Eligibility and payment amounts are based on age, years of service and contributions to the plan. Although less generous than CSRS was, FERS is more generous than many corporate plans. Federal employees hired after 1983 are automatically covered by FERS, rather than CSRS. Civil Service Retirement System ...
Homelessness in Hawaii is a growing epidemic, and these statistics are heartbreaking: 1  Statewide, 12-15,000 people are homeless at some point of the year. 2  At least 6,300 are homeless at any given day. 3  11% of those living without housing are children. 4  32% of the homeless are of Native Hawaiian ethnicity.
Statewide 115,738 Californians were counted as homeless. Of those counted, 73,699 people were unsheltered â by far the largest such population in the nation. This marks a disturbing reversal of the 2007â2015 trend, which had seen a 16.7 percent drop in the stateâs homeless population. The situation is particularly dire in Los Angeles. The metropolitan area witnessed a one-year increase of 11 percent, bringing its homeless population to 41,174 people â 7 percent of the nationâs homeless population. Los Angeles is not alone, however.