Did you know that......

Nationally, in 2000, there was an estimated count of 4,700, 000 homeless persons on any one night. 

In Kentucky, the total number for the 2007 official count was 7,227 homeless (please go to www.Kyhousing.org to see the official count.

Locally in Lexington:   A sample count of the homeless  was done recently  by The Central Kentucky Housing and Homeless Initiative members. There was a survey with a number of questions, ie birth date, last four digits of the social security  etc.   No names were needed.  There were questions concerning where the individual was staying at night and whether they had heat or electricity.   They found 1242 persons in Shelters  in 2008.  In  2007 there was a total of 1123.

There were over 216 in the sample that responded in the Lexington  survey that  were not in a shelter.  They were living in an undisclosed warehouse, barn, vacant house, porch, parked car, truck,  bushes near a building etc. (none of these interviewed had heat or electricity)