HIV/AIDS FOR THE YOUTH :

6,000 YOUTH A DAY ARE INFECTED WITH HIV/AIDS

THERE ARE 11.800,000 TEENS (AND COUNTING) CURRENTLY INFECTED WITH HIV/AIDS

SOME US HOMELESS STATS/INFO:

# 3.5 million people (1.35 million of which are children) will experience homelessness in a given year.
# Children under the age of 18 account for 39% of the homeless population. 42% of these are under the age of 5.
# 43% of the homeless population are women; 40% of these women are unaccompanied. 22% of homeless women claim domestic abuse as reason for homelessness. 25% of these claim to have been abused within the past year.
# Families with children comprise 33% of the homeless population.
# Vets constitute 40% of the homeless population.
# 1 in every 5 homeless persons has a severe or persistent mental illness.
# 25% of the homeless nationwide are employed.

US CHILD ABUSE STATS AND INFO
Child Abuse Statistics in the USA

* An estimated 906,000 children are victims of abuse & neglect every year. The rate of victimization is 12.3 children per 1,000 children
* Children ages 0-3 are the most likely to experience abuse. About 1 in 50 U.S. infants are victims of nonfatal child abuse or neglect in a year, according to the first national study of the problem in that age group done by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention along with The Federal Administration for Children and Families.
* 1,500 children die every year from child abuse and neglect. That is just over 4 fatalities every day.
* 79% of the children killed are younger than 4.