A National Imperative: Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services in America (Jan 2018)

Exhibit 4: Populations receiving human services

Each year....

670K children

200K elderly Americans

Provided with homes through foster care system

Reside in nonprofit assisted living communities

46M Americans

Access food banks to meet their nutritional needs

1 in 5 Americans

Receive critical services from the human services ecosystem

Source: US Census Bureau, National Center for Assisted Living, Feeding America, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Children’s Bureau; US Department of Health and Human Services

THE HUMAN SERVICES ECOSYSTEM PROVIDES SUPPORT TO MANY AMERICANS Millions of older adults, working families, and children are served by the human services ecosystem. Human services provide support to our family members, friends, colleagues, and neighbors. We estimate that one in five Americans receive some form of support or services from the human services ecosystem each year. Providing these supportive services is a moral imperative. HUMAN SERVICES CBOS MAKE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN ECONOMY Human services CBOs employ approximately 3.2million Americans, which is over 2% of the nation’s workforce. 7 These employees earn almost $100 billion per year in aggregate, much of which is spent on rent, food, and services within their communities, leading to additional spending and economic activity within communities across the country. Non-wage spending by human services CBOs, in excess of $100 billion per year, creates additional jobs and economic activity for the economy. Childcare centers build buildings, creating jobs in construction. Food pantries buy refrigerated trucks and fuel to run them. And so on.

Human services CBOs employ 3.2million people, representingmore

than 2%of the US workforce

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