Author: chris

ARGUMENT/THESIS: Define the true meaning of chronic homelessness and there are solutions in resolving America’s homelessness population.

I. THE SOCIAL PROBLEM
a. Specific problem: chronic homelessness
 HUD definition of homelessness vs. official definition
b. Population: homeless men, women, and families
 Subgroups:
 Mental illness
 Adverse childhood experiences
 History of military service experience
c. Observable signs of problem: no end in sight if appropriate interventions aren’t implemented
 Consequence to Solutions
 Housing
 Rehabilitation welfare programs
 Health care for physical and mental services
II. HISTORY OF PROBLEM & POLICIES
a. PART I: history of homelessness and moment it became considered a social problem
 First documented definition of homeless and the progression to the current definition
 Contributing factors:
 Social obstacles
 Economy
 Policies
 Ideological and value-based approaches to resolve America’s homelessness
 Past vs. present
b. PART II: Governmental and public sector response to homeliness
 History and it’s treatment overtime
 Federal & State
• Policy solutions incl. names
 Public sectors incl. types
• Eligibility requirements
III. CONTEMPORARY POLICIES STRATEGIES
a. Current governmental and public sector response to homelessness
 Federal & State current policies
 Public sectors available welfare programs
b. Recent modules used in resolving chronic homelessness
 Movement to changing
IV. Redefining Chronic Homelessness as a Social Problem in America and Analyzing a Resolution to the Problem. ANNOTATED SOURCES:
Alesina, A. & Glaeser, E.L. (2004). Fighting poverty in the U.S. and Europe: A world of
difference. London: Oxford University Press.
This study looks at the approaches that States have used to address the poverty problem in America. The study also analyzes the economic and sociological factors to poverty which all will be used to tie history to present attitudes on homelessness.
Byrne, T. & Culhane, D.P. (2015). Testing alternative definitions of chronic homelessness
[Abstract]. Psychatr Serv, 66(9), 996-999. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400240
The abstract details the study the authors conducted to promote a proposal change to the federal definition of chronic homelessness. The information in this abstract will be useful to point out the importance of having an official definition of what it truly means to be chronically homeless.
Case, M. (2001). Homelessness: Programs and the people they serve: Findings of the national
survey of homeless assistance providers and clients: Summary. Journal of the American Planning Association, 67(1), 119.
This report is a snapshot of the issues and contributing factors of America’s homelessness. The report has useful data on homelessness census that will be used to aim a solution to homelessness.
Holtzen, H.A. (2012). Homelessness. [Abstract]. Oxford University Press. doi:
10.1093/obo/9780199756797-0021
This particular abstract points out important relevant information that will be used to support the history of homelessness and the complex framework it has owned since the 17th century.
Katz, M.B. (2013). The undeserving poor: America’s enduring confrontation with poverty (2nd

The book’s chapters address the very foundations of governmental policies that that been implemented to address the poor from early history to now. There’s information in that book that holds critical research on today’s ideology on addressing the issue of poverty which is highly linked to America’s homelessness by providing grassroots ideas to alleviate the issue.

Montgomery, A.E., Cutuli, J.J., Evans-Chase, M., Treglia, D., & Culhane, D.P. (2013).
Relationship among adverse childhood experiences, history of active military service and adult outcomes: Homelessness, mental health, and physical health. American Journal of Public Health, 103(2), 262-268.
The study reports valuable data on the correlation between adverse childhood experiences being big predictors of an adult’s outcome to homelessness along with mental health and physical health issues. The information in this study will address the population of the paper and the contribution to potential factors of homelessness.
Parsell, C., Tomaszewski, W., & Phillips, R. (2014). Exiting unsheltered homelessness and
sustaining housing: A human agency perspective. Social Service Review, 88(2), 295-321. doi: 10.1086/676318
In this journal it talks about contemporary research proving successful programs that have helped people exit homelessness and sustain housing over several years. This journal also talks about public sectors which the authors call human agencies playing a vital role in shaping the outcome of people who are homeless. The journal is relevant to proving that there are solutions to ending homelessness.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Community Planning and
Development, Technical Assistance Collaborative. (2007). Defining chronic homelessness: A technical guide for HUD programs (TAC Contract No. NYPH-001-03). Retrieved from https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/DefiningChronicHomeless.pdf
This brief technical guide by HUD is relevant to my paper because it answers frequently asked questions in regards to the federal definition of chronic homelessness and the qualifying factors under the definition. The guide also addresses programs currently available for the chronically homeless.

