The Feasibility Study on the Social Issue of the Homeless and Empowerment Advocacy

• Main Authors: Chen Chao Min, 陳兆民
• Other Authors: Lin Min Chieh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04527811277186743315

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 犯罪防治研究所 === 100 === This study was to get a grip on those social issues they created and those social issues they might encounter by way of the literature data. In accordance with the literature data, the social issues they would encounter were basically categorized as obtaining employment, health care, housing, and community care and other relevant issues, and then further addressed these social issues by making use of the nine homeless service workers from the Kaohsiung area through the qualitative interview method, to get things square and make comparison of whether there were deeper issues. In addition, would it be available that the empowerment and advocacy of the homeless were feasible in coping with these issues? Find the answers to the questions so as to assist the homeless in connecting with the society. The major findings of this study were stated as follows: First of all, they would make social problems such as messy environment, getting drunk and rowdy, and creating social turmoil. However, the social problems they encountered in the obtaining employment aspect, “the homeless were hard to get a job since various factors were connected to each other;” in the health care aspect, “the homeless all owed the National Health Insurance fees to the government and their drugs and alcohol abuses were hard to withdrawal;” in the housing aspect, “the homeless did not have a house to live in for the main reason that they have no income and regard the vacant possession in the park as their home;” in the community care aspect, “the neighbors all rejected the homeless and the community service drew attention for public recognition.” As to the feasibility of the homeless empowerment and advocacy, there were only fourteen words to describe it; that is, “the homeless empowerment is still available; yet, it is just hard to make the advocacy work out.” Last but not least, this study proposed the following suggestion that: the government shall draw an overall planning since each location has different resources. The homeless housing shall be community-based and be returned to the society as the empowerment use. The employment performance was not too high and there were experts to do the training that was well-secured. The health advocacy was required to be strengthened and the drug and alcohol abuses were required to be coerced.