United Way of Greater Los Angeles HomeWalk to Help the Homeless, Saturday, Nov. 17th

I wanted to let everyone know about a very important event on Saturday, Nov. 17th.  It is the United Way of Greater Los Angeles 5K Family Walk to Help The Homeless.  You can register to walk, join a team, create your own team or support TEAM FRASER directly to help us raise money and awareness for the Homeless. 

Here are the FACTS:

Statistics

• There are more than 73,000 people who are homeless every night in LA County, and 152,000 over the course of a year.
• One in four people who are homeless in LA County each night are in families.
• There are 13,521 homeless students in the Los Angeles Unified School District, a 35 percent increase in just the last year.
• Veterans are twice as likely to become homeless as the general population.
• About a third of the homeless population in LA County are chronically homeless, compared to an estimated 23% across the U.S.
• 15% of the 13,000 people released from jail in LA County each month are at risk of becoming homeless right after release.
• More than 8 in 10 of persons who are homeless in LA County every night are not sheltered.
• 6 in 10 of the homeless at any one time have been homeless for less than a year.
• The most commonly cited reasons for becoming homeless in LA County are losing a job, followed by eviction.
• About a quarter of the homeless persons in LA County have at least some college education.

A Pathway Home Initiative

HomeWalk is one part of A Pathway Home, United Way's initiative to prevent and end homelessness in Los Angeles County. A Pathway Home will engage the community through advocacy and volunteerism; build a stronger system of care by increasing resources to homeless agencies and helping them link services with permanent housing; and bring private and public sectors together to get more involved.

Thanks for joining us!