Most of us are not numb to the chronic homelessness that take up known busy cities in America. Some of us cannot ignore the homeless person or family that is asking for change or collecting bottles on the streets of those known cities. The problem of chronic homelessness in America is evidently present making it still a social problem that calls for a solution. Ending chronic homelessness is possible, there is a solution, and it starts with redefining its definition.
As it currently stands, chronic homelessness is defined as a person or family member with a disability who have experienced an episode or more of homelessness. Under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Community Planning and
Development (2007), also known as HUD, limits the homeless definition by stating that the term “homeless” is associated with “a person sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (i.e., living on the streets) or living in a homeless emergency shelter” (p. 3). HUD’s definition of homelessness was adapted by the passing of the HEARTH Act in 2009 that amended the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2013).
The McKinney-Vento Act was the first major federal legislative that provided a range of services to address the homeless population when it passed in 1987 and it still used today alongside the HEARTH Act. The problem with these two policies is their interpretation of what being homeless entitles which in turn only provides services to people that fall within the requirements to receive help. People or families who lack permanent housing and move between a series of friends and/or extended family members are not federally considered as being homeless. Therefore, programs such as the Shelter Plus Care (S+C) or Supportive Housing Programs (SHP) become unavailable to a sector of the homeless population that are not defined federally as being homeless.

Instructions: After thoroughly reading (and rereading) the following documentation, construct a new 10-year, discounted cash flow, Excel pro forma valuation model starting from an empty workbook. Once the model has been constructed, tested, and is considered complete, access the Blackboard “Pro Forma” assignment and answer project specific questions. You will upload your Excel model as part of the online assignment. Note, no additional write up is required with this submission (i.e., only the Excel file will be submitted).

Project Characteristics:

Purchase Price: $4,000,000

Renovation: $500,000

Legal: 1.0% of Purchase Price

Finance Cost: 1.5% of Purchase Price

Product Type: Three story building; five (5) Apartment Units

Annual Maintenance: 2.00% Net Revenue

Annual Management: 3.00% Net Revenue

Rent Roll          Rate               Starting (period)                     Vacancy (wk/yr)

Unit 1              $4,000             Jan 1,2016 (1)                         2

Unit 2              $4,000             Jan 1,2016 (1)                         2

Unit 3              $5,500             April 1, 2016 (4)                      3

Unit 4              $5,500             April 1,2016 (4)                       3

Unit 5 (PH) )         $12,000       September 1, 2016 (9)               0

Rental Increase: 2.00% year over year

Expense Increase: 2.25% year over year

Janitorial/Y ear: $5,000

Doorman/Year: $40,000

Electricity/Y ear: $1,500

Water/Year: $1,000

Annual Tax Bill (Expected): $15,000

Insurance/Year: $5,000

Primary Loan

Term: 30 years

Start: 1/1/16 (period 1)

LTV:  80% max

Interest rate: 5.50%

Structure: CPM

Renovation Loan

Term : 5 years

Start : 1/1/16 (period 1)

LTV : 100% of renovation costs –lump sum

Interest rate : 2.00%

Structure: CPM

Capitalization Rate: 5.00%

Sales Expense: 6.00%

Discount Rate: 15.00%

Pro forma start: 1/1/16 (period 1)

In this lab we will investigate the use of direction fields to evaluate solutions to first order differential equations.
For this lab, we will study these qualitative analysis tools via the example of population growth using the Gompertz equation as a model. This equation is used to model the growth of tumor cells, and gives an expression of the dependence of tumor size on time.
The differential equation governing the growth is:
dV/dt=βV ln⁡(k/V)
Here β is the growth rate k is a reflection of the carrying capacity of the tumor.
Let β=2; k=100; and V range from 0 to 100

Plot the graph of dV/dt vs. V. Note you may have to use the vectorization operator “.” to evaluate the function of the differential equation.

Determine the equilibrium points (by-hand or MATLAB) and plot them on the same graph as part (1) using red circles. Use a legend to indicate the equilibrium points and the original plot.

Using the gradient() function, plot the derivative of dV/dt versus V on the same plot. That is, plot d^2 V/dt vs. V.

