When it comes to the widespread experience of homelessness in S.F., families and children are no exception.
For San Francisco native Laketha Pierce, one of the hardest parts of experiencing homelessness was explaining to her three kids where they might sleep at night.
Today, homelessness is a fact of life in the Bay Area and San Francisco, where an estimated 7,754 people are homeless, according to the latest count.The number of people who are homeless dipped slightly overall in San Francisco in 2022 compared to recent years. Meanwhile, the number of families experiencing homelessness has hovered around 600 since 2017, according to data from the Point-in-Time count, a federally mandated survey.
To open up conversations, people who have studied or have experienced homelessness told The Examiner to start by allowing kids to lead with their own questions, and underscore there are adults working on solutions.Regularly tapped to speak about homelessness is Margot Kushel, a renowned professor of medicine at UCSF who specializes in the homeless and other vulnerable populations.
When the family got home and the storm continued, her son asked what would happen to the “grandpa” they left behind. Roughly 1,000 unaccompanied youth were counted in this year’s biennial Point-in-Time assessment of the homeless population in San Francisco, and about 84% were living unsheltered. The majority were San Francisco residents when they became homeless.Jenna Murphy, a behavioral scientist who grew up in San Francisco, remembers early conversations with her mom about homelessness.
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