Building a Caring Community Together
November marks the three following annual awareness campaigns that have significantly impacted our community: National Homelessness Awareness Month, National Youth Homelessness Awareness Month, and National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
● In the U.S., 37.2 million people live below the poverty line.
● 44 million people are at risk of suffering from hunger.
● 1 in 6 children live in poverty.
● And over 4.2 million youth experience homelessness a year in the U.S.
Writing this blog gives me hope, though, that the staggering numbers I listed above won’t be forever and that we can come together as a community to lower the number of adults, children, and the elderly living in poverty and unhoused. I want to focus on youth homelessness and the importance of meeting our children, youth, and young adults head-on to solve this problem so that it won’t lead to lifelong impacts on their emotional health.