 How homelessness happens  More reasons  Big Cities  Everyday items  Family help  Gangs and drugs  Homeless numbers increasing?  How we can help  Works cited

 Homelessness is something that can happen to anyone and fast  Generally someone is laid off at work and cant pay the bills

 Abuse  Vietnam war veterans  Mental illnesses

 Places like Houston, New York, and Los Angeles have the most homeless people.  Sure they have shelters and other things, but these cities are also some of the meanest to homeless.

 No phone  No car  No house  No money to get started

 There is usually ZERO family help for them…  So they tend to want to be welcome by gangs members.  100,000 children in L.A are in gangs most murders by age 12, 13, or 14

 Most children of homeless parents tend to be in gangs for money and do drugs to ease the pain which just makes it worse

 1 in 10 homeless children accomplish much in their lives.  No place to do homework  Usually on drugs fail drug test  Drop out of school to try an help their family

 It is estimated that 1.5 million more people will become homeless in the next 2 years.  Which means a lot less room in the homeless shelters.

 Donate time and/or money  Soup kitchens  Salvation army

 ow/shows/526/homel ess-facts.html ow/shows/526/homel ess-facts.html  ramerica.org/thrivingn eigh/homelessness.ht ml ramerica.org/thrivingn eigh/homelessness.ht ml  edu edu  “Homeless need help” by Steve McCalin