The Face of Homelessness

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An all too familiar picture.

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Is this what you think of when you think of the homeless?

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Think Again.

39 percent of the homeless population is young people under 18.*

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Family homelessness is the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population, accounting for 41 percent of the nation’s homeless population in 2009*

*http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/index.html

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Without our help…..

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17%

33%

43%

Single Men Families with Children Single WomenUnaccompanied Minors Unknown

Estimates of the number of homeless children range from 800,000 to 1.2 million, and recent estimates state that 1 in 50 children in the United States are homeless.*

(National Center on Family Homelessness, 2009).

What’s more, at least half of homeless children are under the age of 5.*

(National Center on Family Homelessness, 1999) *