The Changing Face of Homelessness
- Homeless mothers with children are the largest and fastest growing portion of the homeless population in Dallas County.
- A typical homeless family consists of a single mother with 2 or 3 children.
- The average age of a homeless child is 6 years.
- In Dallas County, 74% of children in poverty lived in a family where someone worked full or part-time for at least part of the year.
- Homeless children …are diagnosed with learning disabilities at twice the rate of other children; and suffer from emotional or behavioral problems that interfere with learning at almost 3 times the rate of other children.
Who We Serve
Family Composition:
- 85% single mother
- 1% single father
- 11% married couples
- 3% grand parents
Ethnicity
- 68% African American
- 20% Caucasian
- 11% Latino
- 1% Other
