1 in every 588 Americans is homeless.

194,467 people will sleep on the street across the USA tonight

(HUD 2018).

The ten states with the highest homeless rates account for 55% of the homeless population -

CA, NY, FL, TX, WA, MA, OR, PA, IL, CO.

18% are chronically homeless (HUD 2018).

7% are unaccompanied youth under 25 (HUD 2018).

7% are veterans (HUD 2018).

 

552,830 Americans are homeless

 

 

Homelessness can be caused by

Family violence

Mental health issues

Physical health issue e.g. accident at work and bills mount up

Loss of employment, under-employment or inability to gain a new job

Limited housing / rental stress

Drug and alcohol addiction (which can occur AFTER being homeless)

Traumatic Experiences

 

25,310 total homeless in Tx alone

1379 Total Unaccompanied Young Adults (Ages 18-24) Experiencing Homelessness

115,676 Total Number of Homeless Students

18,089 Total Number of Unaccompanied Homeless Students

4591 Nighttime Residence: Unsheltered

 

 

Homelessness Statistics for Texas 2018

Total Homeless Population 25,848

Total Family Households Experiencing Homelessness 1,919

Veterans Experiencing Homelessness 1,806

Persons Experiencing Chronic Homelessness 3,511

Unaccompanied Young Adults (Aged 18-24) Experiencing Homelessness 1,355

Total Number of Homeless Students 115,676

Total Number of Unaccompanied Homeless Students 18,089

Nighttime Residence: Unsheltered 4,591

Nighttime Residence: Shelters 11,474

Nighttime Residence: Hotels/motels 8,263

Nighttime Residence: Doubled up 91,348

 

How Many Children and Families Experience Homelessness?

On a single night in January 2019:

 

An estimated 171,670 people in families — or 53,692 family households — were identified as homeless.

Approximately 14,779 people in families were living on the street, in a car, or in another place not meant for human habitation.

 

children experiencing homelessness have been shown to:

 

Have higher levels of emotional and behavioral problems;

Have increased risk of serious health problems;

Are more likely to experience separations from their families; and

Experience more school mobility, repeat a grade, be expelled or drop out of school, and have lower academic performance.

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National Findings

 In 2015—2016, there were 1,260,254, or one‐‐‐in‐‐‐19, children under six years old who

experienced homelessness.

 In 2016, about nine percent of children under age six experiencing homelessness

(108,6773 children) were enrolled in Head Start, Early Head Start, or programs funded

with McKinney‐‐‐Vento subgrants. This rate does not include state and locally‐‐‐funded

early childhood programs.

 In 2016, 32 percent of families with children under 18 had a high housing cost burden

(defined as spending 30 percent or more of monthly income on housing expenses).

In 2016, 26 percent of low‐‐‐income working families had children under age six, defined

as families in which at least one parent worked 50 weeks or more in the prior year and

family income is below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Line.

 

In 2019, there were about 567,715 homeless people living in the United States. While this number had been steadily decreasing since 2007, in the last two years it has started to increase.Jan 13, 2020

 

What the Bible says about helping

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Proverbs 19:17 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

 

Acts 20:35 - I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

 

Matthew 5:42 - Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

 

Proverbs 22:9 - He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

 

Luke 14:12-14 - Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor [thy] rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.   (Read More...)

 

Isaiah 58:10 - And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:

 

Luke 12:33-34 - Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.   (Read More...)

 

Deuteronomy 15:7-11 - If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:   (Read More...)

 

Luke 3:11 - He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

 

Deuteronomy 15:11 - For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

 

Galatians 2:10 - Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

 

Proverbs 14:31 - He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

 

Matthew 25:34-46 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:   (Read More...)

 

Proverbs 14:21 - He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.

 

James 1:27 - Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.

 

Proverbs 28:27 - He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.