Homeless numbers increase 22% for single adults, 11% among households with children in Columbus, OH

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Homelessness among households with children in Columbus and Franklin County increased by about 11 percent, to 132 families.

The biggest jump in the Columbus area was for single adults who went unsheltered, which means they were not sleeping in an emergency shelter or living in transitional housing. Their numbers increased by about 22 percent, to 125.

The 2010 counts are the first to reflect the three-year Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program, which provided $1.5 billion in stimulus money nationally to stave off the effects of the recession.

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