Homess families of Arizona

Please visit https://offerup.com/redirect/?o=aHR0cHM6Ly9nb2Z1bmQubWUvMTNiNjBkMTY= On most, given days there can be more than 9,000 men, women, and children struggling with various stages of homelessness here in Valley. Most of them live in tent cities, along roadsides, or in public parks well others are hidden out of the way in fields or cars or residing in a shelter. An estimated 2,469 children (0 – 17) are homeless, either with a parent(s) or on their own Study found in July 2021 There are approximately 420 veterans on the streets of Maricopa County 470 individuals escaped domestic violence Arizona has fewer shelter beds for homeless youth than it has in years, more young people becoming homeless, and high rates of sex and labor trafficking among homeless youth, research shows. A report from the Arizona State University Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research released earlier this year found that 40% of people interviewed who were experiencing homelessness between the ages of 18 to 25 had experienced sex or labor trafficking. LGBTQ youth are even more likely to be exploited, the report found. The most significant provider of youth shelter and services, Tumbleweed, went bankrupt in 2016, and most of its services folded and have not been replaced. "What we're seeing here in Maricopa County is so distressing. Almost all of our youth homeless programs have disintegrated," ASU professor Dominique Roe-Sepowitz said. In 2020, for the first time in recent history, more than half of the people counted were not staying inside a shelter and instead slept on the streets, in desert washes, in vehicles, or in other places not meant for habitation. This is because metro Phoenix has a severe shortage of emergency shelters. The county has fewer than 2,000 emergency shelter beds, and they are full nearly every night. With your help, we can help provide local shelters with supplies, food, Beds, and essentials. Our local shelters are: The Family Housing Hub Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness Andre House Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) Brian Garcia Welcome Center Anything helps. Thank you and happy holidays!