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Final Interview
SOWK 4353
Intervention with Addicted Family
Submitted by
Jolinda Street
April 25, 2014
Darron Garner PhD
The Social Work Education Program
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Prairie View A&M University
I interviewed my Uncle Percy. He has been on drugs for many years and refuses to get of
of them. He made the choice to live downtown in a shelter instead of with family. According, to
the U.S. Department on Housing and Urban Development (USHUD), 2009 Annual Homeless
Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. Most recent report on homelessness, more than 4 in 10
individual homeless adults (42.9%) have disabilities, which include drug and alcohol problems.
This statistic can compared to 14 percent of adults who have disabilities and are living without a
home with families. (AHAR, 2009) about one-third of sheltered homeless persons [in a point-in-
time January study] reported chronic substance abuse problem While people who abuse drugs
