Future Social Workers for

Human Services
life. We want to work with our
government, city officials, and
the community to help decrease
and bring an end to
homelessness. Our city officials
can do more!

The Mayor could help by using

abandoned buildings or homes owned
by the city because homelessness
can cause health risks through
contagious disease

We are students and future

social workers who want to
make a difference in a persons

Who Are the Homeless?

a
mother
or
sister

a friend
or
brother

a
grandmother
or aunt

a father
or uncle

Homeless is defined as sleeping in shelters, the street, abandoned

buildings, cars, or bus and train stations at some point in their lives.

How did they

get here?

Loss of employment

A lack of affordable housing,

combined with slumping pay at
the lower end of the U.S. wage
scale, has been cited by
analysts as a driver of
homelessness in a number of
U.S. cities.
Poor health is a major cause of
homelessness--drug
addiction, alcoholism, mental
health issues
Family violence, sexual abuse

How can we
help?

We can follow this

example for families
too!

Because recovery and healing

are more difficult without
housing and individuals
experiencing homelessness
have high rates of acute and
chronic illness
Make out a living will and
donate home for the
homeless
Use abandoned buildings
Make this a public issue
get the government
involved by petitioning
We can Use Housing as
Health Care

Missouri Street Residence, 526 W.

Missouri, El Paso, TX 79901 This
residence, established in 1993, was
the first permanent housing facility
developed through a joint venture of
the Opportunity Center and El Paso
Coalition for the Homeless. It
currently provides housing for 39
homeless single men who are
transitioning from the emergency
shelter towards self-sufficiency.
Residents who stay here are all
working, volunteering, participating
in a training program, and/or going to
school. Many are receiving treatment
for a mental illness or have
completed a recovery program to
overcome a substance addiction.

Who is Helping?

Esther Corral
Future Social Worker for Human Services
FSWforHumanServices@Weebly.com