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Homeless Families
According to the
Pinellas County Coalition for the Homeless and their 2007 Annual
Point-in-Time survey1:
- Each week
there are an average of 223 first time homeless, of which 39 are
children, and 237 previously homeless individuals who have become
homeless again, 25 of which are children.
- The survey
was conducted on January 29, 2007 and counted 458 homeless families
with 870 children under the age of 18.
- For
every three homeless children living with a parent, another child
has been “farmed out” to live with someone else.
- 41% of
homeless people have children under 18, but only 16% have their
children with them.
- In
addition to homeless families with children, the survey counted 87
unaccompanied homeless youth.
- 53% were
in a foster care home before becoming homeless and 62% had been in
the foster care system during their youth.
- 21%
lived in St. Petersburg and 19% lived in Hillsborough County prior
to becoming homeless.
- 49% had
been homeless 2-3 times during the prior three years.
1
Pinellas County Coalition for
the Homeless:
http://www.pinellashomeless.org
Funded Agencies:
Religious Community
Services - Grace House
All Neighborhood Family Centers
Alpha House of Pinellas – Residential
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