Reply #173: I'm sure food pantries and soup kichens and shelters will tell them.

[Breeze54]

Yes, homeless people are not smart enough to check voice mail either!! :eyes:

Study: 744,000 homeless people in U.S.

Updated 3:41 p.m. ET, Wed., Jan. 10, 2007

First national canvass in a decade finds a quarter were chronically homeless

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16564208/

WASHINGTON -

There were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005, according to the first national estimate in a decade.

A little more than half were living in shelters, and nearly a quarter were chronically homeless, according to the report Wednesday by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, an advocacy group.

A majority of the homeless were single adults, but about 41 percent were in families, the report said.

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Calif., N.Y. lead nation

California was the state with most homeless people in 2005, about 170,000, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and Georgia, according to the report.

Nevada had the highest share of its population homeless, about 0.68 percent. It was followed by
Rhode Island, Colorado, California and Hawaii.

“The driver in homelessness is the affordable housing crisis,” Roman said. “If we don’t do
something to address the crisis in affordable housing we are not going to solve homelessness.”

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See? It's single parents and families that are homeless!
I'm sure they have owned a phone before! :eyes:

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Homeless Shelters Focusing On Families

http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=1a79d5b1-74c7-462e-9233-314cf5344d01

Survey finds single men aren't the only ones who need help in the region

By Claire Bessette Published on 2/25/2008

Just as the stereotype of a homeless person might be a single man, the mental picture of supportive housing might be an apartment building with tiny units, an office and a counseling staff.

But what about the families and children?

Preliminary results from the most recent Point in Time homeless count for New London County on Jan. 30 found 25 families with 54 children living in shelters in the region. Another 29 families with 55 children currently are living in temporary transitional housing, most of which mandate short stays. Shelters and short-term transitional housing count as homeless situations.

“Thank God, we did not find any families living in the streets,” said David Pascua, co-coordinator of the Point in Time count and housing coordinator for the Southeastern Mental Health Authority.

While much of the talk on ending homelessness has centered on housing for individuals living in the streets, several state and local agencies also are working to bring families under stable roofs with accompanying support services to try to keep them there.

The Women's Center of Southeastern Connecticut believes it has found the right formula.

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