The social work-based program will target the Hispanic community, which is the second largest in Miami, with a population of 349,001 (United States Census Bureau, 2018). While there are no official statistics, it could be assumed that since Hispanics are the second largest population in the city, they also form a significant part of homeless people, especially because most of them are from low-income families. The social work intervention will be addressing the problem of homelessness, which is one of the major products of poverty in the city. Miami continues to see a surge in the number of homeless people for various reasons, including abuse and poverty (Robertson, 2019). However, this program will focus on homelessness that results from poverty for a period of one year and will start off with 50% of the Hispanic homeless population in Miami. The figure is meant to act as test study which will yield outcomes to be applied in similar programs in the future. The effectiveness of the program comes from the fact that it will not only deal will rehabilitate the homeless and further provide poverty alleviation schemes for them. In doing so, the program will infor decriminalization of homelessness, support a change of attitude, and even attract more people to help solve the problem of homelessness. It hypothesizes that each individual is valuable, can change, and have an inherent desire to draw meaningfulness out of their own lives.
The rationale of the program stems from the tenets of the Humanistic theory. One of the leading social work, the humanistic approach stresses the value in each person, understand their behavior from their internal frames of reference, notes that everyone is capable of changing for the better, and vouches for wellness through such qualities as genuineness and empathy (Duff, Rubestein & Prilleltensky, 2016). In light of the theory, the program takes a dual-design entailing therapy and consequent poverty alleviation interventions like employment. The rationale for this design is that homelessness is a multifaceted problem stemming from a wide range of sources, thus, merely getting someone out of homelessness is not enough, there is need to deal with what caused their homelessness if the problem has to be solved holistically. The theory provides for this because it comprises various forms of psychological interventions and therapy aimed at bringing social change in a person. In regard of the theory, finding a solution through the program depends on the conditions set below:
i. If the government, as the main stakeholder, is able to utilize research-based evidence to understand particular causes of homelessness among the Hispanic population.