Win a Voucher! Sacramento has one of the highest per-capita homeless rates of any major California city — approximately 9,300 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in Sacramento County, a number that has grown steadily as housing costs have increased while wages for service and government workers have not kept pace. As the state … Read more
Win a Voucher! Alaska presents a homelessness challenge unlike any other state. The same features that make Alaska extraordinary — its scale, its remoteness, its climate — make being homeless here acutely dangerous and getting help genuinely difficult. When it is -40°F in Fairbanks in January, the margin between having a place to sleep and … Read more
Win a Voucher! Wyoming is the least populated state in the United States — about 580,000 people spread across 97,914 square miles. It also has no state income tax, no Medicaid expansion, and one of the leanest social service systems in the country. Approximately 800 people experience homelessness on any given night in Wyoming, but … Read more
Win a Voucher! Hawaii has the highest rate of homelessness per capita of any state in the United States. On any given night, approximately 4,500 people are homeless in a state of 1.4 million people — a rate nearly three times the national average. The beaches that draw tourists from around the world are the … Read more
Win a Voucher! Vermont is one of the few states in the country with an active state-funded motel voucher program for people experiencing homelessness. It is not a metaphor or a sometimes-available local fund — it is a formal state program that has placed thousands of Vermonters in motels, particularly during COVID and its aftermath. … Read more
Win a Voucher! Nine of the ten poorest counties in the United States are in South Dakota — all of them on or adjacent to the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Cheyenne River, and Standing Rock Sioux reservations. If you are homeless in South Dakota and you are a tribal member, that context matters enormously for where … Read more
Win a Voucher! When it is -30°F outside in Fargo and you have nowhere to sleep, the difference between a hotel voucher and no voucher is not inconvenience — it is survival. North Dakota’s winters rank among the most severe in the continental United States, and the state’s small, scattered population means that outside of … Read more
Win a Voucher! Montana has approximately 2,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the fourth largest state by area — a striking combination of scale and sparsity that makes emergency housing uniquely challenging. Billings and Missoula have the most developed homeless services; Great Falls, Bozeman, Helena, and Kalispell have smaller but active systems. … Read more
Win a Voucher! Idaho has approximately 2,500 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in a state whose rapid population growth has driven housing costs far beyond what low-income residents can afford. Boise has emerged as one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States, and its homeless population has grown correspondingly — the Treasure … Read more
Win a Voucher! Delaware is the second smallest state in the country, but its homelessness challenge is proportionally significant. Approximately 1,000 people experience homelessness on any given night in a state where housing costs — particularly in the Wilmington suburbs and Sussex County beach communities — are among the highest in the mid-Atlantic region. Wilmington … Read more