Annotated Bibliography for the homeless

In “How to help the homeless in the cold”, the author Jim Kavanagh from CNN explains that we should call crisis hot lines to find professionals to help homeless people in the dangerously cold weather. He supports this claim by quoting some experts’ words. If you don’t know any hot line when you see the homeless who can’t even move in the cold, the best way to do is call the police. Also, we should find what they really need, food and blanket can provide them directly help, but not money or alcohol. Moreover, he talks about how sometimes the good intention could be counterproductive, which means even when you provide blankets to the homeless, they could still die on the street from the cold. Therefore we need to help them go to the shelters. Finally, he mentions if we really want to help the homeless, help out the helpers, the agencies that have the infrastructure and expertise can help the homeless effectively.

In “About Homeless Shelters”, an eHow contributor explains that How important the shelter for the homeless, and these shelters are better than them in people’s impression. He supports this claim by talking about what the most shelters look like, and they are all the non-profit organizations. Also, many homeless people can get treatment for drug and alcohol abuse. and some shelters help the homeless find jobs. Moreover s/he talks about shelters always provide more than homeless people's wish, because they can help them go back to living their lives. And shelters are not only in the big cities, but also every cities or states, because it is the worldwide issue. Finally s/he mentions some misconceptions about the homeless, like not all of homeless people choose this lifestyle and only few of them have mental illness.