The simple numbers in subgroups like individuals, families, and youth do not begin to explain homelessness. Within each of those subgroups are not only additional population segments, but a menu of problems that have led to their personal crisis. Much of the data in the report we have been citing, Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness , came from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) for 2009. That report gathered its data from a single-night Point-in-Time (PIT) national count of the homeless taken in January, 2009 and an ongoing longitudinal database collected from 334 communities which represented nearly 3000 counties and over 1000 cities that contributed to the Homeless Management Information System...(read more)

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