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Find below information resources on homeless in three contexts:

1. Marin County; 2. California; 3 United States.

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Marin County Information

Information resources related to homelessness in a local (Marin Country) context.

Healthy Marin > Income Inequality
Information about income inequality in Marin. Comparative charts and reports. See also tabs for Find Data, Build Reports, and Locate Resources.
Report - "Poverty and Inequality in Marin" (2018)
2018 Report by Marin Economic Consulting addresses problems of poverty and inequality. Data, statistics in charts and graphs.
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See also the Supplement here on root causes of Inequality:https://siliconvalleyindicators.org/pdf/income-inequality-2015-06-supplement.pdf
Measure of America - "A Portrait of Marin" (2012)
Report examines disparities within the county among neighborhoods, and along the lines of race, ethnicity, and gender.
DATA USA - Marin County (as of 2017)
Data collection in tables about wages, wage distributions, wages by gender, ethnicity, poverty by race and ethnicity.
Marin County Census and Survey Comprehensive Report (2017)
Marin County has worked in conjunction with Applied Survey Research (ASR) to conduct the 2017 Marin County Homeless Point-in-Time Count and Survey. ASR is a social research firm with extensive experience in homeless enumeration and needs assessment. The Marin County Homeless Point-in-Time Count has two primary components: a point-in-time enumeration of unsheltered homeless individuals and families (those sleeping outdoors, on the street, in parks, or vehicles, etc.) and a point-in-time enumeration of homeless individuals and families residing in temporary shelter.
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See also supplementary materials here:https://www.appliedsurveyresearch.org/homelessness-reports/2015/7/2/marin-county-homeless-census-and-survey
County-by-County Look at Poverty in California
Percentage of People With Incomes Below the Federal Poverty Line, 2008-2012 by California Budget and Policy Center

California Information

Poverty in California
Public Policy Institute facts on poverty in California (as of 2016)
California Department of Housing & Community Development - Policy and Research
Research, policy, plans, and reports on a variety of Housing and Community Development issues.
California Open Data -Poverty Rate and Child Poverty Rate by Region
This table contains data on the percentage of the total population living below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), and the percentage of children living below 200% FPL for California, its regions, counties, cities, towns, public use microdata areas, and census tracts. (through 2016)
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
Stanford University -- research programs, and reports. See under tab "Publications" for reports.
Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality - "California Poverty Measure"
The California Poverty Measure is a new index that improves upon conventional poverty measures. The CPM tracks the full range of necessary expenditures, adjusts for geographic differences in housing costs, and includes food stamps and other non-cash benefits as resources available to poor families. The CPM reveals which groups and counties have the highest poverty rates and whether California's safety net is successfully reducing poverty.
UC Davis Center for Poverty Research
he Center for Poverty Research facilitates research using a diverse set of approaches across academic disciplines to answer critical questions about poverty and its solutions. The Center engages faculty research affiliates in the departments of Economics, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science, Agricultural Economics, Human and Community Development, Chicano Studies, and the Schools of Education, Engineering and Law.
UC Davis Center for Poverty Research
Policy Briefs, Poverty Facts, Videos, Statistics, Podcasts.

Federal Government Information Resources

Census Quick Facts
U.S. Census - Income and Poverty
Resources about income and poverty in the United States-- tables, tools, datasets.
US Census Bureau Library - "Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017"
This report presents data on income, earnings, income inequality, and poverty in the United States based on information collected in the 2018 and earlier Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center-- Center reports and data related to income inequality in society. Refine your search by region and time-period.
Pew Research Center - 5 Facts about Economic Inequality.
Basic facts about how inequality is measured, the trends over time and how the U.S. compares globally. A “5 Facts” primer.
Inequality.org
Work of the Institute for Policy Studies. Contains facts on income inequality in the United States.

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