assist them with being able to live normal lives and now worry about living on the streets or shelters. My experience with these disadvantaged populations has led me to search for more ways that I can help homeless families and individuals.

INTRODUCTION

In a matter of time, life within our cities may change and suit more favorable individuals. However, as time goes by, we must look at the different stakeholders that are available within a given setting. The primary purpose of my research is to identify the possible ways through which the non-profits and other groups within a given economic setup may be of value to the homeless and needy persons. The research will focus majorly on women and children, which is a group most vulnerable to different adverse situations due to a lack of basic needs throughout their daily operations. Having separate reporting on the continued risks that face the women and children in the streets, will show a need to explore better solutions in handling this situation at hand.

The living standards of individuals ensures the availability of the basic requirements daily. By improving the situation at hand for homeless families and especially affected women, will help enhance the impact of the entire economic setup by ensuring livelihood in the communities (Arvidson, 2018). Additionally, the cause of the alarm is the increased number of individuals with a lack of basic needs that require immediate action to ensure they are well-taken care of by society.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development assessment report in 2018, there were around 553,000 people who are homeless in one night. Homelessness among women and children causes them to face a lot of challenges in their lives on the streets. They face high cases of rape cases, violence, drug abuse and deaths due to disease. My research among the homeless community will enable someone to understand the causes and effects of homelessness, especially for women and children. It will also show the role non-profits can play in reducing the many cases of homelessness. My study seeks to give recommendations on how the government can reduce and handle cases of homelessness.

In the last couple of years, the increase of homeless people and street families has posed several questions as to the purpose of society. Despite the many efforts of reinstating these individuals to better places, the continued cropping up of the same has gotten visibly identified in significant towns within the country. However, different organizations have continually invested in ensuring that these cases are taken care of early in advance. Non-profits offering services have contributed to the improvement of the situation on our streets. While we understand the different causes of the same from the interaction with these individuals, we still have a few issues unattended to as the continued increase of such situations despite the efforts to manage the current situation. This continues to open up for a need to explore more and gain a better understanding and facilitate service provision.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

Some research questions that come to mind are:

What are the significant causes of homelessness among women and children?

Why are there more homeless women than men?

What are the challenges that homeless people face, especially women, in the streets?

How many government or non-profit organizations have helped them?

Do we feel like the government can handle homelessness and how?

What recommendations can be made to help homelessness in the USA?

Why does homelessness generate so much confusion and debate?

What are the statistics on mental health and substance abuse in the homeless community?

What role do a person’s health and finances play in becoming homeless?

Why do some people choose to be homeless?

Why are there so many men shelters compared to women ones?

How can nonprofits connect more with the homeless community?

What are the effects of homelessness on school-aged children?

Does being money-hungry affect a nonprofit’s ability to help the homeless?

The research issue under consideration is mainly the increase of homeless people and more so women and children on the streets. It leads to the development of the research question. What are the causing factors that might mainly affect women and children to cause an influx in the streets as homeless families? In answering this question, it will help understand the economic needs that are within different individual requirements within the society. Additionally, it will create a better action plan that would help the non-profit and other voluntary groups understand and improve their service delivery to these families. Furthermore, by answering the research questions, it will help prepare us for future advances that enhance the living standards.

LITERATURE REVIEW

Extended periods have shown several challenges in getting critical services needed for families. However, research shows that several non –profit organizations have come together in aid of these homeless families and children to help in offering better living standards. According to Manwaring (2019), the need for education is one of the most basic requirements that individuals need and would help in improving living standards. Implementing a better education system for the adults would show a reduction of the dependency rate within society, reducing the risks of poverty and the lack of basic needs. The need to train and improve individuals with previous cases of mental illness has contributed to the rooting of the different organizations to help support these needy families. This has worked in supporting the homeless population through the creation of care centers where they are in a position to get the most critical needs on a continued basis.

