"Being homeless is like living in a post-apocalyptic world. You're on the outskirts of society."
-Frank Dillane
Homelessness
What it means
Did you know?
A staggering 2.5 million children are homeless each year in America. This historic high represents 1 in every 30 children in the U.S.
57% of homeless kids spend at least one day every month without food.
50% of adolescents aging out of foster care and juvenile justice systems will be homeless within six months because they are unprepared to live independently and have limited education and no social support.
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More than 25% of former foster children become homeless within two to four years of leaving the system.
According to a study of youth in shelters, nearly 50% reported intense conflict or physical harm by a family member as a major contributing factor to their homelessness.
Almost 40% of the homeless people in the U.S. are under 18
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In Popular Culture
Movies
- The Florida Project
- The Pursuit of Happyness
- Poor Kids
- Shoplifters
- The Glass Castle
- Ray
TV Shows
- Shameless (18 and over)
- Orange is the New Black (Taystee)
Books
- The Glass Castle
- All Souls: A Family Story from Southie
- Esperanza Rising