STATISTICS
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIECING HOMELESSNESS IN THE UNITED STATES
WHAT IS... OVER 500,000 PEOPLE
https://www.statista.com/statistics/555795/estimated-number-of-homeless-people-in-the-us/
TRUE OR FALSE: HOUSING, INCOME, HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RACIAL INEQUALITY ARE WHAT CAUSES HOMELESSNESS
WHAT DOES LGBTQ STAND FOR?
WHAT IS...LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUESTIONING.
WHAT ARE THREE CRIMINAL ORDINANCES AGAINST THE HOMELESS?
WHAT IS... ANTI-LOITERING, ANTI-SLEEPING, ANTI-SITTING, ANTI-PANHANDLING, OR ANTI-CAMPING?
TRUE OR FALSE: ANYONE COULD BE AT RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS.
WHAT STATE HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF HOMELESSNESS?
WHAT IS... CALIFORNIA (24%)
https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2019-09-23/10-facts-about-homelessness-in-america
TRUE OR FALSE..LGBTQ YOUTH ARE HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO THEIR PARENTS?
WHAT IS...FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE: MANY CRIMES HOMELESS PEOPLE COMMIT ARE NON-VIOLENT.
WHAT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS FOR WOMEN?
WHAT IS... DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ten-facts-about-homelessn_b_5977946?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI-8PVdOJcsLjzTubA6s1EDq0EjZWdUxLxuG5vIv-1Fk4JCck_m32OM8a_maRPBKvB_70ZzddgEmINbg5b1MmHAHqFnyhnYC9JzRv9GAYwj3HtQb9m3Xyya1J1A2D01x2Y7aZ5H2Pp4kxWYkNDBTuJ4O2hLAKlhDr9qLrSBxa9CQ
WHICH RACIAL GROUP HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF HOMELESSNESS?
WHAT IS... AFRICAN AMERICANS. 54 OUT OF EVERY 10,000 AFRICAN AMERICANS EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN 2018.
https://endhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/3rd-Demo-Brief-Race.pdf
WHAT CAUSES HOMELESSNESS?
WHAT IS HOUSING, INCOME, HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND RACIAL INEQUALITY
https://nlchp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Homeless_Stats_Fact_Sheet.pdf
WHAT IS THE RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH INCLUSION ACT OF 2013?
WHAT IS...AN ACT THAT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY
https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources/hpr-resources/resources-help-lgbt-youth
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION WAS HOMELESS PRIOR TO INCARCERATION?
WHAT IS... 10%?
TRUE OR FALSE: CITIES ARE INCREASINGLY MAKING HOMELESSNESS A CRIME.
WHAT IS... TRUE?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ten-facts-about-homelessn_b_5977946?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI-8PVdOJcsLjzTubA6s1EDq0EjZWdUxLxuG5vIv-1Fk4JCck_m32OM8a_maRPBKvB_70ZzddgEmINbg5b1MmHAHqFnyhnYC9JzRv9GAYwj3HtQb9m3Xyya1J1A2D01x2Y7aZ5H2Pp4kxWYkNDBTuJ4O2hLAKlhDr9qLrSBxa9CQ
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION ARE VETERANS?
WHAT IS... ABOUT 11%
http://nchv.org/index.php/news/media/background_and_statistics
WHO IS LILY FROM SESAME STREET?
WHAT IS...THE FIRST HOMELESS MUPPET, THAT HELPS YOUNG VIEWERS LEARN ABOUT THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS.
WHO HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF LGBTQ YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS UNSHELTERED?
WHAT IS...TRANSGENDER YOUTH(78%)
https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LGBTQ-Youth-Lit-Review-Final.pdf
WHAT IS THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE SECOND CHANCE ACT?
WHAT IS... TO HELP THOSE LEAVING FEDERAL PRISONS AND REDUCE RECIDIVISM?
https://csgjusticecenter.org/publications/second-chance-act/
WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN REASONS THAT PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS?
WHAT IS... PREVIOUS INCARCERATION, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE?
https://www.acton.org/publications/transatlantic/2019/09/23/10-facts-about-homelessness-america
TRUE OR FALSE: 1/10 YOUNG ADULTS (AGES 18-25) WILL EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS
WHAT ARE ALL FOUR FORMS OF HOMELESSNESS?
WHAT IS...CHRONIC, EPISODIC, TRANSITIONAL, AND HIDDEN
WHAT ARE LGBTQ YOUTH THAT EXPERIENCES HOMELESSNESS AT A GREATER RISK FOR?
WHAT IS...SEXUAL ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE
https://www.hrc.org/blog/new-report-on-youth-homeless-affirms-that-lgbtq-youth-disproportionately-ex
WHAT IS...The 9th Circuit ruled that the Constitution's Eighth Amendment, which bars cruel and unusual punishment, prohibits punishing homeless people if there are more of them than there are available shelter beds.
WHAT YEAR DID HOMELESSNESS BEGIN?