Jessica Wright, an Arizona native, says the economy is the reason she is unemployed and homeless. Wright is one of 14.3 percent of the homeless in Maricopa County whose primary reason for being homeless is "loss of job (unemployment)." St. Joseph the Worker is one of many organizations that are helping the homeless community find jobs and take them off the streets. Click on the images to learn more about faces and issues of homelessness |
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Click on a marker on the map to see some of the places around the Valley that assist the homeless in getting back to work. |
Click on the graph above to see how the homeless in Maricopa County responded when asked about their primary reason for being homeless. |