Class survey about addressing homelessness.

This anonymous survey asks about your honest opinion about proposals by a University of Missouri class on "Homelessness in America." There are 22 multiple choice questions. Please share this survey with your friends. 

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* 1. Which of the following best describes you?

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* 2. Universal day care before kindergarten should be adopted in Missouri.

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* 3. Which of the following better reflects your views?

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* 4. How should local governments address the current affordable housing shortage?

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* 5. It is estimated that 20 percent of unhoused youth are LGBT. Should K-12 be required to train staff to directly address youth and LGBT homelessness issues and local services?

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* 6. "Harm reduction" programs provide clean needles, substance purity checks, and safe disposal to allow "safe use" of drugs. Which is closer to your opinion?

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* 7. Unhoused children are at risk for dropping out of school and not learning to read. Which do you prefer?

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* 8. One cause of homelessness is medical debt. Which is closer to your opinion? 

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* 9. Which of the following do you think would best reduce foster care "aging out"?

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* 10. Being around pets has benefits for homeless people. Should cities create a "Homeless People and Pet Initiative" that would create an incentive for humane societies to hire unhoused people to care for dogs and cats and to educate homeless people about pet care?

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* 11. Homeless shelters should be required to board dogs of homeless people.

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* 12. Physical therapy should be made available at shelters to increase homeless persons' mobility.

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* 13. State and local government should not prevent homeless people from sleeping on public land, as long as they are in safe and healthy conditions.

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* 14. Local governments should provide job training for homeless people.

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* 15. Youth homelessness is underreported. The annual Point-in-Time count, required by HUD,  should require all K-12 schools and youth social service agencies to report youth homelessness.

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* 16. Cities should require shelters to hire their own guests first as shelter volunteers doing food prep, laundry, and cleanup, paying them in gift cards.

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* 17. Dental hygiene is inadequate among homeless people. Community health centers should have "dental care fairs" and provide dental products to homeless people.

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* 18. Tax credits for participation in parenting improvement programs, with home visits, should be adopted for all SNAP (food stamp) recipients.

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* 19. When you see a homeless person, do you look the other way and keep on walking?

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* 20. What is your honest opinion of  people who are teetering on the very edges of our society?

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* 21. What is your age cohort?

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* 22. Where is your home?

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* 23. Any other comments about homelessness?

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