Who
Why
What Happens
Kids
Help
100
Roughly 1/3 of the total homeless population in the U.S.
What are homeless families?
100
17% of 2-parent families and 34% of 1-parent families in the U.S. live in this category
What is poverty?
100
Among homeless elementary students, only 21% are proficient in math and 15% are proficient in reading
What is low academic performance?
100
The relative rate of sickness in homeless children (1x, 2x, 3x, etc)
What is 4 times more often than other children?
100
The interfaith organization which helps homeless families with shelter and opportunities in Bozeman
What is Family Promise?
200
The industrialized nation with the largest number of homeless families
What is the United States?
200
When housing costs are higher than wages for those with low incomes
What is a shortage of affordable housing?
200
Aggression, hostility, anxiety, & depression
What are emotional and behavioral problems?
200
The relative rate of hunger in homeless children (1x, 2x, 3x, etc)
What is 2 times the rate of other children?
200
How Family Promise provides homeless families a place to sleep
What is shelter in churches?
300
200,000 children
What is the number of homeless children in the U.S. on any given day?
300
A situation which may force part of a family to flee home without child support payments
What is domestic violence?
300
Ulcers, anemia, asthma, bronchitis
What are common physical problems of homeless adults?
300
The percentage of homeless children who have witnessed violence in their families
What is 25% of homeless children?
300
A place to go in the daytime when Family Promise guests are not at work or in school
What is the Day Center?
400
A mother in her late 20s with 2 children
What is a typical sheltered homeless family? (statistically speaking)
400
The minimum hourly wage for a full-time worker to afford a 2-bedroom apartment at fair market rent
What is $18/hour?
400
A system in which children are placed with "temporary" parents because of difficulties in their birth families
What is foster care?
400
That they will not have a place to sleep and that something bad will happen to their family
What are the worries of homeless children?
400
How long a family is in the Family Promise program
What is 2-3 months?
500
A family with at least one child
Who qualifies to be in Family Promise?
500
A concern for others who are in difficult situations which motivates action to help
What is compassion?
500
Being a homeless family who sincerely want to change their life situation
What are the requirements for entering Family Promise?
500
Good health, good family life & school success
What are the goals of Family Promise for kids?
500
The goal of staying in Family Promise
What is a permanent home?
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