Personal Narrative: Younger

The common profile of a homeless family is headed by a single mother, in her 20’s with an average of two children, of which one or both are under the age of six. Homeless mothers tend to be poorly educated, unemployed, and lacking the skills necessary to become employed. There is an equal representation of Caucasian (47%) and African American (47%) homeless mothers. These women commonly described their lives as ““… a remarkably constant stream of distressing and spirit-breaking encounters, beginning in early childhood …” including experiencing physical and/or sexual abuse, constant crisis, stress from persistent poverty, violence in the family and community, and isolation. Most of these women grew up homeless and spent their childhood in foster care making them distrustful of the system.

The cost of housing is on the rise and many become homeless because they that are not making enough money to afford the cost of housing. The cost of health care and insurance has risen dramatically over the past years. For families living low or middle incomes that can be devastating. Families or individuals that lack health insurance, a sudden illness, chronic disease or accident can be financially devastating. Many people don’t understand the problems homeless families are facing and most families are homeless because of finical situations or because

First, forced to leave your home and everything they worked for to move into a

Ms. Sparklyn has no family support residing in Michigan. When she lost her job her and the children were homeless living at Genesis House and then Cass Community Social Services waiting on housing. She is a very kind person and fell on hard times. She is very excited about moving into her new apartment after living in the shelter for so

Imagine: Losing everything, from your house to your loved one in a matter of months. Having to move from place to place but having nowhere to go and losing yourself all at once. Over 550,000 innocent people -including parents, kids, veterans, etc.- are homeless on any given day.

We have been trying to move to a new home over the last few months and for one reason or another we just haven't been able to make this happen. Our close and move in date just kept getting pushed and this ended up interfering and postponing multiple trips. With Good Friday off, BeeGee and I just couldn’t handle this any more so we headed out Thursday evening.

mother whose family had become homeless very recently after a fire burned their house to the

you know anybody that retired and moved to the Rocky Mountains or somewhere in Montana? If

In 2012 my husband joined the oil field. We (my five children and I) lived here in Illinois until 2014 without him. In 2014 we moved with him to Wyoming for the oil boom. By the end of the year we had made over 180k. But, a rude awaking was around the corner for us. In April 2015 my husband ( the only household income) took a lay off due to the oil prices. His job didn’t have jobs and was cutting hours. With the hours cut we couldn't afford the living in Wyoming anymore. In two days we packed out rental in Wyoming

I beseech you to place your troubles in the Lord. We need to listen to our Lord, what He wants us to do, and how He wants us to live. God wants all

A few months ago I faced a difficult time in my life. I was homeless and I had nowhere to stay with my newborn baby. To my dismay, there was no family who would have the ability to take me in. They had helped me enough in their eyes regarding sheltering me, so I was abruptly kicked out of my grandmothers house I was staying in and face the option to find shelter in a homeless shelter.

Single homeless mothers typically happen due to recent economic declines resulting in home foreclosures. Studies have reported in Southern Nevada that homeless mothers and their children have a tendency to not get discovered by society, called the “hidden homeless”. These single homeless mothers and their kids do not live on the street, where their situation is public and visible, but one can discover single mothers and their kids living in overcrowded place. Policies to end homelessness must incorporate jobs that pay livable wages. Although homeless mothers who manage to find employment may be forced to leave their job when they announce their pregnancy. Which many individuals in Southern Nevada have a falsehood judgement that women chose homelessness, as you can see is not true because single mothers make the struggling effort to fight back homelessness, although given the low minimum wages and gender discrimination. Single homeless mothers still attempt to provide their children with some sort of shelter, despite the fact that of living in a house which people commonly would not experience

We were utterly drenched. Tears streamed down our pathetic little faces as we shifted uncomfortably in the back of the policeman’s car. Small pools of water began to accumulate beneath us and saturate the large bench seat, and we billowed with apologies for the poor officer’s now sopping-wet upholstery. The terror in our eyes was evident, although we knew our situation lacked the severity of anything more than what two fourteen-year-olds may typically muster. This late-night journey, though only a few neighborhood blocks in distance, seemed to be that of a thousand miles. Short p of consequence

In the year of 2012 I became homeless; I was going from home to home, even sleeping in cars taking bathes in gas stations working 2 jobs just to survive. In 2014 I became pregnant and I was determined my life had to change .I couldn’t let my child live the life that I was dealt with .I moved down to Waco Texas where I stayed in a shelter where they had a program to help woman of certain circumstances get back on there feet . Once I was accepted into this program it’s like my life went up from there. They helped me get an apartment to provide a roof over our head I was also able to get a car. They made it to where the rent was super affordable to fit my monthly budget. Once I was I was back financially situated and stable I moved back to Fort

I have worked with families who have been evicted from their homes and are forced to live in a local shelter or with family and/or friends. The local agencies that provide emergency funding for housing have long drained