Centralized Homeless Service System

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Centralized Homeless Service System

• By
• Keith Barth
• CS410 - Brunelle

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The Homeless Population

• The average age of a homeless person in the U.S.
  is nine years old.

1 in 5 homeless people in the U.S. have a mental
disorder.
40 of Americas homeless population consists of
Veterans of the Armed Forces.
25 of the 3.5 million Homeless Americans are
employed.
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What is the Problem?

• Inefficiency of charitable service
• Hours are not always conducive to work schedules
• Organizations do not create sufficient
  opportunities for self betterment
• Dissociated services can result in a poverty cycle

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Current Solutions

• Serving hot food to the homeless
• Donating old clothing
• Passing out bagged lunch
• Temporary housing programs

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Solving the Problem

• Centralized Service System
• Database with homeless registry
• Scheduled/Regular services provided through
  organizations
• Electronic self-betterment clinics
• Point rewards system
• Convenient homeless vending machines

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Rewards System Execution
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Point-Reward System

• Motivation to be productive
• Increase ones likelihood to better themselves
  and/or their lives
• Still provides basic services to those
  individuals incapable or disinterested in
  societal contribution and personal achievement

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Necessary Hardware

• Fingerprint recognition devices
• Server to host the database
• Vending machines
• Touch screen software or PCs

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Software Requirements

• Interactive touch screen software for educational
  program.
• Program that access and manipulates information
  from the database
• Track point system
• Monitor course completion and public service
• Document demographic information

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Pros

• Vending kiosks provide convenient access to food
  and information
• Database tracks demographic information and
  records productive activity
• Centralized services work together to meet all
  needs
• Point system increases societal contribution but
  caters to mentally or physically incapable

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Cons

• Database must be up and running at all times for
  vending kiosks, food lines, and point systems to
  work
• High risk of computer illiteracy or even reading
  illiteracy
• Not all homeless people will register
• Government/Politicians might not want to endure
  the cost

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Conclusions

• A feasible plan to aid in the elimination of
  homelessness
• People Requirements
• Volunteers Time
• Governments Financial Commitment
• Politicians Agreement of Merit

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Works Cited

• Las Angeles Homeless Services Consortium.
  http//lahsc.org/wordpress/educate/statistics/unit
  ed-states-homeless-statistics/
• Boland, Tom. Ex-homeless person on Norfolk, VA
  Task Force on Homelessness. The Virginian Pilot.
  1998.
• Messina, Debbie. Norfolk officials say count
  shows fewer homeless. The Virginian Pilot. 2007.
• Theory and reality on ending homelessness. The
  Virginian Pilot. 2005.
• Norfolk Homeless Consortium
• http//www.theplanningcouncil.org/norfolkhomeless.
  htm