The document discusses homelessness in the United States. It summarizes that 39% of the homeless population are young people under 18 and that family homelessness, accounting for 41% of the homeless in 2009, is the fastest growing segment. Additionally, estimates state that between 800,000 to 1.2 million children in the US are homeless, with at least half being under the age of 5.

1. The Face of Homelessness
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2. An all too familiar picture.
Torres, J. (Photographer). (2010, June 22). [Print Photo].

3. Is this what you think of when you think of the homeless?
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4. Think Again.
39 percent of the homeless population is young people under 18.*
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*http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/youth.html

5. Torres, J. (Photographer). (2010, June 22). [Print Photo].

6. Family homelessness is the fastest-growing segment of the homeless population, accounting for 41 percent of the nation’s homeless population in 2009*
*http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/index.html

7. Torres, J. (Photographer). (2010, June 22). [Print Photo].

8. Torres, J. (Photographer). (2010, June 22). [Print Photo].

9. Torres, J. (Photographer). (2010, June 22). [Print Photo].

10. Torres, J. (Photographer). (2010, June 22). [Print Photo].

12. Torres, J. (Photographer). (2010, June 22). [Print Photo].

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Torres, J. (Photographer). (2010, June 22). [Print Photo].
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43%
33%
Single Men
Unaccompanied Minors
Families with Children
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Single Women

19. Estimates of the number of homeless children range from 800,000 to 1.2 million, and
recent estimates state that 1 in 50 children in the United States are homeless.*
(National Center on Family Homelessness, 2009).

20. What’s more, at least half of homeless children are under the age of 5.*
(National Center on Family Homelessness, 1999) *