Today in the United States there are over 1,750,000 adults living on the streets (Deforge, 2003). According to a study by the National Center for Family Homelessness, 1 in 45 children are homeless. When you reflect on what it means to be homeless, many words may come to mind: derelict, sad, downtrodden, dirty, lazy, and many others. There is a stigma attached to the word homeless and the people it describes. This research investigates the impact of social stigma on homeless opportunities in our country and around the world. This is an issue that needs to be addressed seriously, because if society can improve the lives of the most unfortunate individuals in our society, society will also improve the lives of everyone around us. As the old saying goes, "your team is only as good as your worst player", so it is with the club. Creating better living conditions for the homeless could lead to more jobs (building new homes, providing care, management), a community seems less run down (no more men and women sleeping on park benches or asking for money at the corner), happier individuals (a place to belong, people to talk to about their problems, they can get the help they need) and many other options. There are so many facets to this topic that to truly delve into a solution you need to use more than one perspective. The two most useful disciplinary perspectives to use are social work and psychology. One must not only be able to identify the mental processes associated with homeless people and other parts of society (psychological perspective), but also be able to identify clear pathways to remedy the problem of homelessness and the stigmas associated with it. it related (social work perspective).Literature ReviewIf anyone......middle of paper......structuring invisibility among the hidden homeless: the politics of space, stigma, and identity construction. Journal of Applied Communication Research, (4), 305.Kidd, S. A. (2007). Homeless youth and social stigma. Journal Of Youth & Adolescent, 107-109, 291, 363, 646-913Latane, B., & Darley, J. (1969). Bystander “Apathy,” American Scientist, 57, 244-268. Marbut, R. G., & Simovich, D. (2012, November 1). An alternative to incarcerating the homeless. . Retrieved June 26, 2014, from http://marbutconsulting.com/uploads/AmericanJailsMarbutSimovichNovDec2012 Stueve, A. (1997). The stigma of homelessness: The impact of the label “homeless” on attitudes toward poor people. Social Psychology Quarterly, 323.Vasiliou, C., & London, E. (2006). Making the link between mental health and young homeless people: a pan-London study. London: Mental Health Foundation.