The numbers below represent those living in our shelters every day.  Each has a face, a name and a story. the increasing rate of unemployement and foreclosures are adding to their heartbreaking stories.
 
With your help, we can change the otucome of their stories!
 
  1. More than 14,000 Arizonans experience homelessness each day.
  2. 30% of Arizona's homeless population are children and teens.
  3. Almost 50% of the homeless are women, children or families.
  4. The fastest growing segment of the homeless population is families with children.
  5. 43% of children living in homeless families are under the age of 6.
  6. 82,000 Arizonans are receiving emergency food boxes a week in Arizona.
  7. In one year, the working poor in Arizona have seen a 10% increase in costs to maintain basic living necessities such as food, shelter and clothing.
  8. 16% of the single adult population suffers from some form of severe or persistent mental illness.
  9. At least 40% of the adult homeless population has an addiction disorder.
  10. 23% of homeless men are US veterans.