Working without food reduces an individual’s output. Something like this may be the cause of different drug-related operations in search of accessible food on the streets. Various causes of rape would only be manageable by ensuring that individuals who are homeless get proper care and are continually engaged in multiple activities. However, the management of such situations would require individuals who are more qualified, and that will offer the best services to these individuals willingly. Research also indicates a need for attachment with individuals to provide possible solutions and gain better performance. My research question would get fully answered through the allocation of time and resources for managing the homeless. Greater focus should be made towards women and children who from research have shown a more significant need compared to men.

The numbers continue increasing as it has been documented in a recent study by the Department of Housing and Urban development in 2018, which has shown that the number of homeless individuals is continuing to rise. Early polices were used to curb the homeless situation but were only a temporary situation. According to recent studies, homelessness continues to be a national disaster, even with the construction of shelters. Research has shown that there is still a gap in solving homelessness, and the government should do more like providing affordable housing, employment opportunities, and better solutions.The long-term objective of my research will be to investigate the role non-profits have in helping reduce homelessness in the USA. Moreover, to also come up with a long-term solution that will help homeless individuals afford affordable housing by the government and other non-governmental organizations. The objective of the current study is to review the causes and effects of homelessness, specifically among women and children. Also, it will provide a comprehensive understanding of the homelessness situation in the US. It is also going to investigate the current solution for the homeless by the US government. Moreover, how effective they have been over the years.

METHODOLOGY

My type of research methodology is the use of qualitative research designs because I want a detailed research process. I am going to use both open and close-ended questionnaires through in-depth interviews with affected homeless women and children. I will also use case studies on several homeless individuals where I will learn how they live, why they came on the streets and the problems they face based on the location of the homeless individuals. I will utilize different areas to perform case studies. Also, I will use sampling by selecting several homeless individuals in homeless shelters, ask them structured and unstructured questions. The number of the sample size will be twenty, and the sample group will be women who are under the age of thirty-five and children less than ten. Moreover, I will use focus group discussions with women and children in shelters. This will help me get detailed information about the research being conducted. The use of observation methods on observing the homeless individual’s lives will help me know the problems they face when living in shelters and on the streets. I will also use secondary information examples books, newspapers and government publications based on homelessness in the US to help me gather more information.

The research to be conducted is diverse and will require different identification and interaction with different people. However, to ensure the most critical aspect within the research question is engaged, the need to use a mixed element of research methods in gaining enough data and securing that there are better analysis methods in data quantification. The research will employ the use of questionnaires and interviews with the target audience in continually gaining data to act on in the entire investigation. These methods are elaborated and identified in their usage.

Questionnaire

It’s a critical tool that would ensure I get first-hand information that helps me understand the situation. However, the list of questions attached to multiple choices that the individual can understand and give their view. It’s a critical data collection tool and ensures the continued analysis of data collected as the raw data identified gets majorly used in providing a specific output of my research.

Interviews

The raw data collected from the interviewee is critically analyzed and better understood to provide the essential conclusion to the research is reached. The data collection would be the most critical part, and that will require the maximum time to accomplish. However, the best option would be to ensure that there is data safety, as this might drain on most of the resources allocated. Bearing in mind that there is a need to quantify and analyze the results, the researcher would invest much effort and time in the data collection. Similarly, a pilot test would be conducted to ensure the effectiveness of the data collection tools. If they suite the research idea at hand, then they are quickly adopted into the research. However, in cases where there is doubt about the research tools, there is room for consideration and amendment to suit the target population and acquire the necessary information.

REFERENCES

Baum, A. S. (2019). A nation in denial: The truth about homelessness. Routledge.

Ravenhill, M. (2016). The culture of homelessness. Routledge.

Walliman, N. (2017). Research methods: The basics. Routledge.

Arvidson, M. (2018). Change and tensions in nonprofit organizations: beyond the isomorphism trajectory. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 29(5), 898-910.