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The Staggering Statistics

Almost 40% of the homeless in the US are under 18.
(Source: National Coalition for the Homeless)

According to a study of youth in shelters, nearly 50% reported intense conflict or physical harm by a family member as a major contributing factor to their homelessness.
(Source: Center for Law and Social Policy)

Over 25% of former foster children become homeless within two to four years of leaving the system.
(Source: The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2004)

50% of youth aging out of foster care and juvenile justice systems will be homeless within six months because they are unprepared to live independently, have limited education and no social support.
(Source: The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services)

19% of Covenant House kids reported that they have endured sexual abuse.

57% of homeless youth don’t eat at least one day a month.
(Source: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, The Older Adolescent Task Force and St. Louis University, 2002)

Every day, Covenant House, and those who support our mission are providing solutions to the problems facing homeless youth. Since the doors of Covenant House opened 38 years ago, more than one million young people have found a safe haven and access to life-changing programs.

There is so much work to be done.
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