FACTS

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• The homeless are people suffering from severe mental illness, unemployment, underemployment, divorce, domestic violence, substance abuse, and physical developmental disabilities.
  
  
• 83% of homless children served at Care Corps are raised by single mothers.
  
  
• At least 60% of those served suffer from some form of diagnosable mental illness.
  
  
• 25% of those served suffer from both a mental health and substance abuse disorder.
  
  
• 54% of Care Corps clients are families (up from 42% two years ago). Omaha demographics indicate that typically 11% of homeless are families.
  
  
• Over 77% of Care Corps clients are from the Fremont area (up two percent from last year).
  
  
• There are no age limitations (we have had babies from one day old and adults up to 83 years of age).
  
  
• 20% of clients are children and most of them are under the age of 12. Nationally, the average age of a homeless person is 9 years old.
  
  
• 30% of Care Corps clients are disabled (up from 10% in 2006).
  
  
• 10% of Care Corps clients are veterans. Nationally, 23% of veterans are homeless.
  
  
• 69% of Care Corps clients were employed upon discharge.
  
  
• 56% of our clients move directly from shelter to permanent housing.