According to the Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness, U.S. Conference of Mayors (2012), domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness among families in the United States. (stat found at Domestic Violence and Homelessness | The Administration for Children and Families (hhs.gov))

On a single night in 2019, 35,038 unaccompanied youth were counted as homeless. Of those, 89 percent were between the ages of 18 to 24. The remaining 11 percent (or 3,976 unaccompanied children) were under the age of 18. (National Alliance to End Homelessness)

Youth who identify as LGBTQ; pregnant and parenting youth; youth with special needs or disabilities, and youth of color, particularly African-American and Native American youth, are also more likely to become homeless. (National Alliance to End Homelessness)

Seventeen out of every 10,000 people in the United States were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2019 during HUD’s Annual Point in Time Count. (State of Homelessness: 2020 Edition – National Alliance to End Homelessness)

According to the 2020 PIT Count, in the Arkansas Balance of State Continuum of Care service area, 1268 individuals reported being homeless. (PIT Count, 2020)

As of January 2019, Arkansas had an estimated 2,717 experiencing homelessness on any given day, as reported by Continuums of Care to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. (United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Homeless in Arkansas Statistics 2018. Homeless Estimation by State | US Interagency Council on Homelessness (usich.gov) .