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What can YOU do?

Volunteer your time: Many shelters/organizations need volunteers to help with various tasks, including serving meals and so much more.

Donate items: Homeless shelters often need clothing, blankets, toiletries, and non-perishable food items. Check with local organizations to find out what specific items they need.

Learn about different service groups/volunteer opportunities in your area using this website:https://www.hud.gov/states/california/homeless/voluntee

Support policies: Advocate for policies that promote affordable housing

stay informed about advocating, if you need more details on advocating here's a link to the California Chamber of Commerce

https://advocacy.calchamber.com/policy/issues/homelessness-program-spending/ [Accessed 9 Jan. 2024].

Collaborative and Compassionate approaches to this issue go a long way.

Make it fun! Volunteering can help make different connections and friendships with others. Talk to someone dealing with this, one small conversation or greeting can make someone's day🔆🔆🔆🔆.

Now with the knowledge that you have, you can also make a difference by bringing AWARENESS to this problem. Help end homelessness

If you've made it this far! Congratulations

Thank you for Supporting❤️

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What factors contribute to Homelessness?

The state's high cost of living, along with income inequality, contributes to homelessness. Many people are unable to afford basic necessities, including housing, despite being employed!

Mental Health and substance abuse. Reports say that most homeless take in substances to deal with their mental illness. These bad habits of substance abuse are taken with them on the streets and influence others.

Shortage of resources, including shelters, healthcare services, and job training programs contribute to this issue.

Any natural disasters such as wildfires and earthquakes, contribute to homelessness.

COVID-19 pandemic made this issue bigger by causing job losses, economic instability, disruptions to social services, and health care bills.

What can you do?

🎊Follow up with my next post of ways you can contribute to help prevent/end homelessness🎊

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Who should I support?

US Representative Jimmy Panetta!

He grew up on the central coast of California. Representative Panetta understands the significance of giving back to his community, his work reflects on the people who chose to support and be the voice for them.

Here are some issues he's fought for:

affordable housing reduction of gun violence

immigration reform accessible health care

continued protection of our pristine coastline and environment

our agriculture industry and its farmers and farmworkers

Follow-up with Rep. Jimmy Panetta to see the different bills and acts he's passed with legislation in supporting homelessness☺️

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Who should I get support from?

U.S. Senator for California, Alex Padilla, believes in giving everyone a fair shot at the "American dream". He is dedicated to finding solutions to challenges California faces and communities that are left out.

One of many issues that he is working on is homelessness.

"Alex believes that housing is a human right and recognizes the need to increase affordable housing and address the homelessness crisis facing California."

Find out more about Senator Alex Padilla's recent success into moving foward with this issue.

Check out different office locations and and contact numbers from the website!

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Who are they?

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose goal is to end homelessness in the United States. 

They have researchers collecting data to find solutions to end homelessness. They collaborate with the federal with federal and local partners to create a solid foundation of policy and extra sources to support those solutions

🔆Here are some of their successful advances🔆

Permanent supportive housing,

Rapid re-housing,

Systematic collection and use of data,

Coordinated assessment and entry,

Local systems to end homelessness, and

Outcome focused crisis systems.

Contact inofrmation is down below for any questions or donations:

National Alliance to End Homelessness 1518 K Street NW, 2nd Floor, Washington,

DC 20005 Privacy Policy

Tell: 202.638.1526 | Fax: 202.638.4664

To learn more about them visit their website link down below, you can also sign up for their advocacy alerts to keep you updated:)

Another great organization is the National Low income Coaliation. They dedicate their work to public policies that grants people with the lowest incomes into having quality homes that are both accessible and affordable in their prefered community. On their website they have more detailed information what action they are taking to progress with their goals.

For questions or donations, their contact information is down below:

National Low Income Housing Coalition 1000 Vermont Ave, NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20005 (Tel) 202-662-1530 (Fax) 202-393-1973 

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What do you see?

The total of Homeless in 2020 was 161,548, in California alone.

The United States experienced a drastic 12% increase in homelessness between 2022 - 2023. The state of California accounts for the 12% of the population of the U.S. and yet has the 28% of its homeless people, a total of 181,399 homelessness

Almost 10,000 California citizens became homeless between 2022-2023

Only about 68% of homelessness in California are unsheltered.

The other percent are temporarily sheltered by the help of different organizations/interest groups.

Follow up for my next post to see who's supporting and how you can help the cause.🔆

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How did this become a problem???

Things were slightly groovy in the 1970s, but by the 1980s, it was evident that homelessness was not just a temporary issue.

Homelessness has always been around, but in the modern era, it didn't become such a big problem until the 80s. In the 70s, every low-income household had a supply of affordable units. This policy helped keep most people off the streets. What is now known as the modern era of homelessness emerged in the 1980s. Mortgages/ Rent increased while wages didn't increase cash flow.

"There were many factors, including the federal government deciding to slash the budget for affordable housing. By then the California state government had significantly cut taxes and gutted social programs, including for state-funded mental institutions, resulting in thousands of people with mental illnesses and other difficulties struggling to make it on their own."

This quote is from the following article down below, California's actions affect the homeless population into becoming a major crisis for the state.

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I need your HELP and ATTENTION

Hey guys, I wanted to dedicate this account to an issue I know needs more awareness. If you are ever out in public, you have probably come across homeless people. There's no denying that, its a fact. California has the worst homelessness crisis in the U.S. ‼️

You're probably wondering, ☁️"why is homelessness such a big problem, what can I do as an individual to help, how can I educate myself more on this?"☁️

Let this curiosity fill you and follow up for more to know why homelessness is a problem, how YOU can help, who to contact for additional information or support, and much more!

💫Learn how to make a difference💫