How Many Homeless Women?
6,832 homeless persons were counted on one night in Atlanta, according to The 2005 Homeless Census and Survey of the Tri-Jurisdictional (Tri-J) Area, which includes the city of Atlanta, Fulton County and DeKalb County. This is only a small fraction of homeless persons throughout any point during the year, as homelessness is episodic and not chronic for many. Moreover, the 6,832 persons counted were found on the street, in shelters, in transitional housing or permanent supportive housing, or in institutions. This ignores the hidden homeless: people in temporary and precarious situations, doubling up with relatives, sleeping on abandoned land and not known about, and others. Because counting the homeless population is an inexact science, there is a good chance that there are hundreds, even thousands, who went uncounted. “Between 40 and 55 percent of the people presenting for shelter are women or women with children,” Beaty said. Kimberly and Regina’s Stories of Heartache APN spoke with K
