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Western Michigan (RMHWM) uses to reach their mission. These four programs include lodging, shuttl... more Western Michigan (RMHWM) uses to reach their mission. These four programs include lodging, shuttle services, the food program and supports. The data was collected through emailing the staff at the RMHWM a survey created through survey monkey. All four of the programs scored high on mission impact and landed in the heart quadrant of the matrix map. None of the four programs generate revenue for the RMHWM therefore they are not profitable. Some of the suggested recommendations to improve these programs include cutting administrative cost, increasing donations for families that could afford to contribute and renting out kitchen space to other organizations for things such as cooking classes with efforts to generate revenue.
experience is not representative, her story does illuminate the many issues that are associated w... more experience is not representative, her story does illuminate the many issues that are associated with being homeless. First, that many factors lead men and women to become homeless, some of which are out of the control of those who are homeless. Second, being homeless comes with a wide range of negative consequences such as an increased probability of falling victim to violence, theft, hunger, and discrimination, particularly for women to help homeless people living in the United States like Jessi, the McKinney-Vento Act was passed in 1987 with the goal of ending homelessness in mind. The topic of this policy paper is the McKinney-Vento Act and its effects on homeless women and children and the primary purpose of this paper is to qualify the predominately unchallenged successes of the McKinney-Vento Act. To accomplish this qualification, the paper answers the question: how beneficial has the passage of the McKinney-Vento Act been for homeless women with children? In order to break down this main question, several smaller questions must be addressed. First, what is the McKinney-Vento Act? Second, how has the McKinney-Vento Act benefited homeless women with children? Third, how public entities and private nonprofit organizations allocating their funds distributed to them by the McKinney-Vento Act? And lastly, how
Western Michigan (RMHWM) uses to reach their mission. These four programs include lodging, shuttl... more Western Michigan (RMHWM) uses to reach their mission. These four programs include lodging, shuttle services, the food program and supports. The data was collected through emailing the staff at the RMHWM a survey created through survey monkey. All four of the programs scored high on mission impact and landed in the heart quadrant of the matrix map. None of the four programs generate revenue for the RMHWM therefore they are not profitable. Some of the suggested recommendations to improve these programs include cutting administrative cost, increasing donations for families that could afford to contribute and renting out kitchen space to other organizations for things such as cooking classes with efforts to generate revenue.
experience is not representative, her story does illuminate the many issues that are associated w... more experience is not representative, her story does illuminate the many issues that are associated with being homeless. First, that many factors lead men and women to become homeless, some of which are out of the control of those who are homeless. Second, being homeless comes with a wide range of negative consequences such as an increased probability of falling victim to violence, theft, hunger, and discrimination, particularly for women to help homeless people living in the United States like Jessi, the McKinney-Vento Act was passed in 1987 with the goal of ending homelessness in mind. The topic of this policy paper is the McKinney-Vento Act and its effects on homeless women and children and the primary purpose of this paper is to qualify the predominately unchallenged successes of the McKinney-Vento Act. To accomplish this qualification, the paper answers the question: how beneficial has the passage of the McKinney-Vento Act been for homeless women with children? In order to break down this main question, several smaller questions must be addressed. First, what is the McKinney-Vento Act? Second, how has the McKinney-Vento Act benefited homeless women with children? Third, how public entities and private nonprofit organizations allocating their funds distributed to them by the McKinney-Vento Act? And lastly, how