Unable To Keep Up Shelters have been unable to keep up with a metro-area homeless population that was nearly 10,000 on any given night last fall, according to a study released Tuesday. Families made up 65 percent of the homeless population, up from about 50 percent two years ago and 25 percent 12 years ago. The number of homeless children rose from 2,745 in September 2000 to 3,522 in October 2001, with an overall increase of 82 percent from 1998. Officials estimate that about 25,210 metro area residents were homeless at some point during the year. Rocky Mountain News February 26, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homeless Trends 1988 Through 2000 Group/Year 1988 1990 1995 1998 2000 Adults 1,550 1,610 2,280 3,664 4,660 Children 265 375 1,050 1,931 2,745 Youth c c c 197 284 Total 1,815 1,985 3,330 5,792 7,689 Source: Homelessness in the Denver Metropolitan Area Fall Point In Time Study September 19, 2000 A Collaborative Effort Between The Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative & The Colorado Departement of Human Services c = No separate estimates of homeless youth on their own are available. The 1998, 1990, and 1995 studies did not differentiate single adults from homeless youth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homeless on rise in Denver since Sept. 11 attacks Denver Post Thursday, December 20, 2001 Jim Kelling's 30-year career as a well-paid computer programmer evaporated in Denver's economic downturn, leaving him homeless in August. He has joined the growing ranks of the middle class and working poor in Denver who need food and housing for the first time in their lives because of the post-Sept. 11 recession, according to a national report. Of the 27 cities surveyed, 25 of them, including Denver, found poverty worsened since September's terrorist attacks. The report found that in Denver: The need for shelter beds jumped 20 percent, with the number of families in need of emergency housing rising 20 percent. About 30 percent of the shelter requests are unmet. Those in need of emergency food increased 25 percent overall, 33 percent among families and 50 percent among families with children. An estimated 10 percent of people needing food can't get it in adequate, nutritious amounts, although Denver officials have said that no one is being turned away empty handed. Social-service agencies in Denver cited low-paying jobs, a lack of affordable housing, and unemployment for the increase in requests for food and shelter, the report said. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hunger still a growing problem Food aid shifts after welfare reform Thursday, November 15, 2001 Five years after welfare reform, more poor people depend on private agencies for food and fewer get help from the federal government, according to national and local studies released Wednesday. In Colorado, "we're distributing 1 million more pounds of food than we were in 1997," said Rick Rank, president and chief executive officer of the Food Bank of the Rockies, which released the local study, "Hunger in the Rockies." The Hunger in the Rockies study found that 43 percent of household members served by Food Bank of the Rockies are children under 18, and 48 percent of households include at least one working adult. Hunger demands choices: 45 percent of clients report having to choose between food and utilities, 39 percent choose between food and rent, 38 percent choose between food and medical care. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Food Bank of The Rockies: Facts About Hunger From 1995 to 1998, on any given day, the number of homeless increased from 3,330 to as many as 5,792. Approximately, 16,800 were homeless in 1998. (Homelessness in the Denver Metropolitan Area, Colorado Department of Human Services, June 1998) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Homeless Facts (Denver Rescue Mission Page) Of the almost 7,700 homeless people who walk the streets of Denver at any given time, approximately: 2,745 are children. 68% have never been homeless before. 61% are families with children - the "new" homeless. 76% of families are single-parent families. 40% are employed. 40% have a high school diploma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cross & Clef Ministries Post Office Box 1132 Gig Harbor Washington 98335-3132 Phone Numbers Colorado: 303-594-7729 Washington: 253-853-4817 [email protected] www.tollgate.org Cross & Clef Ministries is a 501 (c)(3) organization and a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation. All donations are tax deductible. Cross & Clef Ministries DENVER'S HOMELESS COUNT. Shelters have been unable to keep up with a metro-area homeless population that was nearly 10,000 on any ... www.tollgate.org/homelesscount.cfm - 12k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

"Despite having spent billions of dollars on housing, New York City has more homeless people, more tenants in subsidized quarters, and more dilapidated and abandoned housing than any other city in the country. It spends 10 times more on housing than the total spent by the 10 next largest cities in America, yet its housing problems put it in a league with many cities in the Third World.

"The so-called housing crisis has been grist for the mill of endless articles, academic reports, and congressional hearings. Unfortunately, many people fail to realize that the "crisis" is mainly self-inflicted. New York, with its welter of building codes, rent regulations, and taxation policies, has put major roadblocks in the way of maintaining or building low-cost housing.

"The plight of the homeless has been decried and depicted graphically on television, in magazines, and in the daily press, yet the media have ignored government's role in creating the problem. Instead, with much hand wringing, a parade of advocates for the homeless has claimed that low-cost housing would put an end to the misery. Why is a miserly city refusing to meet the need?"

Coalition For The Homeless

Everything is made from particlesso

everything has its own probability cloud!

Everything exists in many different positions, states, speeds etc. Only when we make an observation does the thing we're observing have definite values. This all sounds very strange but the thing is it works! Most modern appliances from CDs to PCs use this theory. The world really is that strange.

What you see is what you get. If you look closer you get less.wHAT DOES the hEISENBERG uNCERTAINTY pRINCIPLE HAVE TO DO WITH THE HOMELESS CONDITION IN nEW yORK cITY?

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