Interfaith Prayer Service on Zoom, Tues, May 14th at 12:15 PM for the 28 People "Without Fixed Abode" who died in April 2024 in OC
All are invited to a Zoom Interfaith Memorial Prayer Service on Tuesday, May 14th at 12:15 PM for the 28 people who died "Without Fixed Abode" in OC in April, 2024 as well as the 1 other who died in March, but whose death was recorded only now. Zoom info below. The death count for the year stands at 149, which is a significant decrease over what it was it was last year (2023) when it was 185, and two years ago (2022) when it stood at 165. However, in the years prior, the death rate was significantly lower still 132 for 2021, 100 for 2020, 71 for 2019. Last week the County's 2024 federally mandated bi-annual homeless census (PIT Count) was released. By the new numbers there were 7322 people who were homeless in Orange County, 4173 unsheltered in January 2024. This is significantly up from the 5718 persons who were homeless, 3057 unsheltered counted in last PIT Count taken in January, 2022. However, the 2022 figure always seemed low to many, most, perhaps just ab