Sonoran News
More than 22,000 people in Maricopa County don’t have a place to call home, according to the 2016 Annual Homelessness Report by the Arizona Department of Economic Security, and the numbers continue to rise. On a single night in January, there were 4,056 homeless individuals in shelters and 1,646 unsheltered homeless on the streets, a 28 percent increase from the 2016 Point in Time unsheltered count of 1,289.
Individuals experiencing homelessness in Phoenix often struggle to find a place to turn to when facing circumstances that leave them on the street. Native American Connections (NAC), Mercy Care Plan and Mercy Maricopa Integrated Care (Mercy Maricopa) are collaborating to give those individuals a new option.
