FLAMES FOUR CHANGE
A Second Chance: Solving Homelessness and Wildfire Shortages Together
over **653,000 Americans** experienced homelessness on a single night — the
highest count ever recorded. Unsheltered homelessness is rising, worsened by a lack of affordable
housing, ineffective policies, and laws that punish people simply for being unhoused. At the same
time, our nation faces an urgent shortage of wildland firefighters as climate change drives recordbreaking wildfires year after year.---**Our Solution:****A Second Chance Firefighting Program**
gives unhoused individuals an opportunity to rebuild their lives through meaningful, well-paid
careers fighting wildfires — addressing two national crises with one bold solution.---