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About Homelessness
The factsheets presented below are provided by the National Coalition for the Homeless, a national organization committed to ending homelessness.
The Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless and Hungry, the umbrella corporation for all the Gainesville area service providers, can be accessed here.
The Gainesville/Alachua County 10-year Plan to End Homelessness (Project GRACE) can be accessed here.
Information on the Homeless Conditions in Gainesville can be accessed here.
Basic Facts
Why Are People Homeless?
Updated August 2007
How Many People Experience Homelessness?
Updated August 2007
Who is Homeless?
Updated August 2007
Current Issues
A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
Hate Crimes and Violence Against People Experiencing Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
Federal Housing Assistance Programs
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
Employment and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
Mental Illness and Homelessness
Updated June 2006
Addiction Disorders and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
Domestic Violence and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
Health Care and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
Education of Homeless Children and Youth
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
HIV/AIDS and Homelessness
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
Homeless Self-Help and Empowerment Projects
Updated August 2007 [download as pdf]
Modern Models for Student-Run Homeless Assistance
Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project and Community Development Legal Clinic
Harvard Square Homeless Shelter and Phillips Brooks House Association
The History of University Homeless Assistance
Toynbee Hall- Britain's first University settlement. Read the history here.
Hull House- founded in Chicago, modeled after Toynbee Hall. Read the history here.