Recent weeks have brought devastating news for many of the shelters coping with a surge of homelessness in cities across the country: The federal funding they have relied on to house, feed, and care for some of the very neediest Americans is going away.…
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Tents cities are proliferating in Seattle and Los Angeles. Shelters are overflowing in Madison, Wisconsin, and Asheville, North Carolina. The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has declared a housing “state of emergency.” A coalition of 10 west coast mayors is pleading for money from Washington to address what they call a “housing and homelessness crisis.” Nowhere is the situation worse than in New York City, where the shelter population this winter has surged above 60,000.…
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Your eyes do not deceive you, the headlines do not exaggerate: homelessness is worse than ever in New York City.…
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Based on the children’s books by Ralph da Costa Nunez, Home at Last: Stories for Children about Homelessness is a collection of animated videos on family homelessness and poverty for grades K-5, together on one DVD.…
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There appears to be no end to the mounting pressures on America’s poorest families in the areas of income, housing, and employment.…
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In New York City 1 in 5 people in a homeless shelter is a child age 5 or younger.…
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The recently released and much-anticipated midpoint results of the Family Options Study did not yield strong, much less conclusive results about which rehousing strategy is most effective.…
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The top challenges homeless children faced in attending school were concern about basic survival needs, lack of transportation, inability to do homework due to lack of a study area, lack of clothing and supplies, and poor health and medical care.…
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There are nearly 80,000 homeless students who attend New York City public schools. While many do well and stay on track, many face the risk of a jeopardized academic future.…
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