homelessness is not a crime

Since 2016, the National Women’s Work Ministry of the Church of the Living God (C.W.F.F.) has elected to be a catalyst for changing the landscape of how the church addresses homeless in America by adopting a national focus and is calling for each temple in each district to reach out to local homeless shelters or agencies within your cities.  The goal is to offer service and support. As we have done for the past 3 years, these activities will culminate in the July, 2018 national convention with the presentation of a monetary gift to homeless shelters in Louisville, Kentucky.

​Facts on Homelessness: Scope of Homelessness Nationwide 
On a single night in January 2016, there were 549,928 people experiencing homelessness in the United States; 68 percent sheltered and 32 percent unsheltered.

• One quarter (22 percent or 120,819) were children under the age of 18 
• Nine percent (50,001) were between the ages of 18 and 24
• 69 percent (or 379,108) were 25 years or older
• 77,486 individuals and 8,646 people in families met the definition of chronically homeless*
  • Chronic homelessness among individuals declined by seven percent (or 5,684) over the past year, and by 35 percent (or 42,327) between 2007 and 2016
• 39,471 were veterans, of which less than 10 percent (3,328) were female
  • Between 2015 and 2016, homelessness among veterans declined by 17 percent (8,254 fewer veterans); since 2009, homelessness among veterans declined by 46 percent (33,896)
• 35,686 were unaccompanied children and youth; 89 percent (31,862) were between the ages of 18 and 24, and 11 percent (3,824) were under age 18
  • The National Alliance to End Homelessness estimates that during a year approximately 550,000 unaccompanied, single youth and young adults up to the age of 24 experience a homelessness episode of longer than one week 2
• Homelessness nationally declined by three percent (14,780 people) between 2015 and 2016, and by 15 percent (or 97,330) since 2007

   FOR MORE INFORMATION:
      NATIONALHOMELESS.ORG
      National Coalition for the Homeless 2201 P Street NW   Washington, DC 20037   202-462-4822

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