1. No Place to Call Home Homelessness and the Bridgeport Region

2. No Place to Call Home 3.5 million people Homeless in the US Homeless in CT 33000 people Homeless in Bridgeport area 1500 people

3. No Place to Call Home Number of shelter bedsNumber of People using shelters Number of people turned away 869903727 beds 86 SHELTERED 990 Turned Away 3727

4. No Place to Call Home Out of 100 people who are homeless 39 are Children

5. No Place to Call Home 16 % of people in bridgeport area shelters are employed

6. No Place to Call Home 41% have no income

7. No Place to Call Home poor blacks living in urban settings were twice as likely to be homeless as poor whites in the same cities 48 % of people in Bridgeport shelters are African American

8. No Place to Call Home 18.4 % of the population and 16.2 % of families are below the poverty line

9. No Place to Call Home People with AIDS are three times more likely to be homeless

10. No Place to Call Home 18 % report substance use histories

11. No Place to Call Home 11 % report mental health problems

12. No Place to Call Home Bridgeport’s Continuum of Care Is a broad collaboration working to create change and end homelessness.

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14. This presentation was created by Shawn M. Lang Assistant Director CT AIDS Residence Coalition 860.761.6699 © CT AIDS Residence Coalition, 2002

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