Causes of Homelessness
Such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, can make it difficult for sufferers to find and keep stable housing because of problems with self-care, social support, and job.
What is Mental Illness
In 2021, the number of homeless individuals in this state reached a record high of over 160,000.
What is California?
A service that allows people a safe place to stay for up to 16 days
What is a Temporary Shelter?
Homeless people go through a lot of trauma experiences, may experience violence out in the streets. You can see it on their skin and sometimes can be internal.
What are Injuries?
A program that helps homeless individuals find jobs and get the skills they need to succeed in the workplace.
What is a job training program?
Addicts may lose their jobs, run into financial trouble, and feel isolated from others, all of which can eventually result in homelessness. A person's ability to keep stable housing may be further hampered by substance misuse, which can further exacerbate mental health conditions. What causes this?
What is Substance Abuse
This city in California has the highest number of homeless individuals in the state.
What is Los Angeles?
A program that creates a safe space for homeless people by creating music as a group
What is Music Therapy?
Lack of resources and not being able to afford a living Lead to this.
What is poverty?
This place provides homeless individuals with basic necessities such as food, clothing, and hygiene products.
What is a Soup Kitchen
In order to escape violent situations, victims of domestic violence may be compelled to leave their homes. As a result, they may struggle to locate safe and permanent lodging.
What is Domestic Violence
The majority of homeless individuals in California are part of this ethnic group.
What is African American or Black?
Packages of food and hygiene necessities that charities often bring to homeless shelters
What is a Snack Pack/Toiletry Kit?
In California most people can’t find a job, making it hard for them to find a way to may an income.
What is unemployment?
This is a program that provides financial assistance to homeless individuals and families to help them pay for rental deposits and other housing-related expenses.
What is a rental assistance program?
These include homelessness, low wages, unemployment, and poverty, insufficient money to cover rent or a mortgage may become homeless. In addition, those who encounter unforeseen financial difficulties, such as medical issues, may end up in shelterlessness if they are unable to cover their basic needs.
What are Economic Factors
This percentage of homeless individuals in California suffer from a serious mental illness.
what is 25%-30%?
A portable service that can help with maintaining personal hygiene
What are mobile showers/bathrooms?
There may be homeless people who do not take care of what they eat, may even go a day or two without eating causing many problems in their system.
What is malnutrition?
This is an organization that provides homeless individuals with medical care and mental health services.
What is a healthcare clinic?
May also be influenced by problems like racism, discrimination, and lack of access to healthcare and education. These problems may reduce people's prospects for employment and education, as well as raise their risk of poverty and unstable economic conditions.
What are Systematic Issues
California has the highest number of individuals experiencing homelessness who are part of this age group.
What is 18-24 years old?
A program that supports self-sufficiency by teaching basic life skills such as managing money, cooking, ect.
What is Life Skills Training?
Women and children who often leave Home, from abusive relationships experience and end up homeless
What is Domestic Violence?
This organization provides outreach and case management services to homeless individuals living on the streets.
What is the Fresno County Department of Social Services?