I just watched the documentary “Americans with No Address”. This is not my first knowledge or activity with the homeless. My former church had a wonderful outreach to the homeless community including a weekly worship service and hot meal, a food pantry, and assistance to reach other necessary services available in our area. At my current church we serve underserved families in our community some are homeless, others are on the verge of homelessness, we meet as many needs as we can.
About Americans with No Address
First let me start off by saying thanks to Robert Craig Films for providing a sample of the product for this review. Opinions are 100% my own.
The Americans With No Address team is on a mission to raise awareness and offer solutions to homelessness in America. Through a comprehensive five-production approach, including the documentary “Americans With No Address” and the feature film “No Address,” which will be coming to theaters nationwide on February 28th, they aim to break the cycle of homelessness. These two films are part of a broader effort to build empathy and compassion for those experiencing homelessness. In addition to these powerful films, they have the novelization of the award-winning screenplay, a soundtrack, and an interactive study guide that guides people who want to be part of the solution in their own community.
The Documentary came about first to ensure the accuracy of the “No Address” feature film; our production team toured the country for several weeks, visiting and filming interviews in 20 major cities across 18 states facing various rates of homelessness and interviewed over 175 people. Those interviews inspired the documentary “Americans With No Address,” which captures the essence of what is causing the homeless crisis and portrays what solutions have been implemented and proven to show positive changes.
“Americans With No Address” information sheet.
Mom Maven’s Thoughts on Americans With No Address
“Americans With No Address” is eye-opening and the statistics they shared are mind-boggling. I couldn’t take notes fast enough to catch the statistics. Here is one that stood out, “This year 1/3 of Americans will have a friend or family member experience homelessness.” If that stat doesn’t make you catch your breath, I don’t know what would.
Three-fourths of America’s homeless deal with mental health issues. If they didn’t have them before they ended up on the streets, they developed them because they were there-anxiety, PTSD etc. Add to that large amount the fact that more than 75% are addicted to drugs, alcohol or both makes this problem not just a financial one but a healthcare one as well.
According to the documentary, the most successful transition programs in the country deal with the whole person physical, mental, and spiritual. These programs meet physical needs for shelter, food, and clothing while also supplying mental and physical healthcare and addiction treatment while also caring for the spiritual needs of community, purpose, and Salvation. These holistic programs meet people where they are and help them become who God created them to be. These are not government funded because the government won’t fund spiritual training.
The government’s method of dealing with homelessness is called Housing First. It’s goal is to get people off the street and into apartments, motels etc but it doesn’t include any treatment, training, or accountability so there is little to no healing and restoration for these people.
What Can We Do?
Watch the documentary, it is streaming on Prime. It provides solution-based suggestions, and I
highly suggest everyone visit www.AmericansWithNoAddress.com. Please connect with one of the homeless organizations in your community to share your time as a volunteer or make a financial donation.
Most importantly, people experiencing homelessness often feel invisible—even just one interaction, like saying hello, can change someone’s trajectory of life; please begin to see the human side of homelessness.
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Yes, I will watch this movie it looks really moving and really an important issue. Housing is not affordable in my area at all.
Yes, it looks interesting.