The community we serve:
15,000
total population
850
households living 30% or more below the poverty level
70%
unemployment rate
40%
adults over the age of 24 not possessing a high school diploma or GED
80%
teen pregnancy rate
1
ranking of murder as the cause of death
20
ranking of dangerous communities in the United States (FBI, 2009)
Our clients as of December 2009:
70%
from neighborhood families
30%
from transitional housing recovery houses
41%
battling addictions
47%
ex-offenders
44%
ages 15 to 30
25%
ages 31 to 40
31%
ages 41 and older
71%
African-American
26%
white
3%
Hispanic/Latino
9%
married
58%
have children
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