Social issues are far and wide, but what are people doing about them? There are many organizations dedicated to helping solve problems that are plaguing millions of people. One such issue that impacts society the most is the economy. Inequality in economics has always been around since the beginning of money and before that. It has always been about the haves and the have nots. This is where organizations like the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) and National Woman’s Law Center (NWLC) come in and help. Approximately 3.5 million, 1.35 million of them being children, are homeless in a given year, according to the NCH. This number has been on the rise for the past few decades. These numbers and statistics are estimation because it is hard to nail down and get accurate numbers on the homeless and downtrodden. The homeless epidemic is rising and swiping through the United States, due to the economy and joblessness. Deindustrialization is one huge factor in the increase in homelessness. “Less manufacturing takes place in the United States because most jobs and plants have been transferred to other countries” (Social Problems, 2016, p. 243). With less trade jobs and jobs for the less educated created a vacuum that propelled our nation into a rapid increase of homeless. There is even an economic impact on cities besides them not working. Shelters cost $13,000 per bed per year, emergency room cost of $2,414 more than most because of longer stay times, and cost in court, jail, and police enforcement for a person is approximately $100,000 per year, (Kevin Corinth, 2013, p. 15). The National Coalition for the Homeless is trying to combat these issues and help, by helping homeless get affordable homes, employment, and most importantly working towards ending homelessness. Firstly, the NCH implements different ways of getting people homes. Affordable housing is the first way, it is away that the communities helps out for immediate and long-term employment and housing. By creating affordable housing the municipalities gains more revenue and there are less homeless. Another way is rapid re-housing, which is a rapid infusion of cash to get a family in the home but then is self-sufficient with little to no further assistant to maintain that home. Secondly, employment is one of the biggest steps in keeping the homeless of the streets. According to NCH there are many barriers that a homeless person must offer come like limited work experience, mental health issues, criminal backgrounds, and low education levels. The way that NCH is using transitional jobs which is under the Temporary Assistance for the Needy Families (TANF). This helps them get work experience to make it easier to transition into another job, but the living wage needs to be enacted by increasing the federal minimum wage. The living wage is the only real way to keep the homeless from returning to being so when cost of living goes up. NCH is striving to create less homeless everyday by providing affordable housing and helping people gets jobs. Not only is homelessness an issue but also the women’s wage gap. Women have suffered from gender inequality pretty much throughout history.
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Women have been seen as less of a worker and more of a person who stays home with kids. Less educated in the past and further more less work experience. This bias is still ingrained in many people’s minds. This is most notably seen in the work force and pay gaps that are statistically shown. Woman make less than their male counterpart in every racial category, even with education and social status being the same, women make significantly less money. Social stratification a social construct that is needed because there are certain jobs that people will do because of their education level or motivation, but this does not mean that wages and earning should be different between genders. Therefore organizations have started to pop up to combat this discrimination like the NWLC. The NWLC is an orginisattion to help woman overcome societal constrants, in regards to their gender. Right now the NWLC is working with congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, in the hope that it will stragthen
Women have been seen as less of a worker and more of a person who stays home with kids. Less educated in the past and further more less work experience. This bias is still ingrained in many people’s minds. This is most notably seen in the work force and pay gaps that are statistically shown. Woman make less than their male counterpart in every racial category, even with education and social status being the same, women make significantly less money. Social stratification a social construct that is needed because there are certain jobs that people will do because of their education level or motivation, but this does not mean that wages and earning should be different between genders. Therefore organizations have started to pop up to combat this discrimination like the NWLC. The NWLC is an orginisattion to help woman overcome societal constrants, in regards to their gender. Right now the NWLC is working with congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, in the hope that it will stragthen