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If you need reasons to pay attention to poverty in the Lehigh Valley, here you go:

1 in 10 residents of the Lehigh Valley are now living in poverty. In Allentown, it is 3 in 10.

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
38% of homeless people are children.

(Source: 2008 Lehigh Valley Shelter Census)
In Lehigh County, the unemployment rate increased by 57%, from 5.6% in 2008 to 8.8% in 2009. In Northampton County, the unemployment rate increased by 63%, from 5.2% in 2008 to 8.5% in 2009.

(Source: Bureau of Labor Stats)
A head of household making minimum wage would need 2.3 full-time jobs to afford a 2-bedroom apartment in the Lehigh Valley.

(Source: National Low Income Housing Coalition)
In 2009, CACLV provided foreclosure mitigation counseling to 443 persons, an increase of 228% over 2008.

(Source: The Lehigh Valley’s Foreclosure Crisis Survey)
Emergency food assistance providers in the Second Harvest Food Bank network reported a 29% increase in participation from 2008 to 2009.

(Source: Second Harvest Food Bank Census)
The largest subpopulation of homelessindividuals and families, approximately 22% of the homeless population, were fleeing domestic violence.

(Source: 2008 Lehigh Valley Shelter Census)

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