What is “Homelessness”?
1,170 words, 6 minutes read time.
Whether you’ve been working in homeless services for years or are new to the realities faced by this community, you’ve likely got a lot of questions about the information you’re finding. Why does every service provider have a different number of homeless individuals? Why are the numbers so different from each other? How can the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers say there are 2,500 individuals experiencing homelessness, but the school says over 12,000 children are homeless? None of it makes sense!