New Life
by antonella alvarado
Purpose//
The purpose of this entire project is to help and protect the homeless by moving them into a group home with other homeless provide them with clothes and food and help them find a job so they could pay their way through and settle in a house.
homeless lady
homeless teen
shows how this even affects kids
difference between homeless and jobless
there is a difference between homelessness and poverty.
Important Facts
Poverty rate in america// 14.8% (46.7 million people )
Homeless rate in america// 578,424
There is many jobs that don't require a degree in college
Since of may 2015 the unemployment rate is 5.5%
Most Americans ages 25-75 will spend at least one year bellow the poverty line
seven homeless people died last year in California by freezing to death during a brutal three-week stretch as temperatures in the normally temperate Bay Area dropped to near freezing.
Homelessness fell by more than 2 percent at the beginning of this year compared to last, or 13,344 fewer people, according to the latest data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Questions I asked myself
How will I get food?
What charities will provide me with the basic necessities?
How can I get others involved?
What jobs could the homeless take?
How will I get funds?
How will I convince the people to volunteer?
How much money could all of this cost?
Could state funds be an option?