NYC
Your friend recently moved to NYC and they are sleeping in your couch. They are seeking employment and have not found any luck. Are they considered homeless?
What is yes.
Which has the lowest rates of homelessness?
A. Missispi
B. Indiana
C. Kansas
D. All of the above
What is all of the above.
An individual who lacks housing, including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations, and an individual who is a resident in transitional housing.
What is Homeless.
This race is most likely to experience homelessness.
Black/ African American
An agency within the government of New York City that provides services to the homeless, though its ultimate aim is to overcome homelessness.
What is the Department of Homeless Services (DHS)
Research shows that the primary cause of homelessness, particularly among families, is
What is a lack of affordable housing.
An un-emancipated juvenile who has left the home environment without a parent's or legal guardian's permission.
what is a run away.
40% of teens that are homeless identify as...
LGBTQA
A program designed to increase the housing choices available to low income household by creating privately owned rental housing. (Hint:The program is no longer taking applications)
What is Section 8.
A time period in the 1930s that caused a devastating epidemic of poverty.
What is the great depression.
What does panhandling mean?
Begging for money in the streets.
Homeless single adults have much higher rates of
A. Serious mental illness
B. Eviction
C. Hazardous housing conditions
What is
A. Serious mental illness.
In June of 2015, an average of how many homeless children slept each night in municipal shelters in NYC?
What is 23,000 children.
A United States federal law that provides federal money for homeless shelter programs.
What is the McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
Grants that provide housing and supportive services to homeless families and individuals across the country. Funds are competitively awarded to localities and nonprofits through a coordinated community-based process
What is Homeless Assistance Grants.
Approximately how many teens are homeless in the United States?
1.7 million
Located in the Bronx, this state-of-the-art and eco-friendly facility that has been specifically sized, staffed, and laid out to meet the demand for homeless services.
What is Prevention Assistance and Temporary Housing center (PATH)
12 percent of all homeless adults are...
What is veterans.
According to statistics this City has the highest level of poverty
A. Los Angeles
B. San Fransisco
C. New York City
What is New York City.
62% of the homeless LGBT youth in NYC have ...
What is considered or attempted to commit suicide.