- More than 4,000 people are homeless in Wake County
- 2,7361 Wake County Public School students are homeless
- 1 in 30 children experiences homelessness1
- Homeless children get sick four times as much as other children1
- 83 percent of homeless children are exposed to violence1
- More than 800 men, women and children face Raleigh’s winter nights without shelter
- Raleigh Rescue Mission provided more than 13,335 housing referrals and permanent housing placements in 2015
- Almost 1 in 12 Wake County residents have sheltered someone who might otherwise be homeless
- 62,295 local neighbors live in poverty – more and more are families
- Life expectancy on the streets is less than 46 years
- In 2014, 1,488,465 people used homeless shelters in America. This is a 4.6 percent increase from 2013, but it’s a 6.3 percent decrease from 2007.