2.  How homelessness happens  More reasons  Big Cities  Everyday items  Family help  Gangs and drugs  Homeless numbers increasing?  How we can help  Works cited

3.  Homelessness is something that can happen to anyone and fast  Generally someone is laid off at work and cant pay the bills

4.  Abuse  Vietnam war veterans  Mental illnesses

5.  Places like Houston, New York, and Los Angeles have the most homeless people.  Sure they have shelters and other things, but these cities are also some of the meanest to homeless.

6.  No phone  No car  No house  No money to get started

7.  There is usually ZERO family help for them…  So they tend to want to be welcome by gangs members.  100,000 children in L.A are in gangs most murders by age 12, 13, or 14

8.  Most children of homeless parents tend to be in gangs for money and do drugs to ease the pain which just makes it worse

9.  1 in 10 homeless children accomplish much in their lives.  No place to do homework  Usually on drugs fail drug test  Drop out of school to try an help their family

11.  It is estimated that 1.5 million more people will become homeless in the next 2 years.  Which means a lot less room in the homeless shelters.

12.  Donate time and/or money  Soup kitchens  Salvation army

14.  http://www.pbs.org/n ow/shows/526/homel ess-facts.html http://www.pbs.org/n ow/shows/526/homel ess-facts.html  http://www.solutionsfo ramerica.org/thrivingn eigh/homelessness.ht ml http://www.solutionsfo ramerica.org/thrivingn eigh/homelessness.ht ml  http://www.cudenver. edu http://www.cudenver. edu  “Homeless need help” by Steve McCalin