SAMMinistries will need 160 candles for this year's Homeless Persons' Memorial Day service. Last year, it was 71.
“What we are seeing, quite honestly, is the continued fallout from the COVID pandemic,” said Nikisha Baker, president and CEO of SAMMinistries.
While the unhoused rate compared to San Antonio’s growing population remains flat, the chronically homeless population hasDo you like what you're reading? Support it. While the nonprofit does not track the causes of death among unhoused people, Baker said the way they often deal with stress and trauma is through substance abuse, which leads to other health issues, including fatal overdoses.
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