Across 25 major American cities surveyed, 1 in 4 people seeking emergency shelter was turned away. This included families with children. 73% of cities turned away homeless families with children because no beds were available.…
Audiences: General Public
Huffington Post: The Dollars and Sense of a Basic Education
Half of all homeless parents in New York City shelters don’t have a high school diploma. In essence, this means they can’t read or write at a level required to get a decent job, permanently sentencing them to low-wage, dead-end jobs or, as is the case for many, no employment prospects at all.…
Reducing Food Insecurity
Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania are putting homeless children #OnTheMap…
Spring 2015, Vol 6.1
Our Spring 2015 issue emphasizes the importance of programs and services that go beyond housing to support children and families experiencing poverty and homelessness. We look programs that offer at yoga, culinary and janitorial training programs, essential budget and life-skills training, and more for at-risk and homeless populations.
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42,000 homeless students called the street home
Nearly 42,000 homeless students called the street home in the 2012-13 School Year.…
The cost of child care in Massachusetts
In 2012, the average cost of child care was almost $8,000 per year nationally.…
Hungry Weekends
Homeless children are automatically eligible for free breakfast and lunch provided by schools. Many face a long, hungry weekend when school is out.…
4 out of 10 poor children go to school hungry
4 out of every 10 poor children got to school hungry.…
Motel Generation
In school year 2012-13, more than 70,000 homeless children left for school every morning from a hotel or motel.…
Left-back Generation
Over 36% of homeless students go to a school that doesn’t receive federal funding specifically targeted to homeless kids.…
80,000 homeless NYC students
In the 2012-13 school year, there were over 80,000 children enrolled in New York City public schools who were homeless at some point during the year.…
Under 5 years old
44% of the 24,383 children living in a DHS shelter in March 2014 were under 5 years old.…