Homeless families

As I walked in between two buildings in Africa I noticed a door that was opened so I looked to my left and saw poverty for the first time through different eyes as I passed a one bedroom apartment with the door opened there was a mother and her children living without furniture, a black dirty mattress with no sheets lay on concrete floor with no carpet, no washer and dryer, as I watched a mother lay the wet clothes on the concrete floor and the children stood within the apartment without no toys. As I continued to walk people stood in line at a water facet to fill their empty jugs with water and others waiting to wash clothes without soap or laundry detergent. As I continued to walk down the alley I saw two boys kicking an empty plastic bottle back and forth as if they were playing soccer without a soccer ball. Two women wearing veils with only there eyes showing walked passed me, and as I traveled through Moroco it was apparent that one street over were Palaces where Kings and Queens lived. There was no middle class. Individuals either lived in poverty or wealth. Before I returned to the US I not only found myself to appreciate my country, but freedom as well.
So what made me interested in homelessness? Over the years, I have worked within the social service setting and have seen people's lives affected by different circumstances from the poor to the middle class to the wealthy. Regardless of socioeconomic status life does not always come easy nor is life always served in a silver platter to everyone. With homelessness on the rise and ever increasing statistics of at risk groups, families, single parents with children, and veterans who are homeless. Yes that is correct. There are veterans who find themselves homeless. The very ones who fought for our freedom some of which find themselves living on the streets, and eating out of dumpsters within the land of the free. These different populations make up over three million annually who are homeless. Poverty is the root of homeless which can also be found among different socioeconomic classes who are not homeless, and not just the homeless. A home consist of a family, love, stability, and a strong family support unit. Not only is it through lifes lessons, trials, and tribulations that we find ourselves depending on either a higher power or God almighty. How do we as individuals view poverty and homelessness among families?