Eyes Of Sadness is a mixed media by Georgiana Romanovna which was uploaded on December 24th, 2012.
Eyes Of Sadness
Homelessness in the United States is an area of concern for social service providers, government officials, and policy professionals. The number of... more
Title
Eyes Of Sadness
Artist
Georgiana Romanovna
Medium
Mixed Media - Mixed
Description
Homelessness in the United States is an area of concern for social service providers, government officials, and policy professionals. The number of homeless people grew in the 1980s, as housing and social service cuts increased and the economy deteriorated. The United States government determined that somewhere between 200,000 and 500,000 Americans were then homeless.
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Over the past decades or so, the availability and quality of data on homelessness has improved considerably, due in part to initiatives by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the US Department of Health and Human Services, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, and several nongovernmental organizations working with homeless populations. Since 2007, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued an Annual Homeless Assessment Report, which reports to Congress the number of individuals and families who are homeless in the previous year, both sheltered and unsheltered, in order to standardize data and collection processes for government officials and service providers.
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According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, there were 643,067 sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons nationwide as of January 2009. Additionally, about 1.56 million people used an emergency shelter or a transitional housing program during the 12-month period between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009. This number suggests that roughly 1 in every 200 persons in the US used the shelter system at some point in that period.
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According to the United States Conference of Mayors, in 2008 the three most commonly cited causes of homelessness for persons in families were lack of affordable housing, cited by 72 percent of cities, poverty (52 percent), and unemployment (44 percent), and top ideas to stop homelessness were more housing for persons with disabilities (72%), more or better paying employment opp
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December 24th, 2012
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Comments (14)
Sharyn Winters
A face totally full of a life long lived. You have caught the expression so well. The colors are just what they should be. Congrats on sale.
Constantinos Charalampopoulos
Very beautiful portrait Zeana. I like the expression in the eyes of this old man , and the nice combination of colors ! F/L
Raffi Jacobian
This is a subject I am very concerned about and I see you too are of the same mind. Wonderful work, I applaud you.
Madalena Lobao-Tello
CONGRATULATIONS!! Featured on Female Artists!! Great artwork. Love the colours, textures and composition!!!!!
Zeana Romanovna
Thank you to all the groups for featuring this work. I am extremely honored. - Zeana
Anand Swaroop Manchiraju
I like this Portrait because of ts color ,quality, texture ,and expression.Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Odd Jeppesen
An excellent image to highlight a tragedy that's found in most of the so-called developed world.
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