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Homelessness In New Mexico

Published on Nov 25, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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Your worst nightmare

2.

JUST IMAGINE

  • Being abandoned as a young child with no one to turn to and no where to go.
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VULNERABLE

  • Your new home, the street, exposes you to a wide array of diseases and abuse.
4.

DISEASE

  • You quickly catch the common cold
  • And with a lack of adequate nutrients, hygiene, and rest it turns into pneumonia just as fast
5.

TRUANCY

LEADS TO DEVELOPMENTAL AND LEARNING DISABILITIES
6.

SOMEHOW YOU GET TREATMENT

BUT THE COLD KEEPS COMING BACK, AND SO DOES THE PNEUMONIA
7.

YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN NOT KEEP UP

THE CONSTANT BARRAGE OF ABUSE MAKES EACH PNEUMONIA ATTACK LONGER AND LONGER
8.

SLOWLY YOUR BODY BEGINS TO FALL APART

ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMES, POOR DIET, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL COMPROMISE YOUR HEALTH
9.

ACUTE AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES

ARE UNCONTROLLED AND GO UNTREATED
10.

VICIOUS CYCLE

SOON HOMELESSNESS IS YOUR WAY OF LIFE
11.

OUTCAST

SOCIETY BLAMES YOU FOR EVERYTHING AND THERE IS NO ONE TO TRUST
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FACING THE TRUTH

AVERAGE LIFE SPAN OF THE HOMELESS: 41 YEARS
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THAT WASN'T THE SCARY PART

Photo by Franco Folini
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REALITY

  • Multiply this story 16,000 times for every child without a home in New Mexico
  • This represents 3% of the state population
  • CYFD saw 32,000 cases of child abuse in the state last year
  • New mexico ranks in the bottom 5 nation wide in child welfare and homelessness
  • NOW MULTIPLY THIS BY 50 STATES
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WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

  • Develop a state wide agency dedicated to homelessness
  • Develop and implement short and long term plans
  • Increase affordable housing and support services
  • START CARING

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