New Yorks Homeless Problem
May 23rd 2008 06:54
Recently i travelled to the big apple New York City. I was suprised to see the extent of poverty that layed within the 'Big Smoke'. It is sad that the World Leaders, America have such large internal welfare problems.
I decided to look up the statistics of poverty in New york.
This is what i found
* Each year 100,000 New Yorkers experience homelessness.
* Each night, over 38,000 homeless individuals sleep in the New York City shelter system. *This includes more than 16,000 children and 8,000 single adults. Thousands more sleep on city streets and in other public places.
*Nearly 1-in-20 New York City residents have experienced homelessness.
*There are over 1,000 soup kitchens & food pantries in NYC and 2,700 in NY State serving 2 million New Yorkers annually. They will serve 60 million meals this year to hungry men, women & children. Everyday they turn away over 2,500 people.
*In the first six months of 2001, requests for help in soup kitchens and food pantries citywide rose by 71%. After September 11th, there was another 71% increase.
*Families make up 78% of New York City's homeless shelter population.
*More than one-in-four children in NYC live in poverty. A typical homeless child is under 5 years old.
*Over half of homeless mothers in New York City have a history of domestic violence.
*Nearly one-in-five homeless parents were in foster care as a child.
*It is estimated that between 40% and 50% of homeless single adults residing in the municipal shelter system have a chronic mental illness.
*Approximately 90% of homeless New Yorkers are black or Latino, although only 53% percent of New York City's total population is black or Latino.
*Almost 17% of residents of the single adult shelter system are employed.
If that is just New York, imagine how much poverty is in the entire United States. Unimaginable.[/COLOR]
I decided to look up the statistics of poverty in New york.
This is what i found
* Each year 100,000 New Yorkers experience homelessness.
* Each night, over 38,000 homeless individuals sleep in the New York City shelter system. *This includes more than 16,000 children and 8,000 single adults. Thousands more sleep on city streets and in other public places.
*There are over 1,000 soup kitchens & food pantries in NYC and 2,700 in NY State serving 2 million New Yorkers annually. They will serve 60 million meals this year to hungry men, women & children. Everyday they turn away over 2,500 people.
*In the first six months of 2001, requests for help in soup kitchens and food pantries citywide rose by 71%. After September 11th, there was another 71% increase.
*Families make up 78% of New York City's homeless shelter population.
*More than one-in-four children in NYC live in poverty. A typical homeless child is under 5 years old.
*Over half of homeless mothers in New York City have a history of domestic violence.
*Nearly one-in-five homeless parents were in foster care as a child.
*It is estimated that between 40% and 50% of homeless single adults residing in the municipal shelter system have a chronic mental illness.
*Approximately 90% of homeless New Yorkers are black or Latino, although only 53% percent of New York City's total population is black or Latino.
*Almost 17% of residents of the single adult shelter system are employed.
If that is just New York, imagine how much poverty is in the entire United States. Unimaginable.[/COLOR]
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