THE FACTS ABOUT CHILDHOOD HOMELESSNESS
There are more than 8,000 children who experience homelessness in Greater Cincinnati each year.
Nearly half of children in the Greater Cincinnati area live in poverty - between the 2nd and 4th worst rate in the country.
Kentucky has the worst childhood homelessness rate in the country.
Today, in the U.S., the average age of a person experiencing homelessness is 9 years old.
Only 25% of students experiencing homelessness graduate from high school.
Profile of an average local family experiencing homelessness: single mother age 30 with 2 kids under the age of 6.
Children experiencing homelessness are typically 2 to 3 years behind in school.