Determine the stability of each equilibrium point and the region of attraction. Write these answers as comments in your code. Comment on the stability as it related to the graph.

From this graph, are we able to tell how long the tumor will take to grow to V=80 units if the initial size is V(0)=10 units? Why? Write your answers as comments in the code.
We will now use the direction field tool to examine the solution.
Download the file from the course website in the MATLAB Resources folder. You may have to right-click and save the file to your computer. IMPORTANT! Make sure it is in the current directory you are working in.
OR
Access the dfield tools at http://math.rice.edu/~dfield/dfpp.html

Using the same parameters as above, plot the direction field of this differential equation. Set the time and variable limits appropriately.

Compare your results from part (4) to the direction field obtained to check: the stability of each equilibrium point and the region of attraction. Include these as comments in your code.

Estimate how long it will take for V=80 if V(0)=10. Hint: You can go to: WINDOW  DFIELD Keyboard Input to enter the initial conditions.

Repeat the direction field plot with B=5 and estimate again how long it takes for V=80 if V(0)=10. Comment on your results as they compare to part (9).

Please read careful about my requirements thank you.
There are three files need to read before start this assessment.
Frist one is Assessment requirement.ppt It will tell how to organize this assessment’s structure. please follow all requirment on it.
Then, please read two high-marked examples and try to organize assessment’s structure like them.
The two examples are Example 1—-Middle Earth Design_Proposal and Example 2—-kampong samakau FacilityDesignProposal
Then, what i want to design is a theme park. The theme park can be designed to harry potter theme park or A Song of Ice and Fire theme park. you can choose one of them by your interest. thank you.(if you can’t, you can choose a popular theme park by yourself)
please follow the example’s part III, help me to draw maps,facilities,diagrams, models and etc

Dear Writer,

This is a 5 week long project that includes a microsoft access database. Week 1 of the project, also I started the project description I will up load. Would you be able to work with MS access to complete the rest of this project. Please let me know.

Project details:

Your first step is to select a database you will design and implement in this class. You will make weekly contributions to your overall Key Assignment. The database project idea should first be sent to your instructor for approval before this Phase 1 Individual Project is due. In this first week you will explore a structured design process when creating your database application. You will write a report describing the database design development life cycle and describe in details the steps needed to properly create the database you have selected for your Key Assignment. You will also provide an overall description of your database that you received approval from your instructor to do.

You also should take this opportunity to create the template for your entire Key Assignment project; create a Word document that you will add to for each remaining assignment. The document should follow this format:

Database design project document shell
Use Microsoft Word
Title page
Course number and name
Project name
Student name
Faculty name
Date
Table of contents
Use auto-generated TOC
Separate page
Maximum of three levels deep (one level deep is okay too)
Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so it is up-to-date before submitting your project.
Section headings (create each heading on a new page with TBD as content except for sections listed under new content below)

Project outline
Description of the database design life cycle
The entity relationship diagram
The logical model and normalization
The Microsoft Access database
The Microsoft Access database application

Each week, you will add to this document and submit for grading. As a preview, each section will contain the following:

Description of the database design life cycle (Week 1 IP)

A description of the selected database project
A description of the DBDSL – 7 steps
A discussion about the three steps in database design

The entity relationship diagram (Week 2 IP)
An entity relationship diagram
The logical model and normalization (Week 3 IP)

Logical data model
Normalized to 3NF

The Microsoft Access database (Week 4 IP)

Your database created in Microsoft Access
SQL SELECT statements

The Microsoft Access database application (Week 5 IP)

Complete your Microsoft Access application
Menu, forms, and reports

New Content for This Week

Add the selected database project description under the section titled: Project Outline.

Add the discussion about the database design life cycle and steps involved in database development to the section titled: Description of the Database Design Lifecycle.

The deliverables for this task should include the following:

A listing and description of the 7 steps of the SDLC/DBDSL.
Describe the specific tasks that should be taken at each step in the database development for your selected database.
A description of the 3 steps in database creation (including conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling) as it relates to your selected database

How do economic cycles impact how businesses can implement cost saving strategies such as bootstrapping, bartering, utilizing discount services, leasing equipment, trade credit, and conserving cash? What steps would you take in your business in economic down cycles?

• Describe effective methods of conflict resolution.

Analyze various approaches for engaging an audience during a presentation and encouraging active listening.

• Explain approaches for effective written management communication.