SAMOSHEL, OPCC's Santa Monica Shelter: The Economy's Impact

"Cutbacks Pinch Homeless Programs": Today’s USA Today article on the cutback of funds for homeless services tells it all.

HOMELESSNESS FACTS

• There are 48,000 individuals who are homeless in L.A. (Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, 2009)

• 1 in 9 persons in the nation who are homeless are in L.A. county (Homelessness in Los Angeles: A summary of recent research, Tepper P. 2004)

• 250,000 individuals are homeless over the course of the year in L.A. county (Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness, 2005)

• More than 1.5 children are homeless annually in the U.S. (National Center on Family Homelessness, March 2009)

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SAMOSHEL, OPCC's Santa Monica Shelter

Monday, August 24, 2009

The Economy's Impact

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