Poverty
Underlying Causes
America's homeless
100
true or false: underlying causes of homelessness are the same for women as they are for men.
What is false?
100
One underlying cause of homelessness *clue- shelter
What is lack of affordable housing?
100
True or false: Homelessness is usually a long-term condition.
What is false? the most common length of time that someone is homeless is one or two days, and half the people who enter the homeless shelter system will leave within 30 days, never to return.
200
country that has one of the highest child poverty rates in the first world
What is the United States?
200
This is an underlying cause of homelessness. *They abuse this
What are Drug and Alcohol related problems? Rates of alcohol and drug abuse are disproportionately high among the homeless population.
200
True or false: 60% of the homeless have a severe mental illness.
What is false? The rate of severe mental illness among the homeless (including families and children) is 13 to 15 percent.
300
This many people live in poverty in the United States. (%)
What is 15.1%?
300
An underlying cause of homelessness. *A split
What is Divorce? Divorce often leaves one of the spouses homeless. Most often it’s the father, but sometimes it’s the mother and children or everyone involved.
300
True or false: Homeless people don't work.
What is false? According to a 2009 national study by the Urban Institute, about 45 percent of homeless adults had worked in the past 30 days -- only 14 percentage points lower than the employment rate for the general population last month.
400
This many children will receive free or reduced-price lunch this year.
What is 20 million?
400
This is an underlying cause of homelessness. *Abuse
What is Domestic Violence? Battered women who live in poverty are often forced to choose between abusive relationships and homelessness.
400
True or false: Shelters are a humane solution to homelessness.
What is false? Shelters may be the final safety net, but that net scrapes close to the ground. To be in a shelter is to be homeless, and the more shelters we build, the more resources we divert from the only real solution to homelessness: permanent housing.
500
This amount of children is at risk of hunger everyday.
What is 1 in 5?
500
This is an underlying cause of homelessness. * Help
What is Decline in Public Assistance? Current TANF benefits and food stamps combined are below the poverty level in every state; in fact, the median TANF benefit for a family of three is approximately one-third of the poverty level. Thus, contrary to popular opinion, welfare does not provide relief from poverty.
500
True or false: Homelessness has decreased in the past decade.
What is true? The number of chronically homeless nationwide has decreased by a third since 2005, to 112,000.
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