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Essay / Essay on the Homeless The Homeless - 1681
“One in 400 Americans are homeless” states that “men and women make up 25 percent of the homeless, surpassing previous estimates of 10 to 15 percent. “Families with children represent 42 percent of the total” (Kasindorf par 21). The Annual Assessment Report (AHAR) presented to Congress in 2013 indicates that “more than one-fifth of the homeless are children” (Katel, para. 22). “Housing the Homeless” confirms: “Nearly 140,000 veterans stayed in shelters at some point in 2012” (Katel par 59). Many veterans return home physically and mentally damaged. “Why Wounded Warriors Sleep in Dumpsters” agrees: Many of them are chronically condemned to wander our streets because the trauma they suffered while serving our country has left them profoundly brain damaged or disabled with terrible psychiatric conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder and paranoid schizophrenia. . These war wounds are physically invisible, but they are nonetheless life-threatening (Tribe by